spotify wrapped 2025 is finally here - and one new feature is leaving fans mortified

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (Picture: Spotify/Metro)

Spotify Wrapped is back for 2025,making it officially that time of year when you realise you listened to that one song for 10,000 minutes.

The long-awaited music round-up was released this afternoon,marking 10 years since the recap was launched.

Every year,the music app offers a personalised rundown of users’ streaming habits that has become something of a ritual for people.

Last year,it defined musical tastes with AI features,such as a podcast about their listening habits and weirdly specific genre summaries.

But the round-up fell flat for some after releasing a few days late,with users criticising the AI add-ons,the inaccuracy of rankings and being unable to share their playlists.

This year has had a fair few changes,too,including what your listening age is – a feature as interesting as it is plain mortifying.

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How to check Spotify Wrapped in the app

Spotify Wrapped now comes up as a tab (Picture: Spotify)

Open Spotify

Scroll across the top menu from left to right

Click on ‘Wrapped’

Tap ‘Your Wrapped’ in the menu

Enjoy – you’ll be able to share graphics of your stats at the end of the Wrapped.

How to find your Spotify Wrapped online

Log in to Spotify on your browser

The homepage should include a Spotify Wrapped banner

Click anywhere on the banner to see your round-up

Is Spotify Wrapped only for Premium subscribers?

No, Spotify Wrapped is available for Free and Premium users,meaning all 713million monthly users can see it.

What is new in Spotify Wrapped 2025?

The annual round-up now ranks top albums as well as songs (Picture: Spotify)

A lot! Spotify says it added nearly a dozen new features and controls.

Here’s all the new stuff:

Listening age

Top song quiz

Top albums list

Top audiobook genre

An ‘author clip’,a message from writers including Dan Brown, James Patterson and Abby Jimenez

A ‘podcast clip’,with readings from the voices behind The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, The Mel Robbins Podcast and Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Top artist sprint,which shows how much you listened to your top five artists throughout the year

A fan leaderboard showing how you compare to other music fans

Placing you in one of six music-listening style clubs

Snapshots of your most memorable streaming days

And a ‘Wrapped Party’ tool,where users can tune in to their music with friends.

When is the release date for Spotify Wrapped?

Today! It tends to drop around late November or early December. Here’s when it came out over the last 10 years:

2025: December 3

2024: December 4

2023: November 29

2022: November 30

2021: December 1

2020: December 1

2019: December 5

2018: December 6

2017: December 13

2016: December 14

2015: December 6

Who was the most listened to artist this year?

None other than Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny,of course.

Felicidades Bad Bunny. The whole world made you No.1 pic.twitter.com/RGtSEKbxDz

— Spotify (@Spotify) December 3,2025

The top 10 was:

Bad Bunny

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

Drake

Billie Eilish

Kendrick Lamar

Bruno Bars

Ariana Grande

Arijit Singh

Fuerza Regida

How to access old Spotify Wrapped editions

Make sure you’re logged into the site or app on desktop or mobile

Open up a new browser tab

Paste in the following link: https://open.spotify.com/genre/2022-page

Edit the year to whichever one you want to view

How does Spotify Wrapped know our musical tastes better than we do?

Professor Richard Whittle,a professor of AI and public policy at the University of Salford,told Metro that the app is no mind-reader.

Well,in the psychic sense. Whittle said: ‘Wrapped uses behavioural science – much like social media platforms use birthday reminders – to keep people engaged and returning to the app.

‘It presents a highly curated snapshot of listening data,creating a polished identity that shapes how people see themselves as listeners.

The round-up feature has been an annual tradition for 10 years (Picture: ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock)

Audiobooks were introduced to the ranking last year (Picture: Spotify)

‘Many users even adjust their habits throughout the year to engineer a “cooler” Wrapped next time,which shows how powerful the feature has become.’

Wrapped,first launched in 2015,is a masterclass in viral marketing,Whittle added.

‘While it can feel fun and validating,there’s often an undercurrent of exposure,judgement,or embarrassment,’ he said.

‘It raises the question: does Spotify Wrapped reflect our tastes,or does it shape them?”’