As Spotify encouraged users to update their app, the streaming service hinted 2025’s Wrapped is not far. Here’s what we know so far.
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As the calendar flips to December, the global streaming service has still not announced when 2025’s Wrapped will release, though it did hint the day is not far. In a Dec. 1 post on social media, Spotify said the feature is “Coming Soon.”
Earlier, the streaming service began encouraging users to update their app.
“Get the updated app to experience 2025 Wrapped at its best,” Spotify said on its website, along with a QR code to download the latest version.
Spotify Wrapped has over the years become a cultural phenomenon and a fun way for users to share their favorite songs and artists of the year. Spotify, in a news release for 2024’s Wrapped, described it as a “celebration of the fans, artists, and creators who made this such an amazing year.”
The Swedish music streaming company said the feature gives fans the opportunity “to indulge in what they love, from showing them how their taste in music evolved throughout the year to special messages from their favorite artists and podcasters.”
Here’s what to know about 2025’s Spotify Wrapped and when it is expected to release.
When will Spotify Wrapped be released in 2025?
Spotify has yet to announce when 2025 Wrapped will drop, though the streaming service, in a Dec. 1 post on social media, said the feature is “Coming Soon.”
Wrapped typically drops in late November or early December. Here’s a look at Spotify Wrapped’s previous release dates:
What is Spotify Wrapped?
Spotify Wrapped first rolled out in 2015 as “Spotify Year in Music” and rebranded to Wrapped in 2016. It is an annual campaign that combines a Spotify user’s listening data into an interactive display of the user’s most-listened-to music. Users are usually alerted about their Spotify Wrapped with a pop-up when they open the Spotify app.
Typically, Spotify Wrapped displays a user’s top songs, artists, and genres. Users are encouraged to share their Spotify Wrapped on social media.
User data is collected from Jan. 1 through the fall of that same year to produce a user’s Spotify Wrapped.
When does Spotify Wrapped stop tracking user data?
Considering that Spotify Wrapped is released ahead of Dec. 31, users wonder when the streamer stops tracking their listening habits for the year.
Though Spotify hasn’t announced what date it will stop tracking listener data for Wrapped this year, the streaming service has said it continues to track user data for Wrapped beyond Oct. 31, contrary to social media posts claiming it stopped on Halloween.
While the exact date and timeline are not known, senior director of product for personalization at Spotify, Molly Holder, told Mashable in 2024 that the streamer tries to include as much time as possible to track listening habits.
“We start at the beginning of January with all of your listening that begins right then at the beginning of the year, and it goes all the way through collecting data up until a few weeks before we launch the Wrapped product,” Holder told the media outlet.
How to check your Spotify Wrapped for 2025
If Spotify sticks to the same process as years past, users will be able to see the results of their Wrapped for the year on their accounts once it releases. Just make sure your app is updated.
Contributing: Anthony Robledo, Greta Cross / USA TODAY
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