As Spotify encouraged users to update its app, the streaming service hinted that 2025’s Wrapped isn’t far off. This is what we know so far.
2024’s Spotify Wrapped has new AI features and increases your listening minutes.
Spotify is leaving users wondering when its popular Wrapped feature will be shut down.
As the calendar turns to December, the global streaming service still hasn’t announced when Wrapped 2025 will be released, though it hinted that that day isn’t far off. In a December 1 post on social media, Spotify said the feature was “coming soon.”
Earlier, the streaming service had started encouraging users to update their apps.
“Get the updated app to experience 2025 at its best,” Spotify says on its website with a QR code to download the latest version.
Spotify Wrapped has become a cultural phenomenon over the past few years and a fun way for users to share their favorite songs and artists of the year. Spotify described it in a news release for 2024 Wrapped as “a celebration of the fans, artists, and creators who made it such an amazing year.”
The Swedish music streaming company said the feature gives fans the opportunity to “engage in the things they love, from showing them how their taste in music has evolved throughout the years, to special messages from their favorite artists and podcasters.”
Here’s what to know about Spotify Wrapped 2025 and when it’s expected to release.
When will Spotify Wrapped be released in 2025?
Spotify has not yet announced when 2025 Wrapped will shut down, although the streaming service did say in a post on social media on December 1 that the feature was “coming soon.”
Wrapped usually falls in late November or early December. Here’s a look at Spotify Wrapped’s previous release dates:
What is Spotify Wrapped?
Spotify Wrapped was first launched in 2015 as “Spotify’s Year in Music” and was renamed Wrapped in 2016. This is an annual campaign that combines Spotify users’ listening data into an interactive display of the user’s most-listened-to music. When users open the Spotify app they are usually alerted about their Spotify Wrapped with a pop-up.
Typically, Spotify Wrapped displays the user’s top songs, artists, and genres. Users are encouraged to share their Spotify Wrapped on social media.
User data is collected from January 1 to the end of the same year to create Spotify Wrapped.
When does Spotify Wrapped stop tracking user data?
Given that Spotify Wrapped released before December 31st, users wonder when the streamer stops tracking their listening habits for the year.
Although Spotify has not announced what date it will stop tracking listener data for Wrapped this year, the streaming service has said that it will continue to track user data for Wrapped after October 31, contrary to social media posts claiming it stopped on Halloween.
Although the exact date and timeline are not known, Molly Holder, senior director of product for personalization at Spotify, told Mashable in 2024 that the streamer tries to include as much time as possible to track listening habits.
“We start listening to all of your conversations in early January, right at the beginning of the year, and continue through gathering data until a few weeks before we launch a wrapped product,” Holder told the media outlet.
How to Check Your Spotify Wrapped for 2025
If Spotify sticks to the same process as in previous years, users will be able to see the results of their Wrapped for the year after its release. Just make sure your app is updated.
Contributing: Anthony Robledo, Greta Cross/USA TODAY
Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at sshafiq@gannett.com and follow him on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
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