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Spotify Wrapped is here! It\u2019s the day the music streaming service provides personalized year-end statistics for each user of their most-played artists and songs of the year. Many people have come to view it \u2014 embarrassingly or not \u2014 as a sort of holiday tradition they can share on social media.<\/p>\n
Perhaps that\u2019s why the audio streaming service<\/a>\u2019s 2024 Wrapped, which relied heavily on artificial intelligence<\/a>, was a letdown for many. Some took to social media to express their disappointment<\/a> with the apparent lack of statistics, like a personalized list of top genres or albums.<\/p>\n Spotify teased this year\u2019s edition in a social media post<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cWrapped is on the way soon!\u201d the company said, recommending that users update the app before the annual feature is released.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, users opening the app were greeted with a Wrapped tab at the top of their home screens, leading to the feature that displays many of the stats that weren\u2019t included in 2024, including total minutes listened, top songs, albums and genres, and \u201cyour listening age,\u201d an approximation based on the release dates of music you listened to this year.<\/p>\n Spotify also revealed the top global artist, song, album, podcast and audiobook of 2025.<\/p>\n Artist: Bad Bunny (19.8 billion streams)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Song: \u201cDie With a Smile,\u201d Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (1.7 billion streams)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Album: Bad Bunny\u2019s DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Podcast: \u201cThe Joe Rogan Experience\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Audiobook: Fourth Wing<\/em> by Rebecca Yarro<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n In 2016, Spotify introduced its first version of Wrapped, offering users a playlist of their top-played songs of the year. Since then, it has evolved, even turning into a marketing tool for the company. In 2019, Spotify began providing graphics that users could share on their Instagram stories.<\/p>\n \u201cSuddenly we started to realize that this was an incredible way to get our passionate users to shout from the rooftops around the brand,\u201d Alex Bodman, former Spotify vice president and creative director, told Variety in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019d all love to sit down and say it was a marketing stroke of genius, but when it was first built it was a loyalty play,\u201d Bodman said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we had any idea that people would want to share it so much.\u201d<\/p>\n Spotify relied heavily on AI for its 2024 Wrapped, to the dismay of many Spotify users<\/a>, when it used two AI podcast hosts to provide an overview of a person\u2019s top songs and artists.<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s Wrapped also provided a new feature called \u201cmusic evolution\u201d over various months. The music evolution feature<\/a> was especially criticized on social media, as it described a user\u2019s music preference with silly language, such as \u201cPink Pilates Princess Strut Pop\u201d and \u201cSurf Crush Beach Reggae.\u201d<\/p>\n Users flocked to the comments section of Spotify\u2019s social media posts that teased the Wrapped release for 2025.<\/p>\n\n
How Spotify Wrapped started<\/h2>\n
What happened last year?<\/h2>\n