Every year around this time, Spotify tallies up the minutes you’ve spent listening, crunches the numbers, and exposes your true musical tastes.
Spotify Wrapped, as it’s called, takes all your data from the past year and gives it back to you, revealing how many minutes you listened to Spotify overall, the top tracks and artists you played, your top genres, your most-listened-to podcasts, and more. It debuted in 2016, and ever since 2019, it’s been released in a story-like format that makes it easy to share on social media.
The info Spotify shares has gotten cheekier each year as users have braved the cringe and gotten more accustomed to posting their Wrapped results online. Last year, there was an outcry when Spotify paired listeners with a city based on their playlists, and urged thousands of people to relocate to Burlington, Vt.
What Day Does Spotify Wrapped Come Out?
There’s nothing to be outraged or embarrassed about yet, since Spotify has not yet released Wrapped or even told us when it should hit our phones. The only hint we have right now is Spotify’s social media post from Nov. 27, which said we can expect Wrapped to come out “soon.” Historically, it’s been released anywhere from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6, so if Spotify is sticking to the same release window this year, it should drop any day now.
How to Find Your Spotify Wrapped
When Spotify Wrapped does come out, it will pop up when you open the app on your phone. However, that might not happen if you’re running an outdated version of the software. To ensure you receive your yearly wrap-up in a timely fashion, head to either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, search for Spotify, and tap Update.
In the meantime, if you want to revisit the ghosts of Spotify Wrapped past, you can type the year you’re looking for and “wrapped” in Spotify’s search box. You won’t get a breakdown of your listening habits, but you will get a playlist of your top 100 songs from each year.
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If you’re too curious to wait for the actual release, you can also get a preview of your Spotify Wrapped for 2024 with the site How Bad Is Your Streaming Music?which, once linked to your Spotify account, will use AI to analyze (and roast) your year in listening.
If you’re looking to revamp your listening, Spotify has several ways to find new music.
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