Spotify Wrapped is here! Here's what it includes this year and what users can expect

Samantha Neely, Fort Myers News-Press
Updated ·6 min read

Spotify. Wrapped. Is. Here!

The fan favorite end-of-the-year feature is here to make us reminisce and reflect on our music choices, giving users full breakdown of their Spotify statistics over the past 12 months.

Spotify revealed 574 million people around the world listened on its platform this year. Here's what to know about Spotify's Wrapped in 2023 and where to find it:

How can I view my Spotify Wrapped 2023?

To promote its Wrapped experience, Spotify gave Lil Yachty is own little yacht.
To promote its Wrapped experience, Spotify gave Lil Yachty is own little yacht.

First, make sure your Spotify is updated to the latest version.

Your "Spotify Wrapped" package should appear on the front page of the platform's iOS and Android apps. You can expect to see an invitation to view their Wrapped report upon opening the app.

New this year, users can also view the experience on mobile web view via desktop at Spotify.com/Wrapped.

From there, you can start sharing your stats with friends, see who had better top artist of the year and poke fun at the embarrassing songs that ended up on your charts. Better yet, you can, you can reflect on all your favorite tunes from the past 12 months.

What's included in Spotify Wrapped?

Spotify Wrapped gives a a user their top five most played artists, songs and genres, as well as a playlist with a user's 100 most streamed songs from that year. USA Today also shared these two new features to look out for:

  • Me in 2023: Users will see which of a dozen Spotify-created characters best describes their listening habits. Examples of characters include the Shapeshifter (“you’re quick to move from one artist to the next”), the Luminary (“you play light, upbeat music more than others”), and the Alchemist (“you create your own playlists more than others do”).

  • Sound Town: Users will be matched to a city based on listening data and shared artist affinity. Cities can be anywhere around the world.

They also noted that these fan-favorite Spotify Wrapped features have been updated:

  • Top 5 genres feature will display users’ top five music genres as a sandwich-inspired design.

  • Top 5 artists goes a step beyond the list to let users see the month their listening peaked for each artist (did you listen to Taylor Swift the most during the month you had Eras Tour tickets? Us too.)

  • Top artists is also where users will get to see a video message from one of more than 40,000 artists including Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Peso Pluma, NewJeans, SZA, KAROL G and Dolly Parton.

  • Wrapped Feed: On the Spotify Home screen, this feature wraps everything into one place. Users can find best of editorial playlists, merch from top artists, concerts near you and more.

  • Spotify’s AI DJ: This feature is available for the first week after launch, and will guide listeners through their personalized Wrapped.

  • Wrapped Blend: Users can invite friends to create a Blend and tap the "2023 Wrapped Top Songs" filter to combine all of your top songs from this year into one shared playlist.

Is Spotify Wrapped earlier than usual?

Yes, by two days. The annual Spotify Wrapped typically drops on Dec. 1, but last year, users got to see their year in review a day earlier than usual on Nov. 30.

The platform started to tease the end-of-year feature through social media on Nov. 27, saying "it's almost Wrapped o'clock."

How long does Spotify Wrapped track your listening preferences?

In the past, the streaming platform confirmed to every news outlets and their users that Spotify Wrapped only collected data from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31. However, this year's Wrapped will look a little different.

On Oct. 26 of this year, Spotify confirmed within an X post that Wrapped would keep counting past Halloween. They have not mentioned when it finished counting for this year.

How long has Spotify been releasing their end-of-year statistics to users?

Spotify Wrapped came out in 2015 with its "Year in Music" feature, allowing users to see which artists they listened to most over the previous 365. Over the years, the platform has added more graphic design and data personalization to the feature, later changing the name to "Spotify Wrapped."

Does Apple Music have their own version of Spotify Wrapped?

For Apple Music listeners who might feel left out, you actually have your own end-of-the-year present to open now.

Apple Music Replay on released Nov. 28 ahead of Spotify Wrapped, compiling Apple Music users' listening data for the year, including top songs, artists, albums and total minutes listened to. The platform released this feature last year to compete against the popular Wrapped.

Apple Music Replay's new Highlights feature can be accessed by going to the Apple Music Replay website on your device: replay.music.apple.com.

Once on this page, you’ll find a Highlight Reel that presents the year-in-review for a user's 2023 Apple Music listening history. Just like Spotify Wrapped, this summary includes the total amount of time you spent listening to music, your top genre, top artist, top album and top song.

Who is the 'Top Global Artist of 2023' for Spotify?

Taylor Swift performs for the fourth night of the Eras Tour in Los Angeles. Swift is ending the first U.S. leg of her tour with a six-night stint at SoFi Stadium.
Taylor Swift performs for the fourth night of the Eras Tour in Los Angeles. Swift is ending the first U.S. leg of her tour with a six-night stint at SoFi Stadium.

Taylor Swift, of course. She was also named the top artist for the U.S. as well.

She has dominated every space of pop culture this year. She sent millions into a frenzy last year over snagging tickets to her critically acclaimed “The Eras Tour"” and proceeded to perform to packed stadiums multiple weekends in a row. She's accidentally taken over Sunday night football due to her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. She's now earned millions from her concert movie that gives fans a front seat to her world tour.

"I just wanted to say to anyone who listened to my music this year, anywhere in the world, thank you," the popstar wrote on X. "Getting named Spotify’s Global Top Artist in 2023 is truly the best birthday/holiday gift you could’ve given me. We’ve seriously had THE MOST fun this year out there on tour and now this."

Top 10 most-streamed artists in the US:

Taylor Swift (left) was named Spotify's top artist in 2023; Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" was the most-streamed album of the year globally and Morgan Wallen (right) had the most-streamed song ("Last Night") and album ("One Thing At A Time") in the U.S.
Taylor Swift (left) was named Spotify's top artist in 2023; Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" was the most-streamed album of the year globally and Morgan Wallen (right) had the most-streamed song ("Last Night") and album ("One Thing At A Time") in the U.S.

  1. Taylor Swift

  2. Drake

  3. Morgan Wallen

  4. The Weeknd

  5. Bad Bunny

  6. 21 Savage

  7. SZA

  8. Zach Bryan

  9. Kanye West

  10. Peso Pluma

Top 10 most-streamed songs in the US:

  1. Last Night” by Morgan Wallen

  2. “Kill Bill” by SZA

  3. “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus

  4. “Ella Baila Sola” by Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma

  5. “Boy's a liar Pt. 2” by PinkPantheress and Ice Spice

  6. “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift

  7. “Something in the Orange” by Zach Bryan

  8. “You Proof” by Morgan Wallen

  9. “Creepin' (with The Weeknd & 21 Savage)” by Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage

  10. “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift

Top 10 most-streamed albums in the US:

  1. "One Thing At A Time" by Morgan Wallen

  2. "SOS" by SZA

  3. "Midnights" by Taylor Swift

  4. "Heroes & Villains" by Metro Boomin

  5. "Dangerous: The Double Album" by Morgan Wallen

  6. "Lover" by Taylor Swift

  7. "Un Verano Sin Ti" by Bad Bunny

  8. "folklore" by Taylor Swift

  9. "Génesis" by Peso Pluma

  10. "Starboy" by The Weeknd

Contributing reporting: KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY

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