- Spotify has explained some of the methods behind Wrapped 2025
- It may clear up some confusion surrounding the year-end summary.
- Different data points are calculated using different methodologies.
Earlier this week, Spotify Wrapped 2025 was released, leading to listening summaries being shared all over social media, and now Spotify has revealed all about how the stats are collected, which may explain why some of its Wrapped might have surprised you.
In the new blog post, Spotify says that “each data story uses the metric that makes the most sense for that specific narrative”: Top songs are simply ranked by total listens, for example, while Top Albums use a different logic that’s based on the streaming of the most tracks and how widely distributed their listening has been.
Spotify also confirmed that its Wrapped data collection begins on January 1 and continues through November, so it’s neither a full calendar year nor a rolling 12-month window. Offline listening is included, but non-musical tracks (such as white noise) are not.
With these different methodologies at play, there may be some confusion about certain results, Spotify says. The new Listening Age feature, which aims to guess your age based on the songs you listened to during the year, has proven particularly disconcerting for some users.
‘Easy to forget’
Spotify presents a few more reasons why your Wrapped stats might not be what you expected: the human element. As real people, we’re not always good at remembering what happened six or 12 months ago.
“The year is long and it’s easy to forget that album you played on repeat in February,” the blog post explains. “Artists with large catalogs can also rack up large stream counts even if you only listen to each song a few times.” The devices you share with other people could also have influenced your results, Spotify says.
You can find your Spotify Wrapped for 2025 within the Android or iOS app, and it should be promoted somewhere in the Home tab. If it doesn’t appear for some reason, there are a few solutions you can try.
This year there are many new features in music, podcasts and audiobooks. They include a Wrapped Party that lets you compete against your friends to see who was the most obsessed, got the weirdest listen, and logged the most listening minutes.
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