- Spotify Explains Some of the Methods Behind Wrapped 2025
- This may clear up some of the confusion surrounding the year's results.
- Different data points are calculated using different methodologies.
Earlier this week Spotify ends in 2025 rolled out, leading to listening reports going viral all over social media – and now Spotify has revealed all about how the stats are compiled, which may explain why some of your Wrapped might surprise you.
In the new blog postSpotify says that “each data story uses the metric that makes the most sense for that particular narrative”: for example, the top songs are simply ranked by total streams, while the top albums use a different logic based on how many tracks are streamed and how widespread your listening was.
Spotify also confirmed that Wrapped's data collection begins on January 1 and continues through November – so it's not a full calendar year or a rolling 12-month window. Offline listening is enabled, but non-music tracks (such as white noise) are not.
According to Spotify, when using these different methodologies, there may be some confusion regarding certain results. A new “Listening Age” feature has been added that allows you to guess your age based on the tunes you've listened to throughout the year. particularly confusing for some users.
“Easy to Forget”
Spotify presents a few more reasons why your Wrapped stats might not be what you expected: Human error. As flesh and blood humans, we don't always remember well what happened six or 12 months ago.
“It's a long year, and it's easy to forget that album you had on repeat back in February,” the blog post explains. “Artists with large catalogs can also rack up a large number of streams, even if you've only listened to each song a few times.” The devices you share with others could also affect your results, Spotify says.
You can find your Spotify Wrapped for 2025 inside the Android or iOS app, and it should be advertised somewhere in the Home tab. If for some reason it is not displayed for you, there is some fixes you can try.
There are a ton of new features for music, podcasts, and audiobooks this year. These include Wrapped Party, which lets you compete with your friends to see who was the most obsessed, least listened to, and recorded the most minutes of listening.
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