Every year starting from late November until the end of the year, people get excited about the biggest event of the year: Spotify Wrapped.
Starting in 2016, Spotify Wrapped started to show users end of the year statistics of their listening history, from how much time they streamed, what songs they streamed the most, and how many artists they streamed the most.
On social media, it quickly became viral, with users sharing their Spotify Wrapped online. It’s an opportunity to show off our personality to our followers, how we might be a little over-obsessed with music, and joke about our embarrassing top songs.
Ever since then, Spotify Wrapped grew into a bigger deal, and many other music streaming apps have also jumped in on the craze. But now, it’s a new trend coming from companies that you’d least expect.
Spotify Wrapped (The King)
This year, the month of December started off with the Spotify Wrapped craze, which many people were anticipating from the start of November. It finally came in the first week of December, and Spotify Wrapped’s were found everywhere.
Users were able to see their top songs, top albums, how many minutes a user streamed, and get special fan messages from their top artists. Spotify also introduced listening age, sorting users into clubs based on similar listening activity, and an archive of the best streaming days of the year.
In recent years, Spotify Wrapped has faced some criticism for inaccuracy when compared to other apps like stats.fm. Others have criticized the company for their recent usage of AI, which was in this year’s presentation.
Apple Music Replay
Spotify’s rival, Apple Music, has recently started their own version called Apple Music Replay. Although the app gave users their results in early December, it actually doesn’t stop updating until the very last day of the year.
Users are also able to get their Replay monthly, starting in early February. A user can see how long they streamed, their top artists, top songs, top albums, and top genres on a monthly basis until the end-of-year Replay comes in December.
Additionally, they’re able to access the playlist early, which updates weekly based on your listening habits. Apple Music also has an “All Time Replay” which shows your top songs from all years of listening.
Letterboxd Year-in-Review
Another popular end-of-year app for movies is Letterboxd, which is popular among many users who also use Spotify. Letterboxd Year-in-Review will be released in January, detailing a user’s most-watched actor, director, and how many films were watched.
Similar to Apple Music, users who are Pro or Patron are able to see their stats year round, as well as get a more detailed view of their viewing habits, previous years, and all the stats they have from the creation of their Letterboxd account.
Since Letterboxd is one of the most popular film-logging apps, it is one of the few ways people get to see their film watching habits over the year.
Video Game Consoles
Every year, video game consoles such as Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam also participate in the end-of-year recap, giving their players a look at their most played games, how much time they spent gaming, and other fun statistics.
This year’s recap could be interesting, with the new Nintendo Switch 2 being released, it’s possible the console may update their recap for their users. Usually, their year in reviews release in early January.
YouTube Recap
YouTube does a yearly recap for users who listen to music through YouTube Music, but they have also done a yearly recap to show users the data on what types of videos they watched throughout the year.
If you think what you watch on YouTube might be too niche, think again. YouTube keeps track of the topics you mostly looked at, and which YouTuber you spent the most time watching.
The Wackiest End-of-Year Stats This Year
This year, it seems like a lot of companies are joining in on the end-of-year craze. Some have been released already, while others are waiting for the new year to come in to give a “true” year-in-review. These are some of the companies you wouldn’t expect a recap from:
If you have a LinkedIn profile, you may have gotten an email saying that a Year in Review is ready for you.
LinkedIn shows users the milestones, connections, the skills you’ve built, and other accomplishments they’ve made in 2025. This is the first time they have decided to do a yearly recap, and it’ll come up again for 2026.
Chick-fil-A
Have you eaten a lot of Chick-fil-A this year? The company has also been sending rewards users a recap of their year with Chick-fil-A.
When you open the app, Chick-fil-A shows you a recap of your most ordered item in the year, where you ordered from the most, how much points you earned, your rewards tier status, and so much more.
Discord
A lot of us use Discord to talk to our online friends, join servers based on our interests, and even use it for school and work.
The app has unveiled “Discord Checkpoint,” which tells users how many messages they sent, who they talked to the most, the longest time you spent in a call, and your favorite server to chat in. At the end, you also get a free profile decoration based on your statistics.
Fan-made yearly recaps
Although not authorized by any real company, people online have managed to make their own recaps just by coding a few things.
Websites and apps like Instagram and Twitter have unofficial recaps made by other sources. You can get these end-of-year statistics by linking your account to them.
Are these cool or just trying to cash in on the hype? We’re getting the weirdest types of recaps and I want to see how much crazier it can get.
If we’re going to keep tradition alive, I may as well expose my Spotify Wrapped: My top artist was Oasis and my top song was “Les” by Childish Gambino. Still had a ton of Oasis in my playlist this year, which was not a coincidence.
