It’s the time of the year when Spotify users showcase all the music they have jammed throughout the year. The feature rolls out every holiday season. But if you’re new to the streaming service, you may not know what Spotify Wrapped is.
Spotify Wrapped reveals to each of the users their most listened-to songs for the year. It also gives stats on their top genres, artists, and podcasts. In addition, Spotify showcases stats of the biggest hits, top albums, most listened-to artists, and more on this yearly event.
The streaming service-wide stats of Spotify Wrapped consider the users’ listening habits both globally and locally. But all this is just a short introduction to the feature. If you want to learn more, you should keep reading as this guide goes through everything you would want to know.
What is Spotify Wrapped?
Ever since Spotify Wrapped was introduced back in 2016, it’s been a regular fixture every year. Usually released during the holidays, the feature offers users a fun and free way to showcase their musical tastes on social media. In addition, it allows the users to learn about their listening habits.
To be exact, you get a visual representation of the artists, genres, podcasts, and songs that you’ve listened to the most from the start of the year to the end of October. You can share all these stats on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and other sites.
As a part of Spotify Wrapped, the streaming platform also gives you info on the most popular artists, albums, songs, and podcasts regionally and globally for the past year. The feature has proven to be so popular that other streaming services have started offering similar features. For example, there are My Deezer Year and Apple Music Replay.
What Can You See on Spotify Wrapped?
Spotify Wrapped has evolved a lot throughout the past 7 years. And each year, it has started to offer more and more fun info on the user’s listening habits.
For Spotify Wrapped 2023, you get to see cards, otherwise known as stories. Alongside that, the feature offers info on Top genres, artists, songs, podcasts, and minutes listened.
In addition to those, you get new features on Wrapped 2023. For example, there’s “Me in 2023.” It utilizes the listening habits in 2023 and then gives you one of the 12 different listening characters. To illustrate, if you’ve created a ton of playlists in 2023, the feature may give you The Alchemist character.
Sound Town is another new feature that Spotify Wrapped 2023 is bringing. It matches you to a city by considering the listening history. For example, you may find that your listening habits closely align with the people of Paris, London, or Rio.
Gizchina News of the week
There are some visual changes on Spotify Wrapped 2023. To illustrate, the top 5 genres come as a sandwich, while the top 5 artists come with a detailed graphic. Also, it brings a new Wrapped feed, which is accessible from the Spotify home screen. It includes merchandise from top artists, playlists based on your results, and information about concerts around you.
In addition to that, the Spotify Wrapped feed gives you a video message from one of your favorite artists. And it doesn’t end there. For the first week after the feature is available, you can use Spotify’s AI DJ to talk through the results, play songs, and give commentary on the results.
When Does Spotify Wrapped Come Out? How To See It?
Back in 2021, Spotify rolled out the feature on December 1, but in 2022, the feature rolled out on November 30. This time, it’s available to all the users a day before. That is, Spotify Wrapped 2023 is available starting from November 29.
To access Spotify Wrapped 2023, you need to be on the latest version of the app. If you have the updated app, the new feed should appear on the home screen. Alternatively, you can get access to the feature by visiting the desktop version on this link.
Who Is the Most Listened-to Artists on Spotify?
As mentioned earlier, Spotify Wrapped gives info on the top artists from the world as well as the local region. Back in 2022, Bad Bunny was the most-played artist from around the world. The artist had over 18.5 billion streams. But this year, the artist scored second place, with Taylor Swift being at the top.
The others on the top five list are The Weeknd, Drake, and Peso Pluma. You can get a more in-depth idea of the top artists by looking at the stats shared by Spotify. The picture is attached below.
What Are The Most Listened-to Albums?
Aside from the top artists, Spotify Wrapped also gives the users an idea about the popular albums. Back in 2022, Un Verano Sin Ti from Bad Bunny was the top album. And it achieved the top spot this year too. The other albums in the top 5 spots are:
- Midnights by Taylor Swift
- SOS by SZA
- Starboy by the Weekend
- Manana Sera Bonito by Karol G
