Apple Music Replay 2025 beats Spotify to the punch
Ahoy! Becky Scarrott, TechRadar's audio editor here and while Spotify users are still waiting for Wrapped, I woke up to an absolutely splendid Apple Music Replay offering this morning.
That's right, Apple Music has already beaten Spotify to the punch with its answer to Wrapped (which walked all over Wrapped last year too, in my opinion) and I can tell you that once again, I experienced zero issues when opening and viewing my Replay roundup this year.
So what should you expect? On mobile (on my iPhone 15 Pro Max, which is the only place I've viewed it so far – been a busy morning) the top-left icon of your home screen invites you to 'Replay your year in music', which quickly loads to a seven-slide shareable video that gets positively granular on your listening habits over the past 12 months.
Not only does it cite the minutes you've listened for the entire year, it also depicts your top artists each month, the number of new artists you invited into your life, the sum total of new albums you streamed, your number 1 song for the year (of course) and it even told me that for the first time since 2017, 'pop' was my top genre… I know.
My top song? No One Else by Tanerélle and barnacle boi. And I'm absolutely fine with sharing that.
While we wait for more updates on Spotify Wrapped 2025, let's hand over to our audio editor Becky Scarrott to talk about Apple Music Replay 2025!
How can we tell when Spotify Wrapped is on the way?
It’s fairly easy to tell how close Spotify Wrapped is when other music streaming services start the roll out for their own year in music reviews. YouTube Music beat both Spotify and Apple Music to the punch, rolling out YouTube Music Recap 2025 last week.
YouTube Music Recap 2025 adopts a similar style to its previous years, highlighting the artists, albums, and tracks you listened to most. As well as showing the total for minutes listened overall, this year there’s a new option to ask questions about your year in music which is powered by AI.
When might it land?
Spotify's teasers have hinted that Wrapped 2025 is imminent, but they've stopped tantalizingly short of giving us an exact date.
So when could it land? Looking back at previous years (below), today is a strong candidate – it's landed on a Wednesday for the last four years, with the 2024 edition arriving on December 4.
That said, going back to 2019 and 2018 it did also arrive on a Thursday. So based on those dates, our tea leaves are pointing to either today or tomorrow...
Year | Spotify Wrapped launch date |
|---|---|
2024 | Weds, Dec 4 |
2023 | Weds, Nov 29 |
2022 | Weds, Nov 30 |
2021 | Weds, Dec 1 |
2020 | Tues, Dec 1 |
2019 | Thu, Dec 5 |
2018 | Thu, Dec 6 |
2017 | Wed, Dec 6 |
2016 | Tue, Dec 6 |
How has Spotify been teasing Wrapped 2025?
Spotify gave our first glimpse of Wrapped 2025 a few days ago via its various social media channels, teasing this year’s roundup through a short-form video with seven graphics to reflect this year’s most-streamed artists including Lady Gaga, Pinkpantheress, Justin Bieber, and more.
That's usually a sign that it's imminent – last year, we saw those teasers appears a just a few days before Wrapped 2024 launched.