Spotify’s Wrapped 2025 is here, and as usual, the streaming service is mixing up its annual lists including Top Global Artist (Bad Bunny), Top Global Podcast (“The Joe Rogan Experience”) and Top U.S. Artist (Taylor Swift) with some surprises. The company has included top audiobook genres for the first time, also adding “author clips” — messages from authors populated for those who’ve listened to their books. The platform is also extending the traditional Wrapped playlist — a list of each Spotify account holder’s most-played tunes — with the Wrapped Party, which lets friends go head-to-head to see who is the bigger fan.

“Granted, there isn’t much to actually do, since it’s mostly about what you’ve already listened to,” writes The Verge, which concludes that “turning listening to music into a competitive sport is definitely a new twist on the annual Wrapped tradition.” Anyone over 13 can join in on the mobile-only Wrapped Party experience.

Spotify “is also bringing back its interactive song quiz and top artist sprint, which shows how your top five artists changed month by month,” The Verge points out, noting that perhaps the biggest change is the streamer “highlighting our top albums for the first time.”

Historically, Wrapped has focused exclusively on individual songs, artists and genres. “This year, the company is finally acknowledging that some of us still listen to albums from start to finish,” The Verge reports.

“With more than 700 million listeners around the world turning to Spotify to soundtrack their lives, it’s time to look back at the audio that defined the year,” the company says, announcing the annual rewind that “is here to celebrate the artists, creators, authors, and global trends that emerged, and to show you how your own listening fits into the picture.”

“After last year’s widely criticized flop that included an AI podcast as its highlight, the streamer’s highly anticipated annual review feature has returned to its roots,” writes TechCrunch, noting that in 2025 “Spotify is doubling down on what it knows works best: deep dives into your streaming data, creative experiences, messages from favorite artists, and other social features.”

The Wrapped 2025 landing page offers drill-downs by category. Spotify also provides a User Experience page explaining how to get the most out of the lists.

Related:
Spotify Wants to Be the Next Big Video Service, The Verge, 12/4/25
Spotify Unveils Top 50 Podcasts of 2025, Led by Joe Rogan, Theo Von, Mel Robbins, Variety, 12/3/25
Spotify Wrapped ‘Listening Age’ Feature Has Music Fans Howling, The Wall Street Journal, 12/4/25
YouTube Music Rolls Out AI Powered Recap for 2025, Social Media Today, 11/25/25
YouTube Music Rolling Out 2025 Recap with ‘Ask About Your Year’ AI Chat, 9to5Google, 11/24/25