Spotify Wrapped 2025 expected to debut December 3

Spotify's year-end recap, Wrapped, is expected to return in early December 2025, with December 3 emerging as the most likely launch date based on the service's recent release pattern and longstanding timing. The annual feature, which summarizes individual users' top songs, podcasts and listening habits, traditionally appears in the last week of November or the first week of December and has become a regular part of the holiday social media cycle since its introduction in 2016.

Wrapped grew out of an earlier 2015 Year in Music project and has been issued each year since 2016. Recent release dates show a gradual movement earlier in the calendar through the early 2020s, followed by a return to December in 2024. The roundups were released on December 6 in both 2017 and 2018, December 5 in 2019, December 2 in 2020, December 1 in 2021, November 30 in 2022, November 29 in 2023 and December 4 in 2024. The feature has frequently been posted on a Wednesday, which contributes to the expectation that the 2025 edition could fall on Wednesday, December 3.

Spotify began tracking listening activity for the 2025 Wrapped tally on January 1, according to the company, meaning users' plays since the...