I’m a self-proclaimed data nerd. I find it super fun to gather as many metrics as I can, as I think it gives a perfect picture of how I spend my time, but also how I’ve changed over time. That’s why I look forward to Spotify Wrapped every year.
This year, Spotify Wrapped 2025 has given us our usual top artists, top tracks, and top songs, but this year, we find out about our listening ages and top albums too. Every year, they seem to come up with new ways to show us all of the data they have collected over the year, and 2025 may be one of my favorites.
Show me the data
This year, it felt like we got more data than ever in Spotify Wrapped, even down to the specific listening age. It called me old — God forbid a girl has taste! I’ve more than doubled my age and am 56 years old, according to my music listening.
Spotify spends the entire year collecting our data from listening minutes to most played songs, and I, for one, am glad of this. For me at least, the attraction of Spotify Wrapped is the shareability.
The graphics each year are the most exciting part for me, because, as I said, having data in one place is my idea of heaven. While Spotify has gone a bit more minimal with its look this year, it has the same popping graphics with metrics to share around.
The data we are shown by Spotify is also presented in a totally easily digestible way, and having pretty graphics to share around is the icing on the cake for me. Last year, we were met with niche names for the genres of music we love, which I’ll admit was a little weird, but still, I shared it on my Instagram stories so everyone knew what I listened to. It’s a communal experience.
Music is such an intimate thing that we can’t help but want to share it with the people in our lives. I can bring people together or totally divide us through questionable music taste. I actually love it when people reply and let you know if they agree with your music taste, it’s one of the best ways to bond with people!
Nostalgia aplenty
I have been using Spotify as my music streaming service for as long as I can remember, and I regularly look back on the playlists I created every year when Wrapped is released.
It takes you through everything that went on in your year and makes you remember why you listened to that particular song 60 times on a random Wednesday. Music holds memories, and Wrapped is the perfect way to feel why we love these songs so much.
Your top songs
I listened to 59,333 minutes of music this year, so Spotify has a lot of information to go off. And one of the best things you get from Spotify Wrapped is the playlists. In my library, I have my ‘Your Top Songs’ playlist from even year it started, and I regularly go back and listen to them. It’s that hit of nostalgia all over again.
My 2017 playlist features artists including The Arctic Monkeys, Paramore, The 1975, and Lorde… I think I spent too much time on Tumblr. Fast forward to last year, and my 2024 playlist includes Noah Kahan, The Killers, Role Model, and The Kooks.
That’s a pretty noticeable change of pace over even years, but some of the songs on there are the same, such as Hard Times by Paramore — a song that I will never let go of. But this year, the 2025 playlist is full to the brim with Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C. and Role Model.
When I look at these specially curated playlists, it takes me right back to a certain time in my life and holds so much nostalgia. It’s so interesting to see how my taste in music has changed over the years, but also the changes in the music my friends are listening to.
Having these playlists to look back on creates a time capsule (like Spotify actually forced us to do one time) and is the perfect way to reminisce on your year. Music soundtracks our lives, and I love the way Wrapped makes me relive all of the best moments.
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