How to see your Spotify listening history

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Want to learn how to view your Spotify listening history? Perhaps you heard a song on shuffle but didn't know the name. Maybe you want to check how many podcast episodes you missed by falling asleep during episode one.

Whatever the reason, finding and viewing listening history on Spotify is a useful trick to have up your sleeve, but you may not be familiar with how to do it.

Don't fear; as you might expect from one of the best music streaming services, viewing listening history on Spotify is easy. However, the process differs slightly depending on whether you're using the mobile or desktop versions of the app.

Ready to learn how to see your listening history on Spotify? Read on.

How to view your listening history on Spotify: iOS & Android

Here's the process for the Spotify mobile app. It's the same on both iOS and Android.

1. Open Spotify and tap your profile icon

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Open the Spotify app and tap your profile icon.

2. Tap Listening history

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Now tap Listening history.

3. View listening history

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View your listening history.

How to view your listening history on Spotify: desktop app

Here's how to view your Spotify listening history on the desktop app.

1. Open Spotify and click the Queue button

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First up, open Spotify and click the Queue button, bottom right.

2. Click Recently Played and view your listening history

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Click Recently played and view your listening history.


That's really all there is to it. If you'd like to read more guides to help you use Spotify, we have you covered with our huge selection of helpful tutorials. We can show you how to download songs on Spotify, how to use Spotify blend to create unique playlists, how to combine playlists on Spotify to refine your roster of playlists and how to use Spotify karaoke for an ultimate singalong.

Peter Wolinski
Editor, How To & Cameras

Peter is Editor of the How To and Camera sections at Tom's Guide. As a writer, he covers topics including tech, photography, gaming, hardware, motoring and food & drink. Outside of work, he's an avid photographer, specialising in architectural and portrait photography. When he's not snapping away on his beloved Fujifilm camera, he can usually be found telling everyone about his greyhounds, obsessively detailing his car, squeezing as many FPS as possible out of PC games, and perfecting his espresso shots.