It is the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. Spotify Wrapped Day. The annual digital rite of passage where Spotify gleefully exposes your personality via your listening habits and you pretend you are not sweating over how many minutes you devoted to Sabrina Carpenter at 2am. This year, Wrapped is bigger, brighter and far more nosy than ever. And, serving up new features designed to crack open your music DNA and read you like an ex that you just can’t quit.
And if Reddit is any indication, users are calling this year’s edition “such a nice addition” and “definitely better than last year”, largely because Spotify brought back real data and ditched the random AI-generated genres.
Across r/spotify and r/millennials, early reactions are glowing. One user said: “The reports/files of 2025 was such a nice addition.” Another celebrated “being back to the usual Spotify genres instead of… twinkcore sprinkle coralbeachpop girly July or something.” Others loved the new details, like being shown how many times they’ve played their Top Songs of 2025, and a few pointed out that Spotify “clearly listened to what people complained about last year with the lack of actual data.” One 55-year-old even shared that their Listening Age came back as 29, while their 20-year-old daughter’s was 71 — proving Wrapped chaos is alive and well.
While we’ll leave it to Reddit and you and your besties/mums group chat/office kitchen conversation to debate what “the Yacht Rock” category even means, here’s the other wild new tools, new global stars and new data deep dives, that Spotify Wrapped 2025 drew on to show you exactly who you became in 2025.
The New Features That Will Absolutely Humble You
Let’s start with Listening Age, possibly the most unhinged addition to the platform to date. This feature compares the release years of your most played songs to the rest of your age group. If you have the musical sensibilities of a 62 year old man who only listens to Crowded House, this is the moment of truth.
Next up is Fan Leaderboard. If you have been claiming you are Taylor Swift’s number one Australian fan, this is the year your receipts arrive. Spotify will show where you rank globally among her listeners based on total minutes streamed. Prepare to be humbled by thirteen year olds with unlimited free time.
Then we have Clubs. Spotify is now sorting users into one of six listening style tribes, finally giving structure to the chaos that is your audio personality. Whether you fall into chaotic shuffler energy or deeply committed album loyalist, Wrapped now has a club for that.
There is also Top Albums for the first time, Your Author Clip and Your Podcaster Clip so audiobook and podcast girlies are officially having their moment. Plus a Listening Archive powered by AI which serves up the five most memorable days of your listening year. Yes, Spotify remembers that evening you rage streamed Olivia Rodrigo on loop.
And if you want to experience your year with friends, the new Wrapped Party feature lets you revisit 2025 in real time with people who enabled your awful listening habits in the first place.
Australia’s Big Streaming Moments of 2025
Taylor Swift has once again claimed the crown as Australia’s most streamed artist for the third year running. She cannot be stopped and frankly, at this point, should run for Prime Minister.
Alex Warren’s Ordinary took out the most streamed track across the country, while The Wiggles dominated the local artist list. Chaos? Yes. Surprising? Not at all.
Australian listeners leaned into K-Pop harder than ever, with KPop Demon Hunters taking out Australia’s top album of the year. Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet and Alex Warren’s You’ll Be Alright, Kid rounded out the chart, proving Aussies really do love a catchy pop confession.
In podcasts, The Joe Rogan Experience was once again the country’s most popular, followed by The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Casefile True Crime and Huberman Lab. For local podcasts, Casefile claimed the top spot, with Hamish & Andy, The Imperfects, It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield and ABC News Top Stories completing the list.
On the audiobook front, Rebecca Yarros ran the game with Fourth Wing at number one and Iron Flame at number two, followed by Sarah J. Maas and other fantasy powerhouses dominating Aussie ears.
The Global Story: Bad Bunny Is Still King
Globally, Bad Bunny reclaimed the top artist title with more than 19.8 billion streams. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars topped the global song list with Die With A Smile. And, once again, Rebecca Yarros took out the top global audiobook spot with Fourth Wing.
And remember, all of this is just the surface. The real fun begins once you open your Wrapped feed in the Spotify app. You can speed it up, slow it down and replay the moments you loved or the ones you wish the algorithm would forget. Either way, it is your year in audio and Spotify has captured every banger, breakdown and late night relisten.
Wrapped 2025 is here. Good luck out there.
