YouTube launch their first ever Wrapped-style feature
YouTube Recap 2025 marks their first ever Spotify Wrapped style shareable for users’ end of year stats on the video platform.
Spotify Wrapped has dropped, so expect socials to go crazy with everyone’s year-end listening stats. The massive success of Wrapped has led many other platforms to launch similar, year end wrap-ups for their users. Now YouTube is joining.
YouTube Recap 2025 will take viewers through what they watched this year. The feature is 100% personalised, building the stats directly from users’ YouTube watch history throughout 2025.
ouTube Recap 2025 gives you a dynamic, story-style slideshow composed of up to 12 custom cards. It’s designed to capture the true diversity of your viewing habits—from your deep dives into niche topics to the channels you binged most often.
The cards highlight:
- Your Top Channels and interests
- How your viewing habits evolved over the year
- Unique moments that defined your viewing journey
Discover your YouTube personality type
The coolest part of the new YouTube Recap—and the element designed purely for social sharing—is the debut of the viewer personality types.
After extensive user feedback and testing (nine rounds, over 50 concepts!), YouTube realized that behind the data were unique personas. Your viewing behaviour is categorized into types like the Adventurer, the Skill Builder, or the Creative Spirit.
Which are the most coveted? The early data shows that The Philosopher and The Dreamer are the more elusive and rare personas. Meanwhile, the platform is packed with The Sunshiner, The Wonder Seeker, and The Connector. Finding out your type is half the fun and great engagement fuel for social media.
Don’t forget the music
If you listened to at least 10 hours of music on YouTube this year, your main Recap will integrate seamlessly with your listening habits. You’ll get cards dedicated to your Top Artists and Top Songs of 2025.
Crucially, you can then dive deeper into your stats within the YouTube Music app. This second layer reveals your top genres, podcasts, and even a snapshot of your international music listening activity, providing valuable insight into your global taste for music!
How to find and share your YouTube Recap 2025
The Recap is available now globally after its initial North American launch. You can access it until the end of the year in two simple ways:
- On the App (Mobile/Desktop): Head to the “You” tab (usually located at the bottom right on mobile) and look for the Recap banner.
- Via Web Link: Go straight to youtube.com/recap.
Once you’re viewing your story, don’t forget to use the share button on your favourite cards. Get your stats, share them wide, and revisit your best memories from 2025!