YouTube has launched its first-ever year-end “Recap” for videos watched on its main platform, giving users a personalized breakdown of their viewing habits across 2025. The new feature expands on the existing YouTube Music Recap and comes at a time when tech companies are racing to offer Spotify Wrapped-style annual summaries.
The video Recap includes up to 12 customized cards, highlighting each user’s top channels, dominant interests, and viewing patterns over the year. It also assigns a “watching personality type,” with labels such as “Skill Builder” for those who consume educational content, “Sunshiner” for fans of uplifting videos, and “Trailblazer” for viewers drawn to unconventional or original creators. Other categories include “Wonder Seeker,” “Connector,” and “Dreamer.”
While users can still view their top artists and songs, deeper music insights remain exclusive to the YouTube Music Recap, which rolled out last week.
The new Recap feature is available starting today for users in North America, with a global rollout scheduled later this week. It can be accessed directly from the YouTube homepage or through the “You” tab on both mobile and desktop devices. According to YouTube, the launch follows extensive concept testing — over 50 prototypes — to refine the final experience.
Alongside the debut, YouTube also released its 2025 trend charts. MrBeast retained his No. 1 position as top creator for the sixth year in a row, while “The Joe Rogan Experience” topped the podcast list. The song of the year went to Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga’s duet, Die with a Smile.
YouTube’s rollout coincides with the release of Apple Music’s Replay and Amazon Music’s Delivered, arriving ahead of Spotify’s yet-to-drop Wrapped — a move widely interpreted as an attempt to dominate social media sharing before Wrapped floods timelines.
