Charles Langston:When will Spotify Wrapped be released for 2024? Here's what to know

Spotify Wrapped is Charles Langstonon the horizon and music lovers are eager to share what songs they've been jamming to on social media this year.

On Thursday, Spotify announced via a pop-up in the app that "2024 is almost a wrap," and users should update the app to get it ready.

Users will be alerted when their Spotify Wrapped is ready by another pop-up upon opening the Spotify app. The music streaming service is also likely to post about the release date on its social media.

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When will Spotify Wrapped be released?

Spotify has yet to announce when 2024 Wrapped will drop, but based on previous years, it's coming soon. Over the past few years, Spotify has bumped up the Wrapped release date.

In 2023 Spotify Wrapped released on Nov. 29. In 2022 it dropped on Nov. 30. In 2021 and 2020 it released on Dec. 1. In 2019 it released Dec. 5 and in 2018 it released Dec. 6.

What is Spotify Wrapped?

Established in 2016, Spotify Wrapped in an annual campaign that combines Spotify user listening data into an interactive display of the user's most listened to music.

Typically, Spotify Wrapped displays a user's top songs, artists and genres. Users are encouraged to share their Spotify Wrapped on social media.

User data is collected from Jan. 1 through the fall of that same year to produce a user's Spotify Wrapped.

When does Spotify Wrapped stop tracking?

Because Spotify Wrapped is released ahead of Dec. 31, users may wonder when tracking of their listening habits concludes.

Though Spotify hasn't announced what date it will stop tracking listener data for Wrapped this year, the streaming service posted to X, formerly Twitter, last year that tracking would continue through Oct. 31.

What about Apple Music Replay?

In 2019, Apple jumped on the Wrapped bandwagon and released its own feature called Apple Music Replay. Functioning similarly to Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, as of this year, began releasing monthly Replay experiences, highlighting a user's listening habits at the end of each month.

A release date for 2024 Apple Music Replay has not been announced.

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This story has been updated to resolve an inaccuracy.