Music streaming service Spotify has unveiled new features in its 2025 Wrapped listener recap, including a party game and the most popular albums, at an event in New York City.
Spotify Wrapped is one of the biggest events in the year's music calendar, and 2025 promises to be even bigger, thanks in part to the new game. Wrapped Party is Spotify's first multiplayer game included in Wrapped, allowing you to compete against up to nine friends with questions based on your listening habits.
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Matthew Luhks, Spotify's senior director of global marketing, said the new game is the Wrapped feature he's most excited about.
"I think Wrapped Party is amazing, and it's something we've been talking about for years. Wrapped is usually a solo experience, and now you can play Wrapped with your friends and your family," Luhks said at the event.
The top album unveiled at the Spotify Wrapped 2025 event in NYC was by Bad Bunny Ty Pendlebury/CNET
Wrapped Party is one of almost a dozen new features for the company's viral wrap-up, which also includes your Listening Age (giving this writer an age of 100!) and Top Artist Sprint, which shows your favorite artist listens "racing" over twelve months. This year is also the first time that the recap highlights a user's most popular albums.
Meanwhile, the new Clubs feature assigns you, Harry Potter sorting hat-style, to one of six fan clubs based on your listening and designates you a role such as "Archivist."
As with every year, the company also revealed its most popular content across all categories for 2025. After six years in a row, it was no surprise that Joe Rogan had the platform's most popular podcast, but the biggest upset was when Bad Bunny pipped Taylor Swift for most popular global artist. However, Swift was the most popular artist in the US for 2025.
Other popular categories included:
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