YouTube Music’s 2023 Recap is finally here. Image Credit: Rubaitul Azad
After the exciting releases of Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay, YouTube Music’s 2023 Recap has officially arrived.
Take a sneak peek at the YouTube Music Recap, including how to access the personalized year-end listenership breakdown and share it with friends.
How Do I Access YouTube Music Recap 2023?
YouTube Music has brought its annual summary, complete with total listening time, top artists and songs, custom album artwork, and more, to a dedicated in-app page that can be accessed with a tap.
You can find Recap 2023 by selecting your profile picture (located in the top-right corner of the homepage) and tapping the “Your Recap” option on the list that appears.
For those who prefer to use YouTube itself, a similar experience is available through the video-sharing platform on a different Recap page.
This page can be found by heading to youtube.com/musicrecap or by searching for “wrap-up.” After doing the latter, you’ll see options to save the playlist of your top tunes of 2023 and view the full Recap video.
Do I Need a Subscription to Access Recap?
You do not need a subscription to access YouTube Music’s yearly wrap-up. Instead, the listening summary is available to everyone, including YouTube Premium and Music subscribers as well as ad-supported users.
Why Can’t I See My Recap?
You may be unable to view your Recap due to insufficient listening time for 2023. In order to generate a user’s Recap, YouTube requires “a minimum of 4 hours of music listening time each season across” its platforms.
In addition, Recap will be unavailable if you “have autodelete set up for activity older than 3 months,” according to Google/YouTube, and may be temporarily unavailable if you’ve recently deleted or edited your YouTube watch history.
You’ll need the latest version of the YouTube or YouTube Music app to view your Recap; try updating if you can’t see the breakdown.
How Do I Share My Recap?
As is also the case with Spotify’s Wrapped and Apple Music’s Replay, YouTube Music’s Recap is designed to be shared.
You can share your Recap playlist just like you would regular playlists. Tap the three-dot menu next to the collection of songs in YouTube Music’s app, select the “share” option, and follow the on-screen prompts.
YouTube Music users can download photo cards of their playlists through the arrow icon on the Recap page, texting the images or exporting them to social platforms from there. You can share Recap story cards from YouTube and YouTube Music alike in the same way.
