As Spotify listeners ‘chop’ their wrappers, when will it actually be released?

Music fans have joked about trying to curate their style at the last minute so they seem cool when their Spotify Wrapped list comes out.

Each year, the audio streaming giant releases insights into subscribers’ own music tastes according to their most listened to songs, artists and genres. Spotify Wrapped also crunches your data to compare it to broader listening trends.

It’s usually released in late November or December each year, and leading up to this, people have been joking about changing their listening style at the last minute to appear more cool when their Wrapped drops.

Many Spotify subscribers shared how they tried to hack the system in posts on X, formerly Twitter, by listening to certain songs over and over again.

“Imagine hating me, a girl simply in her room trying to change the trajectory of her Spotify wrap before it’s too late,” wrote @jennifermerr.

“That time of year I put certain songs on repeat to hack my Spotify packed,” wrote @marywana_.

“Spotify Wrapped comes out in a week and the only thing I’m stressed about is which of the random songs I hyper-fixated on for 2 days and completely abandoned afterwards will make my top 10,” wrote @Chiefkis.

Others joked that they didn’t have to worry about hacks because they were confident in their taste in music.

“I have no reason to be embarrassed about my Spotify packed, I enjoyed everything I listened to this year so I’ll just have to accept my fate..” wrote @lyricsyoumigh.

And @ju0nyah added: “Just realized Spotify Wrapped is coming soon… I have great taste in music so I don’t need last minute changes.”

Bad news for ‘hackers’

For people hoping to change their Wrapped at the 11th hour, the bad news is that Spotify only collects your listening data from January 1st to October 31st, which means almost two months of listening habits aren’t counted.

Spotify explained its reasoning for this in a 2021 interview.

“The reason we have this hard cutoff is just for campaign logistics,” said Brendan Codey, associate director of Creator Growth and Programs at Spotify.

“We have to QA (Quality Assurance) the site, and we have to finalize assets for Wrapped, all of which take a while. You throw Thanksgiving into the mix, and we have even less time.”

When is Spotify Wrapped 2024 happening?

Spotify hasn’t revealed a release date for the latest Spotify wrap, but simply tells subscribers, “Your listening highlights and more. Keep playing what you love and we’ll get back to you when it’s ready.”

The 2023 Wrapped was released on November 29th, and in 2022 it was released on November 30th. Over two years before that, Spotify dropped Wrapped in December, on December 5th and 6th.