The end of the year is traditionally a time for reflection on key aspects of life – in recent years, this has extended into reflecting upon what we played most on Spotify.
Released around the start of December, the annual Spotify Wrapped feature offers an insight into what people around the world have been listening to throughout the year, as well as giving you a deep dive into your own habits.
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The results, as you have probably seen on social media, are always illuminating and, occasionally, ever so slightly embarrassing – here’s what this year’s overall statistics have revealed, and the latest news on when you could find out.
When will Spotify Wrapped 2020 be released?
The overall Spotify Wrapped statistics for listeners in the UK and around the world went live on Tuesday 1 December.
This data collates the habits of Spotify’s reputed 320 million global listeners to create a ranking of the most streamed artists, tracks, albums and podcasts in the UK and around the world.
The personalised Wrapped feature, which gives you an often revealing deep dive into your own listening habits, tends to follow a little later, and the firm has remained tight-lipped about the precise release date.
However, Spotify has app has hinted at an announcement is coming “in the coming days,” as well as promising “exciting new features” for this year’s edition, so you shouldn’t have long to wait.
Last year, the overall listening data also went live on the first Tuesday of December, with the personalised feature coming two days later – so if that pattern follows in 2020, you can expect it on Thursday 3 December.
Currently, the official Spotify Wrapped website simply carries the message “coming soon,” adding: “Keep listening on Spotify and we’ll let you know when your 2020 Wrapped is ready.”
When it does arrive, as per previous editions you will be able to see your most played artist and song, as well exactly how many minutes you spent listening on the app during the past 12 months.
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You’ve also previously been given a curated playlist of your most played tunes from the past 12 months, while last year users also learned their stats for the whole of the past decade.
Whether you then choose to share that with the world on social media depends, of course, on how embarrassing your music taste is (admit it, it’s very embarassing).
What does the Spotify Wrapped 2020 data say?
According to the Spotify Wrapped highlights data, Drake was the UK’s most streamed artist in 2020, while Bad Bunny pipped the Canadian rapper to the global top spot.
The most listened homegrown British artist was Ed Sheeran, who was fourth overall and beat Stormzy, Dua Lipa and Lewis Capaldi.
British users streamed The Weeknd’s track Blinding Lights more than any other (across the world it was streamed 1.6 billion times), while Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent was the most played album.
Here is the UK and global data in full.
Spotify Wrapped 2020 UK data
Most Streamed Artists in the UK
- Drake
- Juice WRLD
- Eminem
- Ed Sheeran
- The Weeknd
Most Streamed Artists in the UK, from the UK:
- Ed Sheeran
- Stormzy
- Dua Lipa
- Lewis Capaldi
- Harry Styles
Most Streamed Tracks in UK
- ‘’Blinding Lights’’ by The Weeknd
- ‘’Roses – Imanbek Remix’’ by Imanbek, SAINt JHN
- ‘’ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Ricch)’’ by DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
- ‘’The Box’’ by Roddy Ricch
- ‘’Dance Monkey’’ by Tones And I
Most Streamed Albums in UK
- Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi
- Fine Line, Harry Styles
- Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke
- After Hours, The Weeknd
- Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa
Most Popular Podcasts in the UK
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Sh**ged Married Annoyed
- Times News Briefing
- That Peter Crouch Podcast
- Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Most Popular Podcast Genres in the UK
- Comedy
- Society & Culture
- Lifestyle & Health
- Arts & Entertainment
- Education
Spotify Wrapped 2020 global data
Most Streamed Artists Globally
- Bad Bunny
- Drake
- J Balvin
- Juice WRLD
- The Weeknd
Most Streamed Albums Globally
- YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny
- After Hours, The Weeknd
- Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone
- Fine Line, Harry Styles
- Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa
Most Streamed Tracks Globally
- “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd
- “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I
- “The Box” by Roddy Ricch
- “Roses – Imanbek Remix” by Imanbek and SAINt JHN
- “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa
Most Popular Podcasts Globally
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- TED Talks Daily
- The Daily
- The Michelle Obama Podcast
- Call Her Daddy
Most Popular Podcast Genres Globally
- Society & Culture
- Comedy
- Lifestyle & Health
- Arts & Entertainment
- Education
