What’s happened? YouTube just rolled out its first-ever “Recap” feature for 2025, giving every user a personalized look back at what they watched this year. It’s like your own highlight reel, showing your top channels, shifting interests, and even assigning you a “viewer personality type.”
- If you use YouTube Music, your yearly Recap can display extra cards with your top artists, songs, podcast habits, and international listening spots.
- This feature is live for users in the U.S., with global rollout set for the coming days. You can access it via the “You” tab or a banner on the homepage.
Why it matters? YouTube Recap is similar to how top music streaming services have handled personal listening highlights, such as Spotify’s Wrapped or Amazon Music’s Delivered.
- YouTube Recap presents up to 12 interactive cards, each summarizing different elements of your activity, such as favorite creators, top channels, frequently watched topics, viewing streaks, and how your interests changed over time.
- Based on your watch patterns, YouTube assigns you a “viewer personality” such as Adventurer, Skill Builder, Creative Spirit, or Sunshiner, similar to how music apps tag listening habits.
Recap doesn’t just list stats; it looks for patterns in your viewing, like sudden shifts into cooking videos, or periods where you explored music, podcasts, and creators from around the world.
Why should I care? YouTube says Recap is built on months of feedback and dozens of design tests to unveil not just what you watched, but who you are as a viewer.
- If you spend hours on YouTube, Recap turns your random scrolls, rabbit-hole hunts, and guilty-pleasure episodes into a meaningful summary.
- It’s a fun way to reflect on your year and see what kind of videos defined it, notice changes in your interests, or simply look back on which creators kept you coming back.
YouTube Recap results can also be shared on social media to show off your “viewer personality” or support favorite channels.
