YouTube is rolling out a new roundup experience that lets you quickly review your most notable video habits over the last year. The Recap feature “uniquely highlights interests, deep dives, and moments” based on your watch history, according to YouTube’s announcement, providing up to 12 cards that spotlight top channels, interests, and how your taste in videos has changed over time.
It appears similar to Spotify’s end-of-year Wrapped experience, which other services like Apple Music and Amazon Music have also riffed on in recent years. YouTube’s Recap feature will even assign users a “personality type” based on viewing habits, such as Adventurer, Skill Builder, and Creative Spirit — which seem comparable to Spotify’s listening personality types.
Recap is launching for YouTube users in the US starting today, and will roll out globally this week. The feature is available on both mobile devices and desktop, and can be found by selecting the dedicated button on the YouTube homepage or under the “You” tab in the user menu.
Some stats related to listening and watching music, such as your top artists and songs, will also be included in Recap, though it’s not replacing the existing Recap experience for YouTube Music that provides an annual review of top artists, songs, genres, and podcasts. YouTube Music app users will still have “a separate YouTube Music Recap available within that app,” according to a YouTube support page.
Alongside the video Recap launch, YouTube also shared some trend charts that show which topics, creators, podcasts, and songs have been the most popular with US users this year. Some stats aren’t especially surprising — MrBeast remains the top creator and The Joe Rogan Experience holds the number one spot in the podcast rankings, for example — but it’s interesting to see that the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack was less popular in Shorts compared to its domination on the general top songs chart.
