Dec. 7 (Portaltic/EP) –
Like every December, the music platforms In ‘streaming’ they publish their lists with the artists, songs and podcasts most listened to by users, but this recapitulation of the preferred content during the year is increasingly being added to more services, such as video game platforms or even photography apps like Google Photos.
Regarding music, some streaming platforms have already shared which songs and artists have been the most listened to during this year 2024 globally, highlighting some such as the composer of the album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, Taylor Swift, the Canadian artist The Weeknd or the Puerto Rican Bad Bunny, according to Spotify data.
However, in order to know what the personal tastes of each user have during the year on an individual level, the different services and platforms in ‘streaming’ they offer their own tools to discover the annual rankings.
In addition to Spotify, this is the case of Apple Music and YouTube Music for music, as well as Xbox and PlayStation for video games. Even other applications such as Google Photos or social networks like BeRealoffer features to display a summary of user activity throughout the year. This is how you can access this information in each case.
THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR
Maybe he Spotify Wrapped It is the best known by users. The platform has this tool since 2016when it began to show its users graphics about their listens of the year in the ‘app’, which can then be shared on other platforms such as Instagram or WhatsApp.
Specifically, Spotify Wrapped provides a summary of the activity that users have recorded between January 1, 2024 and a few weeks before December 4 of the same year. This summary includes a list of five artists that users have heard the most, as well as the five most played songs for the same.
The company also points out more specific data, such as how many times the most listened to song has been played or what percentage the user is compared to the global listeners of a specific artist.
Likewise, it offers data such as musical genres to which subscribers have resorted most, in addition to the ‘playlists’ and favorite podcasts. Spotify even points out the total listening time of content in the ‘app’ throughout the year and compares it with the percentage of the rest of listeners in Spain. All this in a completely personalized experience for each person.
To access it, just start the Spotify application on your smartphone and select the ‘Wrapped’ button that appears on the home screen. After that, a series of stories will be displayed that will show the data for the year.
In addition to all the information that Spotify Wrapped offers, the platform also automatically creates custom song lists with the users’ preferences of the year.
In the same way, Apple Music also has this annual recapitulation option with ‘Replay‘, a section that also includes the songs, artists and albums most played on this service throughout the year.
This function of Apple service It works in a very similar way to Spotify, sharing data such as the top most played songs, the total number of groups and musicians that have been listened to or the number of musical genres played on said account. All of this can be found in the Replay option, located on the home screen of the application.
Another platform that offers this recap is YouTube Music. In this case, in addition to the artists and songs, metrics about the songs are also included. video clips that have been played the most users during the year.
Google’s streaming content platform includes playlists and custom statistics that bring together the best songs, groups and podcasts based on the user’s listening history in the ‘app’.
To find these metrics, you must log in to the YouTube Music application and, in the user’s profile, click on the ‘Your Summary’ option. After that, just click on ‘Get your summary’ to start viewing the data in story format, which can also be shared on other platforms.
However, as the company has detailed in its support page, it will be necessary to have accumulated at least ten hours of listening time on YouTube Music to be able to use the Recap, from January 1 to November 10 of each year.
It must also be taken into account that, both for Apple’s Replay option, as well as for Spotify Wrapped or YouTube Music Recap, users must have a has a subscription to its services.
MOST PLAYED VIDEO GAMES DURING THE YEAR
On the other hand, not only music streaming platforms have this type of services. Xbox It also offers a review of what the users’ year has been like in relation to video games with personalized statistics.
Specifically, with the ‘Year in Review’ of Xbox, the company collects the most memorable moments of the player, with information such as total playing time, achievements achieved, preferred genres, three titles that have been used the most and the statistics within those games.
Likewise, as pointed out by the company on its websitethese statistics will be displayed with a personalized appearance based on the game that has remained the most played throughout 2024. In addition, in the case of players who have had experiences in multiplayer format, they will be able to see with which friends they shared the most playing time during the year.
To access the Xbox annual summary, you must access the Yearin Review page and log in. After that, each player’s adventures will be shown on the screen, which can be shared “with a single click” via mobile phone.
In the case of PlayStationthe Japanese video game company also offers its ‘Wrap-up’which will be available from December 10 this year 2024as announced by the company in its 30th anniversary page. This summary will include month-by-month game statistics, how many trophies have been earned and what the most played games have been, among other data.
OTHER RECAPS FROM 2024
In addition to all this, other services also offer their own recaps of the year. It is the case of Google Photos which, starting this year, will offer a carousel-like summary of outstanding memories.
As detailed by Google in its support pagein addition to a video with the favorite photographs that the user has taken throughout the year, will also collect information such as longest photo streakhe total number of smiles captured, who smiled the most and the people who appear the most in the photos.
Additionally, it shows a color palette of the year and the three main personalities of the user, based on the photos taken. All of this is allowed, in part, thanks to the face recognition function of Google Photos.
Thus, this year summary option will be available for both Android and iOS and in a Web version, although for the moment It has only been released in the United States.
There are also social networks that share the annual summary of user activity. For example, with ‘Your Memories’ BeReal collect all posts snapshots that users have published during the year, putting them together in a compilation video.
In the case instagramallows users to create their own ‘Recap’ using a Reels templatein which you can add your favorite photos of the year to create a short video that remembers those moments.
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