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where to find youtube recap

YouTube’s new year-end Recap is shown right inside the regular YouTube app and site, not as a separate website you have to hunt down.

Where to find YouTube Recap

YouTube Recap usually appears in a few main spots once it’s available for your account:

  • On the YouTube home screen as a big “Your Recap is here” style card when you open the app near the end of the year.
  • In the “You” tab (bottom right on mobile, left sidebar on desktop), where you’ll see an entry like “Your 2025 Recap.”
  • On desktop, YouTube also promotes a direct entry point like youtube.com/recap or a prominent banner in the main feed during the Recap period.

If you watch a lot of YouTube but do not see it, it may simply not have rolled out to your region yet, or your watch history/age settings might make you ineligible.

How to open it step by step

On mobile (Android or iOS):

  1. Update the YouTube app to the latest version.
  2. Open YouTube.
  3. Either:
    • Tap the Recap card if it pops up on the Home screen, or
    • Tap the You tab, then tap the banner or tile that says something like “Your 2025 Recap.”
  4. Your Recap will play as a story-like sequence of cards you can tap through.

On desktop (website):

  1. Go to youtube.com and make sure you’re signed into the account whose Recap you want to see.
  2. Look for a Recap entry in the left sidebar (“You” section) or a big Recap banner on the homepage when the feature is active.
  3. Click it to start your Recap cards.

What’s inside your YouTube Recap

The Recap is basically a “Wrapped” for your viewing, visualized as a set of cards:

  • Top channels and creators you watched the most.
  • Top topics/interests and “deep dives” you went on throughout the year.
  • Both long videos and Shorts, plus separate music stats in YouTube Music if you listen there a lot.
  • A playful viewing “personality type” like “Skill Builder” or “Trailblazer,” based on your habits.

Many users like the design but some complain that the stats (like categories or time breakdowns) don’t always feel accurate, especially for short-lived interests.

How to share or save your Recap

From the Recap cards:

  • Tap or click the download/save icon on a card to save a still image to your device.
  • Use the Share option to post it directly to social media or send in messages.
  • You generally cannot regenerate or edit the Recap; once the yearly window passes, it disappears until next year.

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