Spotify Wrapped usually starts counting your listening for a given year on January 1 and keeps going until a few weeks before Wrapped is released in late November or early December.

Core dates

  • For recent years, Spotify has stated that Wrapped tracking begins at the start of January and continues “until a few weeks prior to the launch of the Wrapped product.”
  • In practice, that means plays from January 1 through roughly mid‑November are what tend to show up in your Wrapped stats.
  • Spotify has also clarified that it does not stop counting on October 31 , debunking a popular Halloween cut‑off rumor.

How it works for your year

  • Your Spotify Wrapped 2026 (for example) will count listening from January 1, 2026 up until a short period before Wrapped 2026 goes live in early December 2026.
  • There is typically a brief “gap” in late November where your streams are recorded normally but are not included in either the wrapping year or the following year’s Wrapped, because Spotify needs processing time to generate everyone’s stats.

What this means for your listening

  • If you want songs or artists to show up in next year’s Wrapped, focus your listening from January onward , especially through spring, summer, and early fall.
  • Anything you binge in late November or December is great for your vibes and playlists, but it likely will not impact the Wrapped that just came out or the one that’s coming next year.

TL;DR: Spotify Wrapped starts counting on January 1 of that year and stops a few weeks before the feature launches around late November or early December; there’s no hard October 31 stop.

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