Spotify Wrapped 2026 Release Date: Not Announced, Past Dates

Spotify has not announced the 2026 Wrapped date. Its newsroom post “Get Ready for Your Spotify Wrapped,” dated Nov. 5, 2026, says “Wrapped season is almost here!” but gives no launch day, listening window or eligibility rules. The Spotify for Artists page “Submitting Your Artist Messages for 2026 Wrapped” gave artists until Nov. 6 to submit a short video message to thank their fans, a deadline that has passed. It gives no launch date either, and Spotify’s newsroom still showed none when we looked on Nov. 14, 2026.

Spotify’s earlier posts do show when past Wrapped launches landed. This story lists all six, adds how many days each came after U.S. Thanksgiving, and gives a printable Wrapped watch timeline.

When does Spotify Wrapped 2026 come out?

Not yet announced. If Spotify follows the pattern of 2021 to 2025, the matching day is Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2026. That is our estimate from past dates, not a Spotify date, and Spotify could pick any day. We will update the date when the company announces it.

When did Spotify Wrapped launch in past years?

The dates below come from the date of each launch-day post on Spotify’s newsroom. The weekdays and the Thanksgiving gap are our computation.

Year	Launch day	Newsroom post	Thanksgiving	Days after Thanksgiving
2025	Wed., Dec. 3, 2025	“2025 Wrapped Is Here With More Layers, Stories, and Connection Than Ever Before”	Thu., Nov. 27	6
2024	Wed., Dec. 4, 2024	“2024 Wrapped Is Here! Experience Your Year in Listening Like Never Before”	Thu., Nov. 28	6
2023	Wed., Nov. 29, 2023	“Here’s What’s in Store for Your 2023 Wrapped”	Thu., Nov. 23	6
2022	Wed., Nov. 30, 2022	“Everything You Need To Know About 2022 Wrapped”	Thu., Nov. 24	6
2021	Wed., Dec. 1, 2021	“The Wait Is Over. Your Spotify 2021 Wrapped Is Here.”	Thu., Nov. 25	6
2020	Tue., Dec. 1, 2020	“6 New Features to ‘Unwrap’ in Your Spotify 2020 Wrapped”	Thu., Nov. 26	5

Is there a pattern to the Wrapped launch day?

Five launches in a row, 2021 to 2025, fell on a Wednesday between Nov. 29 and Dec. 4. Each was the Wednesday after Thanksgiving, which sits on the fourth Thursday of November. The 2020 launch was a Tuesday, five days after Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving 2026 is Thursday, Nov. 26 (see when Thanksgiving falls). Six days later is Wednesday, Dec. 2. A pattern is not a promise, so treat Dec. 2 as a planning guess and wait for Spotify’s post.

What listening period will Wrapped 2026 cover?

Spotify has not stated the 2026 window. In its Dec. 5, 2025 newsroom post, Spotify said “Wrapped captures your listening from January 1 until mid November.” It added: “We do this to ensure we have enough time to check the data and get everything ready for launch day.”

Who gets Wrapped, and how many songs do you need?

The 2026 rules are not yet published. In 2025, Spotify said Wrapped was “available for both Free and Premium users in nearly all markets where Spotify is live” and that “you need to have streamed at least 30 songs for more than 30 seconds each.” Spotify also said that listening in Private Mode, and songs or playlists you excluded, do not count.

The Spotify Wrapped help page says Wrapped “may not be available to all users.” In its 2024 post, Spotify advised keeping the iOS or Android app up to date.

What Spotify told users to do before Wrapped 2026

Spotify’s Nov. 5, 2026 post says: “Here are a few simple ways to get your Spotify ready before the big reveal.” It lists three steps:

• Update the Spotify app.
• Tracks or playlists you exclude from your taste profile won’t influence your Wrapped results. “Include in your taste profile” adds them back.
• A new dedicated toggle lets you decide whether kids and family music streams shape your recommendations and influence Wrapped. With the toggle off, those streams do not count toward your Wrapped top songs or artists.

What can you do before Wrapped 2026 launches?

• Mark the dates on the printable timeline and check Spotify’s newsroom for the announcement.
• Update the app, as Spotify advised in 2024 and again on Nov. 5, 2026.
• Plan around the holidays that follow: Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve both fall after Thanksgiving and the early-December launch dates of past years.

For the wider month, see our December 2026 important dates and November 2026 important dates. For something to watch while you wait, our list of Netflix new movies in November 2026 has the release dates.

Not covered here: other music services have their own year-end recaps, and this story gives no dates for them.