When this approach backfired after the company admitted its shortcomings, YouTube Rewind joined the long list of products that were launched and suddenly killed by Google. Basically, YouTube would decide what they felt needed to feature in the video collage, hence the backlash with the 2018 edition. While Rewind was a great initiative, this approach was doomed to fail at some point. YouTube Rewind, unlike Spotify Wrapped, was a presentation of YouTube’s uniqueness, but specifically designed to market creators to advertisers hoping that they bag huge deals. But it could be miles ahead if YouTube Rewind focused on end users rather than creators.
Unlike Spotify Wrapped, Recap goes further to include a summary of your favorite live performances and even lets you upload photos from Google Photos for further customization of your year-in-review highlights.ĭespite YouTube’s efforts with Recap, Spotify Wrapped remains the superior product thanks to more detailed stats like the different genres explored throughout the year, daily listening habits, country-based rankings, and more.īut having just entered its second year, YouTube Recap has time to get better, probably even surpass Spotify especially given the huge database. Unlike YouTube Rewind that focused on trends, creators, and moments that employees felt were most noteworthy, YouTube Music Recap is a round-up of an end user’s annual musical journey alongside their listening habits.īesides your top artists, albums, and songs, YouTube Recap also tags along your “music personality”, personalized cards and graphics flaunting your top listening trends. The stats it offers include your top artists, songs, music videos, playlists and more. YouTube inaugurated its version of Spotify Wrapped in 2021 and called it Recap, but it was tied to the YouTube Music app until recently. Given all the hype surrounding Spotify Wrapped, it came as no surprise when some YouTube users started asking for a similar compilation of their annual watching statistics. Heck, even Twitter users want in the fun, but unfortunately for Pandora users, their version of Wrapped is no more.
Soundcloud, Amazon Music and Tidal users have also not shied away from asking for a year-in-review of their own. Sure, Apple Music has Replay, but it can’t match Wrapped’s detailed approach. No sooner had talks of Spotify Wrapped 2022 started doing rounds than Apple Music users started demanding for their own version of Wrapped. Although with a fair share of its own issues, it became apparent that Spotify Wrapped is the benchmark for what an annual compilation of music listening stats should be. And as part of keeping the millions of subscribers happy, the company releases an annual wrap-up of their listening stats in what it calls Spotify Wrapped.Įvery year around late November or early December, Spotify users are always looking forward to sharing their unique musical journeys with their friends. Beast’s “ Make This the Most Liked Video on YouTube.” Whether 2020’s is from Dramageddon 3.0: Karmageddon or is just some random Minecraft video, YouTube’s not even gonna go there.Spotify is a huge name in the music streaming industry. But after 2018’s Rewind was criticized for being too commercial, racking up over 18 million dislikes (a record-breaking number at the time), the format was switched to the top 10 most liked videos of 2019, broken up into genres. Traditionally, the trendiest moments - from pizza rat to “Damn, Daniel” - are showcased. oVayH8iyqG- YouTube November 12, 2020Įach year, popular creators are thrown together to try to re-create the joy their homemade content brought with an overproduced music video. You made a hard year genuinely better.”Ībout Rewind this year. You’ve found ways to lift people up, help them cope, and make them laugh. We know that so much of the good that did happen in 2020 was created by all of you. So, we’re taking a break from Rewinds this year. And it doesn’t feel right to carry on as if it weren’t. “Whether you love it - or only remember 2018 - Rewind was always meant to be a celebration of you. “Since 2010, we’ve ended the year with Rewind: a look back at the year’s most impactful creators, videos, and trends,” reads a statement. The platform is peace-ing out early and canceling its annual “Rewind” event. YouTube has had it with 2020’s tomfoolery, trickery, and downright disgracefulness.
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