How to Get Your All-Time Spotify Wrapped (2026 Guide)

Every December, Spotify gives us a flashy slideshow. But there is a catch: Spotify Wrapped is just a snapshot. It typically only counts data from January 1st to October 31st, and it deletes the context of your previous years.

If you’ve ever wondered what your actual top song of all time is—or how many thousands of hours you've spent listening since you opened your account in 2014—you need more than a slideshow. You need your Extended Streaming History.

The Secret: It’s Hidden in Your Privacy Settings

Spotify is legally required to give you your data, but they don't make it easy to find. Most users accidentally download the "Account Data" package, which only contains the last 12 months of listening. To see your entire history, you have to request the specific Extended package.

Step-by-Step: Unlocking Your History

1. The Request

Log in to the Spotify Privacy Dashboard. Scroll past the basic settings until you hit the "Download your data" section.

Wait! Don't just hit request. You need to:

• Untick "Account data" (This is the 1-year limit trap).
• Untick "Technical log information".
• Tick ONLY "Extended streaming history".

2. The Verification

Spotify will send you a confirmation email immediately. If you don't click the green "Confirm" button in that email, they won't even start processing your request.

3. The Wait

This is the hardest part. Because Spotify has to compile every single song you’ve ever played, it takes time.

• Official Timeline: Up to 30 days.
• Real-World Timeline: Most of our users receive their files in 1 to 5 days.

Why the "Extended" File is Different

Standard Spotify stats apps use the Web API, which only looks at your "Recent" or "Top" tracks (usually capped at the last 50 songs). The Extended Streaming History is a collection of JSON files that contains:

• Every song played (including the exact millisecond you stopped listening).
• Whether the track was skipped or finished.
• The device you used (iPhone, Desktop, Web Player).
• The exact date and time of every single stream.

The Comparison: Wrapped vs. Lifetime

Standard Wrapped is built for social media virality. Lifetime stats are built for self-discovery.

The Verdict: Is it worth the wait?

Absolutely. Seeing the data of who you were five or ten years ago through the lens of your music is an incredible experience. It’s like a digital time machine.

Once you get that email saying "Your data is ready," you'll receive a .zip file. Don't worry about trying to read the code inside—just drop that ZIP into mystats.music, and we’ll handle the rest.

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Ready to start your time machine? Follow the steps above to request your data today. Once it arrives, we’ll be here to help you decode it.