Spotify Wrapped starts tracking listening activity at midnight on January 1 each year.

This annual reset captures all streams from the beginning of the calendar year across linked devices, provided each play lasts at least 30 seconds. Private sessions and December streams are excluded from the summary.

Tracking continues through most of November, debunking the myth that it stops on October 31, though Spotify has not disclosed the exact end date—typically a few weeks before Wrapped launches in late November or early December.