With the end of 2025 just around the corner, Apple Music is back with its own annual summary so that each user can review what they've listened to over the past twelve months. The new edition of Replay comes with a deeper focus, designed to show not only numbers, but also how musical tastes have changed over time.
This time, Replay 2025 presents itself as a much more visual and detailed experienceIt's fully integrated into the Music app and accompanied by the usual Apple Music and Shazam year-end charts. Furthermore, in Spain and the rest of Europe, the influence of pop, Latin urban, and K-pop is noticeable, with several artists dominating both local and global charts.
How to access Apple Music Replay 2025
To see your annual summary, the first thing you need to have an active Apple Music subscription and having used the service with some frequency during the last few months. From then on, access is quite straightforward both from the app and from the browser.
On an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, all you need to do is Open the Music app and go to the Home tab.At the top, you should see a prominent Replay 2025 banner; if not, it's usually located further down, next to your custom charts, compilations from previous years, and your playlist of this year's most listened-to songs.
By clicking on that banner, An interactive reel, very similar to Instagram stories, is played., with linked screens that break down your musical year: most listened-to artists, favorite songs, predominant genres, or total listening minutes, among other data.
Those who prefer to view it from a computer can also do so Access Replay 2025 from the Apple Music websiteAfter logging in with the Apple account, the same experience opens in vertical format and, in the background, some of the songs that have most marked the user's year begin to play.
What the new Replay offers: a more personalized look at your habits
Apple has taken advantage of this edition to to give a twist to the usual statistics and add new layers of informationIn addition to the classic total minutes, number of artists listened to, or favorite genres, Replay 2025 incorporates several sections designed to better understand the relationship with each musician.
One of the novelties is DiscoveryThis section compiles the new artists that have been added to your music library during the year. It shows you which names didn't appear in your history before and have now become regulars in your playlists.
At the opposite end is Loyalty, the section that identifies those artists you return to again and again Even as the years go by, they're the ones that stay at the top of your stats, even if you try other styles or trends.
Replay also introduces Reunions, a section dedicated to musicians you haven't heard in a while and who have returned to your playlistsIt's an interesting way to see which groups or solo artists have returned to the scene after a hiatus.
To complete the portrait, the metric appears of Longest streakwhich indicates how many consecutive days you've listened to your favorite artist. Along with all this, the experience includes data such as Total artists listened to, the most popular genres or the playlists and radio stations that have been repeated most often in your daily life.
Monthly Replay and Replay All Time: your history, by chapter
Beyond the year-end summary, Apple has long been betting on a Replay divided by monthsFrom the app itself, in the Replay section, you can access monthly summaries that show what has been played most in each period, although in this case it is not always accompanied by an animated reel.
The company has enabled A whole dedicated panel for Replay within the Home tabThis section contains annual playlists, monthly summaries, and historical compilations. It's a kind of personal archive where you can jump between years and see how your preferences change.
Among those lists is Replay All Time, a compilation that goes beyond 2025 and It gathers the songs you've played the most since you started using Apple MusicFor many users, this list ends up being a kind of vital soundtrack, with songs that no longer appear so much in everyday life but accumulate a huge number of listens.
This entire system of summaries, both monthly and annual, is updated fairly frequently, so that Replay's playlists adapt to changing habits. and they can be modified even before the end of the year.
How to share your Replay video on social media
Once you've seen the summary, the most common next step is to show it. Apple generates a vertical video with the official Replay 2025 designReady to share on social media or messaging apps. The problem is that, due to copyright, when saved directly to the camera roll, it usually does so without sound.
To solve this, many users opt for a little trick: First, they save the Replay video after finishing the reel.Then they upload it as a regular story to Instagram or TikTok. Once uploaded, they open the sticker selector and go to the music section to find the song they've listened to most during the year.
Thus, The official Apple brief design is combined with the original audio of the song, achieving a result much closer to what is expected of a musical story. The video can also be shared as a still image, since the last slide of the summary shows a panel with the three most played artists, songs, and albums, along with the total minutes listened to.
Of course, Replay 2025 statistics and screenshots can also be sent via WhatsApp, Telegram, or other apps. maintaining the vertical, stories-type format that Apple has adopted for this type of experience.
Replay 2025 for artists: expanded metrics and global focus
The new edition of Replay not only looks at the listener, but also at the other side of the stage. Apple has incorporated Commemorative features and expanded statistics for artists and their teams, in order to better measure the impact of their music on Apple Music and Shazam.
Among the new features, the data from audience growth and year-over-year comparative summarieswhich allow you to see how listeners evolve in different countries, which songs gain traction and which releases perform best.
These figures are in addition to the metrics already familiar in the professional environment: total listeners, listening minutes, number of countries and cities where the songs are played, presence in editorial playlists and positions in official charts.
The information also includes Which songs have been most identified with Shazam, and which have accumulated the most radio plays? And what tracks have made it onto the global charts? All of this can be turned into shareable content for social media, something many artists use as a promotional tool at the end of the year.
The Replay Gallery and Apple's cultural commitment
To coincide with the launch of Replay 2025, Apple Music has launched The Replay Gallery, an exhibition at Miami Art Week Inspired by the year's most representative musical sounds and moments, the exhibition brings together works by artists such as Angel Otero, Calida Rawles, Gabriel Moses, Henry Taylor, Jeremy Deller, Sara Sadik, and Tommy Malekoff.
The idea is to translate the concept of a musical summary into the artistic fieldExploring how listening, memory, and identity intersect with the digital and physical worlds, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on their own music consumption and how songs end up marking personal milestones.
This strategy aligns with Apple Music's objective of to strengthen its image as a cultural platform, beyond just a catalog of songsIn this sense, Replay functions as a connecting thread between listening data, editorial lists, and artistic projects linked to the musical year.
The songs of the year on Apple Music: from the “APT.” phenomenon to the rise of K-pop
Along with the personalized Replay experience, Apple Music releases, as it does every year their global lists with the most important songs of 2025, cross-referencing data from plays, Shazam identifications, radio broadcasts and lyrics queries.
It is located at the top of virtually all rankings “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno MarsThe song, which dominates the global Top Songs 2025 chart, tops the Shazam Top 100 and also dominates radio airplay and most-read lyrics charts, is, in fact, the track Apple has identified as the year's biggest musical phenomenon.
He is accompanied in the top positions by “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars and “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar himself, which strengthens his presence on the charts both in streaming and on radio and in the lyrics section.
The global list also leaves room for emerging names. Gracie Abrams enters the Top 10 with “That's So True”Meanwhile, Alex Warren does the same with “Ordinary.” In terms of total number of songs in the Top 100, one of the year's biggest winners is Morgan Wallen, who manages to place a dozen songs on the chart.
Tyler, The Creator, recognized by Apple Music as Artist of the Year 2025, achieves his first major success in the annual charts with “Sticky”, consolidating a year in which he has also collaborated with artists such as Lola Young, another of the year's revelations.
Kendrick Lamar, SZA and the weight of collaborations
The TDE label has played a prominent role in 2025. Kendrick Lamar closes the year with five songs in the global Top 25, more than any other artist, while SZA follows closely behind with three songs in the top 25.
Their joint collaborations, especially “luther” and “30 For 30”They have become key tracks of the year, appearing in editorial playlists, radio stations, and numerous Replay summaries worldwide. For many listeners, these songs have been a regular part of their daily soundtrack.
This recurring presence is also reflected in the lists of lyrics consulted and in the Canta rankings, where Songs with very singable parts tend to climb the charts, something that usually favors this type of collaborative theme.
Lola Young, viral anthems and returning classics
Another of the year's protagonists is Lola Young, who has had a remarkable leap thanks to “Messy”The song ends 2025 as one of the most searched songs on Shazam worldwide, with a very strong presence on radio and on Apple Music's global charts.
They also appear in Shazam's rankings viral hits like “Shake It To The Max (FLY)” by MOLIY or “Anxiety” by Doechii, which mix genres and demonstrate the ability of social media to boost the popularity of a song in a matter of weeks.
The list also recovers classics that return to the forefront Thanks to TV series, movies, or social media trends. One example is "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, which has reappeared on the Shazam list decades after its original release.
In the Sing category, which measures user interaction with lyrics, songs like Radiohead's "Creep," which is back for the second year in a row. and it has climbed dozens of places compared to the previous year, a sign that the classics are still very much alive in home karaoke sessions.
The rise of K-pop and the success of “Golden”
In 2025, K-pop once again demonstrates its global appeal with “Golden”, by Demon Hunters, as one of the great references of the genreThe song is ranked 15th on the global Top Songs chart and reaches number 4 on both the lyrics and singing charts.
The piece has remained 70 consecutive days at number one on the Daily Top 100 Apple Music's longest-running streak of the year, before passing the baton to Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia." Behind that success is a creative team that brings together songwriters and producers like EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, and Teddy.
The presence of “Golden” on so many different charts underscores the weight that K-pop has on users' listening habits, especially among younger audiences, and It explains why so many Replay 2025 accounts include at least one song from the genre in their summaries.
What's been playing in Spain: from merengue to Bad Bunny
Beyond global rankings, Apple Music and Shazam also chart a fairly accurate map of what has been successful in Spain during 2025, both in plays and in song identifications.
In the Top Songs 2025 list in Spain, the first place goes to “capable (merengueton)” by Alleh & Yorghakia track that combines danceable rhythms with a sound that's very recognizable at parties and on national playlists. It's followed by "La Plena (W Sound 05)" by W Sound, Beéle & Ovy On the Drums, and several songs by Bad Bunny.
The Puerto Rican artist It places multiple songs among the most listened to in the country, such as “BAILE INOLIDABLE”, “NUEVAYoL”, “VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR” or “DtMF”, confirming that it remains a constant presence in Spanish streaming.
Names like Beéle, with songs like “my ref” or “it doesn’t make sense”KAROL G with “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” and Quevedo, who sneaks into the top of the chart with “GRAN VÍA”, reflecting the weight of Latin urban music and pop made in Spanish.
Shazam in Spain: what has been most searched during the year
If you look at the songs most identified with Shazam in SpainThe pattern is similar, although with some nuances. Again, Alleh & Yorghaki's "capaz (merengueton)" tops the list, confirming that it has been one of the year's biggest surprises.
Also appear “Messy” by Lola Young and “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno MarsThis proves that the Spanish public closely follows global and social media trends. “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars and “La Plena (W Sound 05)” complete Shazam Spain’s Top 5.
As for artists, the most searched on Shazam in Spain are Bad Bunny, Beéle, Myke Towers, Anuel AA and Rauw AlejandroIt's a list dominated by Latin urban music, which fits with what is also seen in editorial playlists and in the Replay summaries of many users in the country.
These figures help to understand Why are so many Apple Music Replay accounts in Spain filled with reggaeton, merengue, and Latin pop?, while coexisting with major international pop, R&B or K-pop hits.
With all this data, videos, and personalized playlists, Replay 2025 is establishing itself as Apple Music's way of providing context to each user's musical year, combining individual consumption with the overall picture of what has been most popular in Spain, in Europe and in the rest of the world.
