Spotify Wrapped 2021: How does the feature work? Check details on cut-off date & accuracy

An analysis of how one has fared over year is always interesting, and this can be t just about professional commitments, but also one's hobbies. With music being one of common hobbies around world, an analysis of time spent listening to songs, most-listened artists and genres could interest some. That's just what Spotify Wrapped does.

Spotify Wrapped of 2021 has been unveiled for listeners of platform. Apart from providing personalised statistics of ir music patterns on app, one also gets an overall performance analysis of which all artists dominated playlists of most users around world. Here's looking at some of features, ir accuracy and more:

When does Spotify Wrapped starts tracking listening pattern?

As per some reports, Spotify Wrapped tracks users' listening habits from period from January 1 to  October 31. However, cut-off date could extend for a few days in vember too, till 'few weeks' before December release, as per website.

Thus, analysis is based on just 10-11 months, and t entire year.   remaining 1-2 months could go be related to analysis, strategy and preparations for campaign. 

How accurate is Spotify Wrapped?

While official information regarding accuracy of Spotify Wrapped, netizens have often expressed ir take on its accuracy. Over years, many have expressed ir surprise when y realise that it was indeed songs, artists or genres y heard most often.

Some have been t been most convinced, as y do t believe that songs, artists or genres, which app claimed was most listened to, and claimed what y h actually listened to most was something else. Apart from se contentions, some have also stated that feature did t work at all, as lists were t generated for m.  

How does Spotify Wrapped work?

contentions regarding accuracy and some t finding ir Spotify Wrapped might be because numerous factors come into picture. Only those who have listened to at least 30 songs of five different artists will find ir Spotify Wrapped. Moreover, a stream is counted only when a song is heard for at least 30 seconds. Offline streams come into consideration and are counted after user comes online.

Last year, some reports stated that only those who joined Spotify before vember 15 year before, 2019, were eligible for lists coming out in December 2020. However, information is available if any such date of joining is an eligibility criterion for this year.

list is compiled through a combination of number of plays and unique number of days someone listened to it. Top 5 songs and Top 5 artists are compiled through play count. For Top 100 playlist, artist separation is used after Track 10, thus it is t a direct reflection of play count, as per website.