YouTube rolls out its first ever Recap for video viewing
You can now access your YouTube Recap 2025 to see your top creators, viewing habits, and personalised content personality for the year.
YouTube has joined the year-end recap wave with a new experience that highlights how people spent their time on the platform in 2025. While YouTube Music has had its own recap for years, this is the first time the main YouTube app is getting a dedicated version for video viewing.
So, if you live in North America, you can access it now, but a YouTube sglobal rollout will happen later this week. The recap appears on the homepage and under the “You” tab on both mobile and desktop.
The experience presents up to a dozen personalised cards that reflect your year on YouTube. You’ll see your most-watched channels, the topics you kept returning to, and the types of videos that shaped your viewing habits. YouTube has also added personality categories based on what you watched.
Skill Builders lean toward how-to content, Sunshiners gravitate to uplifting videos, and Trailblazers watch original creators who push boundaries. Other types include Wonder Seeker, Connector, and Dreamer, giving users a simple way to understand their content identity.
Music still has its own spotlight. You’ll see your top artists and songs of the year inside the main recap, but YouTube Music Recap remains the dedicated place for deeper listening stats. YouTube says this new video recap comes after heavy user demand, and the company tested more than 50 concepts before settling on the final design.
YouTube also shared its top trends of 2025. MrBeast remains the most-watched creator for the sixth year in a row. The Joe Rogan Experience leads the podcast charts again, and “Die With A Smile” by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga is the year’s most-streamed song across the platform.
These insights arrive just as Apple Music Replay 2025 and Amazon Music Delivered roll out their own recaps, with Spotify Wrapped expected to land any moment. Dropping early gives YouTube a chance to get ahead of the December rush, when timelines fill with everyone’s listening and viewing highlights.
The takeaway
YouTube Recap 2025 is more than nostalgia; it’s a snapshot of what shaped your online habits this year. It’s also designed to be easily shareable, giving fans and creators more ways to join the annual conversation around digital culture. As every major platform races to release its own year-end summary, YouTube is making sure its place in the recap season is unmistakable.
Emmanuel Umahi
