Spotify 2025 Wrapped: A look at new tools and what India streamed the most | Technology News
According to this year’s data, I-Pop, or Indie Pop, continued to grow in popularity nationwide, with arts like Aditya Rikhari and Kushagra making noticeable breakthroughs. Names such as Faheem Abdullah and Jasleen Royal also returned to the top charts, highlighting how homegrown talent shaped the country’s most-streamed tracks. Romance was the defining mood of the year, with love ballads dominating India’s top 10 songs.
Podcast lening remained strong too, particularly in horror, true crime, and self-help categories. Local creators like Figuring Out with Raj Shamani, The Horror Show Khooni Monday, and The Ranveer Show (Hindi) led the l once again.
A more personalised Wrapped experience
Eligible users can now access their personalised 2025 Wrapped experience within the Spotify app on iOS and Android. This year’s version introduces new levels of control—leners can choose the pace at which they explore their stories and revisit highlights without restarting the journey.
Classic elements like Top Genres, Top Art Sprint, and the annual Top Song Quiz return, alongside the Your Top Songs 2025 playl, which displays exactly how many times users streamed their top 100 tracks.
2025 Wrapped also has several new features:• lening age, which compares a lener’s favourite song years to those of others in their age group• top albums, spotlighting the records users revisited most• fan leaderboard, showing where leners rank among global fans of their top arts• clubs, grouping users based on unique lening styles• lening archive, offering AI-generated daily snapshots of memorable lening moments• Wrapped party, a new interactive mode that turns lening stats into a live game with friends
Music trends in India
Arijit Singh held onto his position as India’s most-streamed art for the seventh consecutive year, followed Pritam and Shreya Ghoshal. A R Rahman, Anirudh Ravichander, Sachin-Jigar, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Tanishk Bagchi, and Masoom Sharma rounded out the top 10.
The year’s most-streamed track was Raanjhan from Do Patti Sachet-Parampara, which crossed 246 million streams. Other popular songs included Finding Her, Saiyaara, Sahiba, Ishq, Jo Tum Mere Ho, Ishq Hai, Apna Bana Le, Sahiba and Tere Bina.
Soundtracks continued their dominance, with Saiyaara Tanishk Bagchi emerging as the most-streamed album of 2025. Aashiqui 2 held its second-place position for another year, followed top albums such as Animal, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Sanam Teri Kasam, Lost & Found, Ek Villain, P-POP CULTURE, Making Memories, and Love Aaj Kal.
Top podcasts in India
Podcast lening habits largely stayed steady, favouring creator-led shows. Figuring Out with Raj Shamani led the l in 2025, followed The Horror Show Khooni Monday, The Desi Crime Podcast, The Ranveer Show Hindi, and The Stories of Mahabharata. The top 10 also included Horror Time, SR PAY, Pretkotha, and Moment of Silence.
Global highlights
Globally, Bad Bunny was Spotify’s Top Art of 2025, crossing 19.8 billion streams and reclaiming the title for the fourth time. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die With A Smile became the most-streamed song worldwide with over 1.7 billion streams, while Bad Bunny’s album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS led the global album rankings.
On the podcast front, The Joe Rogan Experience remained the most-streamed podcast globally for the sixth straight year.
Other top global arts included Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Drake, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Arijit Singh, and Fuerza Regida. Global chart-toppers for songs and albums featured names such as ROSÉ, Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Alex Warren, Kendrick Lamar, and more.
With 2025 Wrapped, Spotify once again blends nostalgia, data, and storytelling—giving leners a personalised look back at a year filled with music, podcasts, and unforgettable moments.
