Gen Z leads PH surge in year-end music sharing as Spotify Wrapped 2025 rolls out

Spotify has kicked off one of the internet’s most anticipated annual traditions with the launch of Wrapped 2025, and Gen Z Filipinos are once again driving a nationwide wave of year-end music sharing.

The refreshed campaign — now bigger, more expressive, and more socially fueled — gives millions of Filipino listeners deeper and more personal insights into how they soundtracked their year.

Beginning December 4, eligible Spotify users in the Philippines can now access their 2025 Wrapped experience in-app. This year’s Wrapped refreshes the classics users love and introduces new, more revealing stories like Listening Age, Clubs, Top Albums, and Fan Leaderboard — offering deeper, more layered insights into how fans listened in 2025.

Wrapped Party also launches for the first time, giving friends a new and elevated way to compare and celebrate their Wrapped together.

A more layered look at how Filipinos listened in 2025

Wrapped 2025 blends refreshed fan favorites with new data stories designed to reveal how each user’s streaming habits evolved throughout the year. The enhanced format resonates strongly with Filipino Gen Z listeners, who dominate music discovery, fan engagement, and social sharing across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and X.

Among the newest additions is Listening Age, a feature that compares users’ music preferences to others within their age bracket by analyzing the release years of their most-streamed tracks. This playful generational snapshot is expected to resonate strongly with Filipino Gen Z listeners, who often blend nostalgia with hyper-current hits across K-pop, P-pop, OPM, and international pop.

Spotify also introduces Top Albums, which spotlights the records listeners revisited throughout the year. Additional features like Your Podcaster Clip bring creators directly into the experience, while Fan Leaderboard ranks listeners globally based on how much time they’ve spent streaming their favorite artists.

Another notable feature is Clubs, which sorts listeners into one of six communities based on their streaming habits — further fueling the social-media-driven sharing that Wrapped sparks annually in the Philippines.

For deeper personalization, the AI-powered Listening Archive delivers up to five unique snapshots of users’ standout listening moments throughout the year.

Wrapped Party makes its debut

This year also marks the launch of Wrapped Party, an interactive live feature separate from the personal data stories. It allows friends to compare their Wrapped results together — an expansion built squarely around Gen Z’s preference for shared digital experiences.

Wrapped Party can be accessed via the Wrapped feed or by searching “Wrapped Party” in the app.

Fan favorites return with a refresh

Spotify has updated several classic Wrapped elements, including:

  • Top Genres, charting the sounds that shaped each listener’s year
  • Top Song Quiz, an interactive guessing game
  • Top Artist Sprint, visualizing how users’ top artists shifted month-by-month
  • Top Songs and playlist, featuring a personalized Your Top Songs 2025 list with stream counts for all top 100 tracks

Which artists dominated the Philippines in 2025?

Spotify also released its official Wrapped 2025 Philippines Top Lists, revealing a strong showing for OPM — particularly Cup of Joe, who topped multiple rankings.

Philippines top artists of 2025

  1. Taylor Swift
  2. Cup of Joe
  3. Ariana Grande
  4. SZA
  5. NIKI

Philippines top songs of 2025

  1. Multo – Cup of Joe
  2. Tibok – Earl Agustin
  3. Marilag – Dionela
  4. Sa Bawat Sandali – Amiel Sol
  5. My Day – HELLMERRY

OPM groups remained dominant, with Cup of Joe, December Avenue, LANY, Ben&Ben, and Parokya Ni Edgar leading the Top Groups list. Multo – Cup of Joe also emerged as the Top Local Artist and scored top placements in curated playlists like Tatak Pinoy.

Spotify also highlighted standout emerging acts:

Top Song in “P-Pop On The Rise” of 2025: All These Ladies – BGYO

Top Top RADAR Philippines Artist: Dilaw

Top Song in “KALYE” of 2025: B4 I LET YOU GO – RyoujiCK YG

Top Song in “Fresh Finds Philippines” of 2025: Ikaw Lamang – Jeffrey Querubin

Top Song in “BISDAK!” of 2025: AIRBNB – BakeshopboyzCookie$JustrawChuya$aucepektBRGR

Top Song in “Pinas Vibes” of 2025: Kalimutan Ka – Skusta Clee

On the podcast front, Barangay Love Stories led as the Top Love and Relationship Podcast of 2025, with Sitio Bangungot – Pinoy Horror Stories for Sleep Podcast topping the Horror category and The KoolPals leading Comedy.

Others that made it to the list:

Philippines Top Wellness Podcast: The Bare It All Podcast

Philippines Top New Podcast of the Year, 2025 (Group): Chicks 2 Go

Philippines Top New Podcast of the Year, 2025 (Solo): DAGOK TIME!

A year defined by sharing, discovery, and Filipino music pride

As Gen Z users begin flooding social platforms with their Wrapped cards — from Clubs identities to Fan Leaderboard rankings — Spotify’s 2025 campaign once again cements the Philippines as one of the world’s most enthusiastic Wrapped markets.

For the full global breakdown and updates, Spotify encourages fans to visit For the Record.