Apple Music Replay: what it shows and what it misses
Apple's built-in listening recap is better than it used to be. Here is exactly what you get, and where it stops.
Apple Music Replay is Apple's built-in listening recap: in the Music app's Home tab and at replay.music.apple.com it shows your top songs, artists, albums, genres and listening time, month by month and for the year, plus a top 100 playlist that updates weekly. It needs an Apple Music subscription with Use Listening History turned on, and it ranks your favourites rather than explaining your taste or giving you a play-by-play log.
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What Replay shows in 2026
Replay used to be a year-end web page and a playlist. It now runs all year, inside the app. According to Apple's support page, Replay ranks your music using your Apple Music listening history, the number of plays and the time spent listening. You can see:
- Top songs, artists, albums, genres, playlists and stations.
- Monthly insights, once you have listened enough to qualify.
- Total listening time and milestones such as minutes listened or number of artists played.
- Top listener status: whether you are among the top 100, 500 or 1,000 listeners of a favourite artist or genre.
- The Replay playlist for the current year, your 100 most-played songs, updated weekly, plus playlists from past years and an All Time playlist of your most-played songs overall.
- Sharing of insights, top artists and milestones, including a highlight reel video on mobile.
Replay 2026 went live in early February 2026, once January's listening had been processed, with January's monthly stats available straight away. At the end of each year Apple adds a fuller year-end version: for 2025 it arrived on 2 December 2025 and added Discovery (new artists), Loyalty (artists you keep returning to) and Comebacks (artists back in rotation), along with the highlight reel.
Where to find it
- Open the Music app on iPhone, iPad or Mac.
- Go to the Home tab and scroll to Replay: Your Top Music.
- Or visit replay.music.apple.com in a browser and sign in with your Apple Account.
If nothing appears, check Settings, Apps, Music, Use Listening History on every device you listen on. Apple says it must be on across your devices, and plays from a device with it off are not counted. Light listeners may also have to wait: Replay only switches on after a minimum amount of listening.
How to see your Apple Music monthly Replay
Open replay.music.apple.com with the account used for your Apple Music subscription and choose an available month. Monthly insights include top songs, artists and albums once you have listened enough; the yearly playlist updates weekly. Apple Support does not promise that every account qualifies on the first of the month.
Apple Music Replay not working: what to check
- Use the same Apple Account as your active Apple Music subscription.
- Turn on Use Listening History on every device you listen on. On iPhone: Settings, Apps, Music.
- Keep listening if Replay is not ready. Apple does not publish a universal hour threshold on its support page.
- Try Replay on the web if you cannot find it in the app, and check for app or OS updates.
What Replay misses
Replay does its job well: it ranks your favourites. What it does not try to do is the useful part to know before you rely on it.
| Limit | What it means | Where to get it instead |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription required | No Replay without an active Apple Music subscription | Apple's privacy export works for any Apple Account |
| Listening History must be on | Plays from a device with it off never count | Nothing recovers them |
| Rankings, not a log | You see top lists and totals, not every play with a timestamp | The privacy export (see our step-by-step guide) |
| Weekly and monthly cadence | The playlist refreshes weekly; insights arrive by month | An app that reads recent plays |
| Top items only | The playlist stops at 100 songs | The export, or a stats app |
| No taste reading | No moods, eras or reasons behind the list | Third-party apps |
| Apple Music only | Listening on other services is not included | A tool that reads each service's history |
Two of these are worth saying plainly. First, Replay cannot look further back than your listening history setting allowed. If you turned it off for a year, that year is thin. Second, Replay is not an export. You can share cards and add the playlist to your library, but for a file you can open in a spreadsheet you need Apple's privacy export, which has its own gaps (the play file has no artist column).
When Replay is enough, and when it is not
If you want to know your top artist this year and share a card, Replay is enough, and it is already on your phone. If you want to know what your library says about you, when you fell for an artist, or what changed week to week, you need something that reads more than the top of the list.
That is the gap Listenality is built for. Connect Apple Music on iPhone and in a few minutes it reads your saved Apple Music library and available add dates, then gives top artists, genres, moods, eras, a musical personality and a roast, and every claim shows the songs behind it. It adds a weekly recap every Friday and a monthly recap on the 1st. Listenality combines device play counts with Apple’s recent-play feed for ongoing tracking. Device counts cover library tracks, and the feed also picks up unsaved tracks. Coverage and timestamps vary; no accuracy comparison with Replay is claimed. Listenality is available on iPhone for Apple Music and YouTube Music, and on Android for YouTube Music.
For how Replay compares with the year-end recaps on other services, see Is there a Wrapped for Apple Music and YouTube Music?.
Questions
Is Apple Music Replay only at the end of the year?
No. Replay runs all year. Monthly insights appear once you qualify, the Replay playlist updates weekly, and Apple adds a fuller year-end version in early December (2 December in 2025).
Why can't I see my Replay?
Check that you have an active Apple Music subscription and that Use Listening History is on for every device (on iPhone: Settings, Apps, Music). Replay also needs a minimum amount of listening, and Apple does not publish a universal hour threshold.
Does Replay show how many times I played a song?
Replay ranks songs by plays and listening time and shows top lists and totals. For the dated playback events Apple retained, request its privacy export from privacy.apple.com. The file can have gaps and is not a guarantee of every play.
Can I see Replay on a computer?
Yes. Go to replay.music.apple.com and sign in with your Apple Account, or open the Music app on a Mac and look in the Home tab.
Does Replay include my listening from before this year?
The current Replay covers this year. Past years stay available as their own Replay playlists, and the All Time playlist lists your most-played songs since you joined Apple Music.
Listenality supports Apple Music and YouTube Music on iPhone, and YouTube Music on Android.
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