YouTube finally expands its year-end Recap to videos

Exactly a week after rolling out a year-end recap focusing on Music, YouTube is now rolling out something completely new. Taking the focus away from just music, YouTube is rolling out a personalized 'Recap' that covers users' video viewing habits.

The new yearly recap, which is reportedly a highly demanded feature, is rolling out to users in North America starting today. YouTube Recap will expand to the rest of the world this week. It can be accessed on both mobile and desktop.

First popularized by Spotify's Wrapped, the annual recap formula works, especially considering that it changes your personal stats into shareable moments for social media. That's precisely why major competitors like Apple Music, Amazon Music, and more have adopted it.

Outside the realm of music, platforms like Reddit, PlayStation, Steam, and even Duolingo do recaps, and you can now add regular YouTube to that list.

According to the tech giant, the new Recap will highlight interests, deep dives, and the important moments you explored this year, all based on your watch history. "You’ll get a set of up to 12 different cards that spotlight your top channels, interests, and even the evolution of your viewing habits, or which personality type you fall into based on the videos you loved to watch!"

Each Recap will also assign users a "personality type," which is solely based on viewing habits. There are 14 different personality types, with the most common ones being:

• Sunshiner: You’re drawn to content that spreads positivity and good vibes.
• Wonder Seeker: You’re drawn to awe-inspiring content that shows extraordinary skills.
• Connector: You’re drawn to content that sparks conversation and builds community.

Information about the other personalities can be found here.

Find your Recap now!

To access your YouTube Recap, simply head to http://youtube.com/recap on desktop or head to the You tab within the YouTube app on mobile and tap the Your YouTube Recap is here! banner. Your Recap can be shared as a whole, or on a card-by-card basis.

It's worth noting that YouTube Recap will not be available to all users. It is, at least for now, limited to users using YouTube in the following languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian. Russian, Arabic, French, Japanese, Vietnamese, Turkish, German, Korean, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Polish, and Hindi.

Elsewhere, if your watch history was paused or if you had auto-delete settings turned on for a substantial part of the year, you might not get a personalized YouTube Recap.

Has YouTube Recap rolled out for you? Let us know in the comments below!