YouTube has launched Recap 2025, a feature that offers a personalized, shareable summary of users’ viewing history throughout the year.
The functionality, available from December 2nd, initially arrives at América from Norte and expands globally throughout the week. Ela highlights favorite channels, main interests and even a personality type based on consumption habits.
Users access Recap from the home page or the “You” tab, both on the mobile and desktop apps.
- The resource includes up to 12 interactive cards with evolutions of tastes and explored moments.
- For those who consume music, it displays most listened to artists and tracks, with YouTube integration Music for additional details.
What Recap offers users
Recap transforms viewership data into a personalized narrative about the viewer’s year.
The platform developed the feature after frequent user requests and rounds of testing with feedback. Ele identifies profiles as Aventureiro, Construtor of Habilidades or Espírito Criativo.
The most common types include Iluminador, Buscador, Maravilhas, and Conector. Personalidades rare encompasses Filósofo and Sonhador.
The focus remains on overall video history, unlike the music-only Recap of previous years.
How to access and share the summary
Users find Recap directly on the YouTube home page or in the “You” tab.
The resource appears as a highlighted banner as soon as it is available in the account. On desktop, you can also access it via youtube.com/recap.
The content generates animated cards that can be shared on social networks.
- You just need to have enough viewing history to generate the summary.
- Supervised or child accounts do not receive the functionality.
Top YouTube Trends of 2025
YouTube released annual year-end lists with trending topics, creators, podcasts and songs that marked 2025.
Trends reflect cultural moments analyzed by views, uploads, and creator activity. Temas how series, games and memes dominated the year.
Among the trending topics are:
- Lula game
- User-generated experiences on Roblox
- Demônios KPop Hunters
- Brain degeneration
- Charlie Kirk
- Labubu
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Cookie Run Kingdom
- Padlock Azul
- KATSEYE
Creators that grew the most in the year
The list of top creators considers subscriber gains in 2025, excluding artists, brands and children’s channels.
MrBeast led for the sixth consecutive year. Outros highlights include streamers and producers of varied content.
The top 10 are:
- MrBeast
- CaylusBlox
- IShowSpeed
- Double date
- Cadel and Mia
- Charlie Kirk
- Law by Mike
- CoryxKenshin
- Zack D films.
- boys outdoors
Most watched podcasts on the platform
Podcasts gained space on YouTube based on total viewing time in the Estados Unidos.
Talk, true crime and humor programs led the preferences. Joe Rogan maintained first position.
The list includes:
- A Experiência Joe Rogan
- KILL TONY
- Good mythical morning
- Rotten mango
- The MeidasTouch podcast
- 48 hours
- Shawn Ryan Show
- Smosh reads Reddit stories
- Last weekend with Theo Von
- The Diário of a CEO
Most popular songs on Shorts and videos
Songs in Shorts consider creations that debuted or grew significantly in 2025.
Old and new tracks were mixed into short videos. Clássicos as “Pretty Little Baby” from Connie Francis resurfaced.
The top ones in Shorts include:
- “YOUR WAY IS BETTER” – Forrest Frank
- “Step Bem Solto” – ATLXS
- “Rock That Body” – Black Eyed Peas
- “Pretty Little Baby” – Connie Francis
- “chess” – Alegre
- “Anxiety” – Doechii
- “Doot Doot (6 7)” – Skrilla
- “Soda Pop” – Saja Boys (Cast of Caçadores from Demônios KPop)
- “Confess your love” – Jiandro (part. ola.wav)
- “Ocean Eyes” – Billie Eilish
Most viewed tracks in full videos
The most popular songs list is based on official music video views, lyrics and concept art.
Film scores and international collaborations dominated. “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars came first.
The complete ranking brings:
- “Die with a smile” – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
- “APT.” – ROSÉ and Bruno Mars
- “Golden” – HUNTR/X (Cast of Caçadores from Demônios KPop)
- “Soda Pop” – Saja Boys (Cast of Caçadores from Demônios KPop)
- “Your Idol” – Saja Boys (Cast of Caçadores from Demônios KPop)
- “El Mayor de los Ranas” – Victor Valverde, Jr Torres
- “How It’s Done” – HUNTR/X (Cast of Caçadores from Demônios KPop)
- “Ordinary” – Alex Warren
- “Luther” – Kendrick Lamar and SZA
- “TV off” – Kendrick Lamar
Recap 2025 reinforces YouTube’s role as a space for discovering varied content. The functionality remains available until the end of the year for consultation and sharing.
