In accordance with this 12 months’s information, I-Pop, or Indie Pop, continued to develop in reputation nationwide, with artists like Aditya Rikhari and Kushagra making noticeable breakthroughs. Names akin to Faheem Abdullah and Jasleen Royal additionally returned to the highest charts, highlighting how homegrown expertise formed the nation’s most-streamed tracks. Romance was the defining temper of the 12 months, with love ballads dominating India’s high 10 songs.
Podcast listening remained robust too, significantly in horror, true crime, and self-help classes. Native creators like Figuring Out with Raj Shamani, The Horror Present by Khooni Monday, and The Ranveer Present (Hindi) led the checklist as soon as once more.
A extra personalised Wrapped expertise
Eligible customers can now entry their personalised 2025 Wrapped expertise inside the Spotify app on iOS and Android. This 12 months’s model introduces new ranges of management—listeners can select the tempo at which they discover their tales and revisit highlights with out restarting the journey.
Traditional components like Prime Genres, Prime Artist Dash, and the annual Prime Music Quiz return, alongside the Your Prime Songs 2025 playlist, which shows precisely what number of instances customers streamed their high 100 tracks.
2025 Wrapped additionally has a number of new options:
• listening age, which compares a listener’s favorite tune years to these of others of their age group
• high albums, spotlighting the information customers revisited most
• fan leaderboard, displaying the place listeners rank amongst world followers of their high artists
• golf equipment, grouping customers based mostly on distinctive listening kinds
• listening archive, providing AI-generated day by day snapshots of memorable listening moments
• Wrapped occasion, a brand new interactive mode that turns listening stats right into a stay recreation with buddies
Music developments in India
Arijit Singh held onto his place as India’s most-streamed artist for the seventh consecutive 12 months, adopted by Pritam and Shreya Ghoshal. A R Rahman, Anirudh Ravichander, Sachin-Jigar, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Tanishk Bagchi, and Masoom Sharma rounded out the highest 10.
The 12 months’s most-streamed monitor was Raanjhan from Do Patti by Sachet-Parampara, which crossed 246 million streams. Different fashionable songs included Discovering Her, Saiyaara, Sahiba, Ishq, Jo Tum Mere Ho, Ishq Hai, Apna Bana Le, Sahiba and Tere Bina.
Soundtracks continued their dominance, with Saiyaara by Tanishk Bagchi rising because the most-streamed album of 2025. Aashiqui 2 held its second-place place for one more 12 months, adopted by high albums akin to Animal, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Sanam Teri Kasam, Misplaced & Discovered, Ek Villain, P-POP CULTURE, Making Recollections, and Love Aaj Kal.
Prime podcasts in India
Podcast listening habits largely stayed regular, favouring creator-led exhibits. Figuring Out with Raj Shamani led the checklist in 2025, adopted by The Horror Present by Khooni Monday, The Desi Crime Podcast, The Ranveer Present Hindi, and The Tales of Mahabharata. The highest 10 additionally included Horror Time, SR PAY, Pretkotha, and Second of Silence.
International highlights
Globally, Unhealthy Bunny was Spotify’s Prime Artist of 2025, crossing 19.8 billion streams and reclaiming the title for the fourth time. Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die With A Smile turned the most-streamed tune worldwide with over 1.7 billion streams, whereas Unhealthy Bunny’s album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS led the worldwide album rankings.
On the podcast entrance, The Joe Rogan Expertise remained the most-streamed podcast globally for the sixth straight 12 months.
Different high world artists included Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Drake, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Arijit Singh, and Fuerza Regida. International chart-toppers for songs and albums featured names akin to ROSÉ, Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Alex Warren, Kendrick Lamar, and extra.
With 2025 Wrapped, Spotify as soon as once more blends nostalgia, information, and storytelling—giving listeners a personalised look again at a 12 months full of music, podcasts, and unforgettable moments.