Your Apple Music Replay 2024 Is Now Available
2024 was a big year for music. We’ve had new albums from Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Vampire Weekend and Kendrick Lamar, just to name a few . You’ve probably listened to any number of new albums released this year, mixed with music released at any time in the last 100 years. You may not even remember what you were listening to in January. Luckily, Apple Music does just that. Here’s how to check out the 2024 Apple Music Replay.
Apple Music Replay is officially an app feature
It may have taken five years, but Apple Music Replay is finally available in the Apple Music app. For the entire (albeit short) history of Apple Music Replay, you’ve had to go to a separate website, music.apple.com/us/replay , and sign in to your Apple Music account to access your resume. This seemed silly considering that Spotify Wrapped is very much a built-in app, but it took Apple until 2024 to implement the program.
However, it doesn’t seem to work natively in the app: in my opinion, Apple opens a browser in the app where it loads your Apple Music Replay with the same interface as the website. But the fact that you don’t have to leave the app or bother logging in is impressive.
How to Access Apple Music Replay 2024
You can still access your replay from the official site, but the easiest way to view it is through the app on your iPhone or iPad. Open the app on your device of choice. Go to the Home tab if the app doesn’t open there automatically, then tap or click the large Repeat option that should appear in the top left corner. (This option appears in the Mac app, but it will automatically redirect you to the website in the browser.) Apple Music will open the browser inside the app and start playing 2024 Replay by default. Here you’ll also have access to all of your Replay months (except for December, of course, since the month just started), but let’s focus on 2024.
At the top you’ll find the “Replay Your Year in Music” tile. Click Play Your Favorite and Apple Music will take you through the year. Here’s what you can expect, at least based on my results: You’ll first see your total minutes of listening, complete with a collage of the albums you’ve listened to the most and one of your most popular songs playing in the background. . You’ll then see the number of artists you’ve listened to, again with a collage of their images, the corresponding song playing in the background, and ending with your top artist of the year. The next slide shows your top artists by month, and the next slide shows the artists you listened to the most this month. Next, you’ll see the number of songs you’ve listened to, as well as the best song of the year. You’ll then see the number of albums you’ve listened to and which one you liked best. Penultimate: Apple Music will tell you your top genres of the year, including which one you listened to the most, and then show you a final slide summarizing the entire year.
You don’t have to watch the highlights video to see these stats: Once you’re out of the video, you can scroll through the replay page to see everything on the slides, plus additional stats: I see the top artists, songs, and albums by month—that’s how I I can see which artist defined February (The Decembrists), what song I listened to for most of September (She’s Leaving You by M.J. Lenderman) and what album I played on repeat in May (The Rise and fall of the Midwest Princess” by Chappell Roan). I also see the best playlists of the year; various stages of listening, such as minutes listened, artists played, and songs played; statistics from last year’s Replay; and a playlist with my best songs of the year.
Many of these statistics, both in the highlights and beyond, can be easily shared. You’ll see a Share icon next to any stats you can export, making it easy to share the fun graphic with friends or on social media. I’ve already blown up the group chat by posting some of my stats here, and I expect many of you to do the same.