Services Apple Music
Your Apple Music play history, year by year
Apple's privacy download holds a play-by-play log of Apple Music, with how long each song played and whether you skipped it.
- What the export covers
- Your Apple Music play activity, back to when you joined
- Listening time
- Recorded by the service
- How long it takes
- Up to 7 days. Often a few days.
- What you upload
- Apple Media Services information.zip
- Also in the export
- Skips, device types, store country
How to get it
Apple Music sends it when you ask for a copy of your data. The full guide has every step in detail, with links, and what to do when something goes wrong.
Open Apple's Data and Privacy page
Go to privacy.apple.com in a web browser and sign in with the Apple Account you use for Apple Music.
Choose Request a copy of your data
It's under “Get a copy of your data”.
Tick Apple Media Services information
This is the category with your Apple Music history. You can leave everything else unticked.
Pick a file size and finish the request
Choose the largest file size Apple offers so you get fewer zips, then press Complete request.
Wait for Apple's email
Apple says it can take up to 7 days. The download is available for 14 days after that.
Download the zip and drop it here
Download “Apple Media Services information”. Upload the whole zip. If Apple split it into parts, upload the part that contains Apple_Media_Services.zip.
What the Apple Music export can't tell you
Every export has gaps. These are the ones in Apple Music's, and how depth.fm handles them.
- Apple's column names have changed between export years; depth.fm reads the known variants and ignores columns it doesn't recognise.
- Newer exports often leave the artist blank. depth.fm fills it from the Daily Tracks file or your library list in the same export; plays it still can't name are left out and counted as skipped rows.
- Scrubbing within a song can split one listen into two rows, so a small number of plays may be counted twice. Listening time is unaffected.
- A play counts as skipped only when Apple records it as skipped forwards. Picking a different song or scrubbing doesn't count.
- If only the Daily Tracks file is available, times are to the hour and several plays of a song in the same day share its total listening time.
Questions about Apple Music
Can I see my whole Apple Music history?
Your Apple Music play activity, back to when you joined. Request the export (the steps are above), then upload it here: depth.fm shows every year it covers, with your top artists, albums and tracks for each one.
How long does Apple Music take to send it?
Up to 7 days. Often a few days. Nothing needs to be done in the meantime; the file can be uploaded whenever it arrives.
Does Apple Music record how long I listened?
Yes. The export has the time each play lasted, so listening time on your dashboard is exact.
Can I combine Apple Music with other services?
Yes. Upload the export from every service you've used and they're read into one dashboard, with a filter to see any one service on its own.
Is this the same as Apple Music Replay?
Apple Music Replay covers one year. depth.fm covers every year in your export, side by side, with your biggest days, streaks and the artists who stayed.
Used other services too?
Upload those exports as well and they're read into the same history.