Services Spotify
Your Spotify listening history, year by year
Spotify's extended streaming history has every stream since you signed up, to the second, with how long you listened, what you skipped and where you were.
- What the export covers
- Every stream since your account began
- Listening time
- Recorded by the service
- How long it takes
- Up to 30 days. Often a few days.
- What you upload
- my_spotify_data.zip
- Also in the export
- Skips and shuffle, devices, countries, podcasts, Wrapped and your library (in the Account data zip)
How to get it
Spotify 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 Spotify's privacy settings
Sign in at spotify.com/account/privacy in a web browser. The phone app doesn't have this page.
Tick Extended streaming history
Scroll to “Download your data”. Tick “Select Extended streaming history”. You can untick Account data; you don't need it.
Press Request data
Spotify shows a confirmation and sends you an email.
Confirm the email
Open the email from Spotify and press “Confirm”. Nothing happens until you do.
Wait for the download email
Spotify says it can take up to 30 days. When it's ready you get an email with a download link that works for 14 days.
Download the zip and drop it here
The file is called my_spotify_data.zip. Don't unzip it. Upload the whole zip.
What the Spotify export can't tell you
Every export has gaps. These are the ones in Spotify's, and how depth.fm handles them.
- Times are when each stream ended; depth.fm works back to the start using the time played.
- Spotify's own skipped flag is unreliable before late 2022, so a stream also counts as skipped when it ended via the next button.
- No track lengths, so “how much of each track you heard” compares against the longest time you ever played it.
- Artists have no ids in the export; artists are matched by name.
Questions about Spotify
Can I see my whole Spotify history?
Every stream since your account began. 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.
Which Spotify export do I need?
The Extended streaming history, for every year since you signed up. Spotify's quicker Account data export covers only the last year, but it adds your library, playlists and Wrapped; upload both zips together and depth.fm uses each for what it's best at.
How long does Spotify take to send it?
Up to 30 days. Often a few days. Nothing needs to be done in the meantime; the file can be uploaded whenever it arrives.
Does Spotify 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 Spotify 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 Spotify Wrapped?
Spotify Wrapped 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.