Spotify Wrapped 2024 has been released, revealing that Taylor Swift is the global top artist for the second consecutive year, with over 26.6 billion streams worldwide. In Australia, Swift also claimed the title of most-streamed artist overall.
Among local Australian acts, The Wiggles emerged as the most-streamed artists, followed by The Kid LAROI in second place and AC/DC in third. The Joe Rogan Experience remained the most popular podcast in Australia for the fifth year running, while Prince Harry's audiobook 'Spare' topped the audiobook charts, a new category introduced this year.
Subscribers experienced a brief glitch early Thursday morning before their personalized Wrapped results appeared. This year's feature includes insights into how users' music tastes evolved, along with special messages from favorite artists and podcast creators.
Spotify also introduced an AI-generated podcast summarizing users' listening habits. For the first time, audiobooks were included in the year-end charts. Globally, more than half a billion people have listened to a podcast on Spotify since 2019.
Users unable to access Wrapped are advised to update the app; otherwise, results should appear on the home screen. Meanwhile, Apple Music released its own year-end charts via Apple Music Replay, and Audible shared its most-listened audiobooks. Spotify is hosting a Pop-Up Rave at Parramatta Square in Sydney from 4pm Thursday, featuring artists ODDMOB, Young Franco, Sycco, Mistah Cee, and Talisha.
