5 reasons why your 2023 Recap on YouTube, YouTube Music is not available – Times of India

Just like every year, Google-owned YouTube rolled out 2023 Recap for its users, offering a glimpse into their listeninging habits. YouTube Music’s recap provides information on yearly roundups like favourite artists, total minutes of music played among others. However, some users can’t access their YouTube recap and if you are one of those, here’s all you need to know.
How to access YouTube Music 2023 Recap
To access recap in YouTube Music, go to the app on your mobile device. Make sure you’re signed in and select your profile photo and then ‘Your Recap’. YouTube Music shows users’ top five artists, songs, moods, genres, albums and playlists, longest listening streak as well as how many total minutes users have listened to in 2023. Users can also access their recap in the YouTube app.
Reasons why you haven’t got recap 2023
For YouTube to personalise a Recap for you, there are certain eligibility requirements:

  • To view Recap, users need at least 4 hours of listening time each season for Seasonal recaps, and 10 hours of listening time for End-of-Year Recaps across YouTube platforms.
  • Recap isn’t available to users who have autodelete set up for activity older than 3 months. This is a privacy feature that Google introduced last year and you can turn it off to get a Recap.
  • If users listen to mostly made-for-kids music, Recap may be unavailable to them.
  • Recap may also be temporarily unavailable if a user has recently deleted or edited their YouTube watch history.
  • To get to the Recap page using a mobile device, users must have the latest YouTube app or YouTube Music app installed on their device. Update your app to get Recap.