ChatGPT Wrapped 2025: See Your AI Year in Review
OpenAI has entered the year-end recap game with the launch of “Your Year with ChatGPT”—a personalized, Spotify Wrapped–style feature that highlights how users interacted with the AI chatbot throughout 2025. Rolling out this week to select English-speaking markets, the feature offers playful insights, custom awards, and even AI-generated poems based on your chat history. If you’ve ever wondered how many times you asked ChatGPT for dinner ideas, coding help, or relationship advice, this is your chance to find out—delivered with style and a touch of whimsy.
What Is “Your Year with ChatGPT”?
Think of “Your Year with ChatGPT” as your digital time capsule, curated by AI. Much like Spotify Wrapped summarizes your listening habits, OpenAI’s new feature compiles your top topics, conversation themes, and usage patterns from January through December 2025. Users receive personalized badges like “Creative Debugger” or “Late-Night Thinker,” depending on how they used the platform. The experience is visual, snackable, and designed for sharing—with colorful graphics and a reflective tone that mirrors the emotional resonance of other year-in-review campaigns.
Who Can Access the Feature?
Not everyone will see the recap pop up just yet. OpenAI is initially rolling out “Your Year with ChatGPT” to users in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. To qualify, you must have either a free, Plus, or Pro ChatGPT account—and crucially, you need to have both “reference saved memories” and “reference chat history” enabled. Additionally, you’ll need to meet a minimum conversation threshold, though OpenAI hasn’t disclosed exact numbers. Enterprise, Team, and Education accounts are excluded from this consumer-focused rollout.
Privacy Remains Front and Center
In a landscape where data privacy is top of mind, OpenAI is emphasizing that the recap is “lightweight, privacy-forward, and user-controlled.” Your year-in-review is generated on-device or using anonymized data, and nothing is shared externally without explicit permission. The feature appears as a banner on your ChatGPT home screen but won’t autoplay or interrupt your workflow—users must opt in to view their recap. This approach aligns with growing consumer demand for transparency and control over personal data, especially in AI-driven experiences.
More Than Just Stats: A Personal Touch
Where “Your Year with ChatGPT” truly stands out is in its human-like creativity. Beyond listing your most-asked questions or frequent topics, the feature generates a short, custom poem summarizing your year based on your interests—whether that’s gardening, quantum physics, or fantasy novel writing. It also creates a unique image that visually represents your ChatGPT journey, blending AI art with personal narrative. These elements turn what could’ve been a dry analytics report into something emotional, shareable, and surprisingly poetic.
Why Now? The Rise of the “Digital Self-Portrait”
OpenAI’s timing is strategic. Year-end recaps have become cultural phenomena—Spotify Wrapped dominates social feeds every December, and apps like Duolingo, Strava, and even LinkedIn now offer their own versions. These digital self-portraits satisfy a deep human desire for reflection and identity reinforcement. By launching “Your Year with ChatGPT,” OpenAI isn’t just promoting engagement—it’s positioning ChatGPT as a companion in users’ personal and intellectual lives, not just a tool.
A Glimpse Into AI’s Evolving Role
The introduction of this feature underscores how AI has shifted from a utility to a collaborator. People aren’t just using ChatGPT for quick answers—they’re brainstorming business ideas, drafting love letters, debugging code at 2 a.m., and exploring philosophical questions. “Your Year with ChatGPT” validates those interactions, offering a mirror that reflects not just what you asked, but who you were becoming through those conversations. It’s a subtle but powerful acknowledgment of AI’s growing role in shaping modern identity.
How to Find Your Recap
If you’re eligible, you’ll see a colorful banner at the top of your ChatGPT mobile or web app home screen starting December 22, 2025. Tap it to dive into your personalized experience. The recap is mobile-optimized, loads quickly, and includes easy options to save or share your “awards” and poem—perfect for Instagram Stories or a nostalgic tweet. OpenAI says the feature will remain accessible through January 2026, giving users ample time to engage without FOMO pressure.
Limitations—and What’s Next
While the rollout is exciting, it’s not universal. Users in non-English markets, those with disabled chat history settings, or anyone below the activity threshold won’t see their recap this year. OpenAI hints that future versions could expand globally and incorporate richer multimedia, especially as multimodal AI (including voice and video) becomes more integrated into ChatGPT. Given rumors of expanded content policies in 2026, next year’s wrap-up might be even more vivid—and personal.
A Playful Nod to Human-AI Connection
At its core, “Your Year with ChatGPT” is more than a marketing stunt—it’s a celebration of the quiet, everyday moments we now share with AI. Whether you used it to plan a surprise proposal or debug a Python script at midnight, your interactions mattered enough to be remembered. In a year full of AI breakthroughs and ethical debates, this lighthearted feature reminds us that technology can also be warm, reflective, and surprisingly human.
Share Your Story
As 2025 winds down, “Your Year with ChatGPT” offers a moment to pause and reflect—not just on what you accomplished, but on how you thought, dreamed, and problem-solved with a digital partner by your side. If you get the recap, take a screenshot. Share it. Laugh at your “Overthinker Extraordinaire” badge or tear up at your custom poem. Because in the end, the most powerful AI isn’t the one that knows everything—it’s the one that helps you understand yourself a little better.
