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24 alternatives to Spotify's New Music Friday Year in Review

Annual recap of the music trends that started each Friday

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Spotify's New Music Friday Year in Review launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Spotify Year in Music▲210

   Explore your 2014 on Spotify

   2014 · spotify.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   2016 Wrapped▲248

   Playlists of the most streamed songs this year on Spotify 🎶

   2016 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Spotify Video▲110

   Plays music videos based on current playing song on Spotify

   2017 · spotifyvideo.xyz · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Spotify Year in Music▲367

   Explore your 2015 on Spotify

   2015 · yearinmusic.spotify.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Covers▲224

   Re-discover your favorite songs again

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Musical Map of the World 2.0▲199

   Click a country or city to hear its music through Spotify

   2016 · spotifymaps.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Spotify Fresh Finds▲156

   Like Hype Machine, but inside Spotify

   2016 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Spotify▲142

   Any song. One tap away.

   2014 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Best Song▲146

   The fun way to discover good music

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Found them First▲184

    Spotify's new app to determine if you found a band first

    2015 · spotify.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Your 2017 Wrapped by Spotify▲446

    Relive all the music you discovered and loved in 2017.

    2017 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    trending.fm▲67

    social music

    2014 · trending.fm · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Discover Weekly Rewind▲97

    Never lose another Spotify Discover Weekly playlist again!

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    2021 Wrapped by Spotify▲119

    Relive all the music you discovered and loved in 2021.

    2021 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Discover▲92

    Explore Spotify's discover weekly playlists

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Playlist Network▲59

    All your friends and playlists in one place

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Spotify Web API▲85

    Say Hello to Spotify's New Web API

    2014 · developer.spotify.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Spotify Year In Music▲3

    A beautiful summary of your year in music

    2014 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    GoGigify▲122

    Your Spotify top artists' upcoming gigs

    2017 · gogigify.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Spotify Business▲88

    Sound Track Your Brand

    2014 · soundtrack.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Monthly Mix▲71

    The latest music from the past month

    2015 · monthly.mx · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Spotify Out Of Office▲83

    Jetting off? Tell everyone with a playlist.

    2016 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Spotify daylist▲147

    Fresh music sunup to sundown: your ever-changing playlist

    2023 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Songstack▲171

    Swipe to discover new music for Spotify

    2017 · about.songstack.co · its alternatives →

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