The Spotify Wrapped 2022 not only tells you which albums and artists you have listened to most this year – Spotify also provides a small personality test. With the help of the so-called “Listening Personality”, you can learn more about your listening behaviour.
Spotify Wrapped: This is what’s behind the “Listening Personality “
Every year, Spotify Wrapped, the streaming service’s annual review, is released to sweeten the pre-Christmas season for its users. In previous years, you only learned which artists you listened to particularly often and which albums and podcasts you played on continuous loop.
- This year, however, there is also a small personality test to determine your so-called “Listening Personality”.
- You can view this personality test in the Wrapped Hub in the Spotify app under the keyword “Your Listening Personality”.
These are the four categories for the “Listening Personalities “
According to Spotify, the listening personality types and music tastes are made up of four different categories, which the streaming provider evaluated based on your previous listening behaviour and then assigned to 16 different personality types.
- Familiarity (F) versus exploration (E): Do you tend to listen to the same artists over and over again, or do you also like to explore new artists from time to time?
- Loyalty (L) versus Variety (V): Does your go-to playlist always consist of the same songs, or do you also include new tracks more often?
- Newness (N) versus timelessness (T): Are you someone who listens to new music as soon as it comes out, or are you into playlists regardless of the release date?
- Commonality (C) versus uniqueness (U): Do you tend to listen to popular artists or are you part of a very small fan community?
Evaluation: More information about your listening type
Spotify evaluates your listening behaviour and based on the letters you get through the four categories, it composes a musical personality type.
- For example, if you get Familiarity, Loyalty, Timelessness and Uniqueness, then you get the letter series “FTLU”, which corresponds to the type “The Replayer”.
- You can read the more detailed meanings of your “Listening Personality” directly at Spotify.
