Snapchat announced on Monday that its end-of-year Recaps are now rolling out to users, offering a personalized look back at 2025. The Recap is a short video highlighting moments from a user’s Snaps, Stories, and Chats, showcasing how they connected and expressed themselves throughout the year.
Users can find their Recap by opening the app and going to the Memories section, where they will see a card labeled “Your 2025 Snap Recap.”
This move follows similar end-of-year summaries from other companies like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Duolingo.
Alongside the Recaps, Snapchat shared statistics on how people used the app over the past year. The company notes that phone calls are not dead, revealing users talked for nearly 1.7 billion minutes per day on average, which is almost 30% more than last year. Additionally, users in the United States sent over five billion voice notes, a nearly 10% increase from the previous year.
Group chats remain a popular way to connect on Snapchat. The number of people sending messages to group chats grew by more than 5% in 2025, with some users sending more than 8,880 messages to their top group chat this year.
The company also revealed that Chat Reactions grew by 44% this year, with the heart emoji being the most popular. An additional three million people used stickers to communicate this year.
The launch of the 2025 Recap arrives amid user backlash over Snapchat’s plans to charge for storage next year, with some calling for a boycott to urge the company to change its mind. Snapchat announced in September that free access to Memories will be limited to 5GB. Users whose memories exceed this limit will need to subscribe to a new Memories Storage plan.
The introductory storage plan offers up to 100GB for $1.99 per month. Snapchat+ users will get up to 250GB as part of their $3.99 monthly subscription, while Snapchat Platinum users will receive 5TB as part of their $15.99 monthly subscription.