Hajra Naz
OpenAI has rolled out a new year-end feature called “Your Year with ChatGPT,” giving users a personalized snapshot of how they interacted with the AI chatbot throughout 2025. The recap highlights usage patterns, conversation themes, and even small writing quirks, such as how many em-dashes appeared across chats.
The launch puts ChatGPT firmly into the growing trend of annual “Wrapped-style” summaries, popularized by Spotify and later adopted by platforms like LinkedIn, Uber, Apple Music, Snapchat, and others.
What “Your Year with ChatGPT” Includes
The recap begins with a short, custom-written poem that sets the tone for the experience. From there, it breaks down a user’s year based on their chat history.
Users can see:
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Their most active day using ChatGPT
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The total number of messages sent
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The number of individual chats created
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The dominant themes across conversations
The feature also tracks smaller behavioral details. One standout metric is the number of em-dashes exchanged, a punctuation habit ChatGPT often leans on and now openly pokes fun at.
Chat Themes and Writing Style Analysis
After the high-level stats, the recap shifts into analysis. ChatGPT identifies the top three themes that appeared most often in a user’s conversations. These are drawn directly from chat history and can range from work and travel to personal projects or creative writing.
Next comes a description of the user’s chat style. This reflects tone and communication habits. For example, ChatGPT might describe a user as casual, wry, direct, analytical, or exploratory, based on how prompts and follow-ups are written.
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Awards, Archetypes, and Light Roasting
The recap also includes playful awards and accolades. These are intentionally humorous and lightly self-aware.
Some users receive tongue-in-cheek titles based on recurring questions or behaviors. Others are assigned an archetype, such as “the tinkerer,” which OpenAI says represents users who learn by experimenting and testing ideas through conversation.
Each archetype includes a short explanation and a percentage showing how common that user type is across the platform.
Pixel Art and Visual Storytelling
One of the more creative elements of the recap is a piece of AI-generated pixel art, inspired by a user’s most frequent chat topics.
OpenAI recently upgraded its image and video models, including the rollout of Sora 2, and the recap leans into that progress. The artwork often includes visual references tied to a user’s interests, locations, or recurring discussion points.
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Interactive Predictions for the Year Ahead
The recap isn’t entirely backward-looking. It also includes an interactive section teasing what the next year might bring.
Users can clear away animated overlays — described as “mists of mystery” — to reveal a short, fortune-style prediction. Reloading the page generates a different message each time, adding a sense of replayability.
Availability and Access Details
“Your Year with ChatGPT” is available to Free, Plus, and Pro users, but not to Business or Enterprise accounts. This means users accessing ChatGPT through workplace plans may not see the feature.
The recap is currently available in:
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The United States
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The United Kingdom
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Canada
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Australia
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New Zealand
To access it, users can open the ChatGPT app, tap the plus button, and type:
“Show me my year with ChatGPT.”
ChatGPT Joins the Broader “Wrapped” Trend
OpenAI is the latest company to embrace the year-end recap format. In 2025 alone, similar features have appeared from Spotify, Apple Music, LinkedIn, Uber, Dunkin’, Snapchat, Strava, Partiful, and more.
These summaries are designed to show users how they spent their time — often with a mix of insight, nostalgia, and gentle teasing.
A Reflective Ending Note
The ChatGPT recap closes with a reflective message rather than a statistic. It acknowledges the drafts, questions, late-night rabbit holes, and half-formed ideas that passed through the chat window.
The final takeaway is simple: for many users, ChatGPT became a place to think things through. And according to the AI, that’s no small thing.
