How are forgotten favourites chosen?

We take your long-term top tracks — Spotify's ~12-month range — and drop everything Spotify still lists in your 6-month or 4-week top tracks. We then drop anything our own play history shows you playing in the last 30 days. What is left is ranked in Spotify's own long-term order, which is why an old favourite can sit above a newer one.

Why does a song I still play show up?

Spotify's ranges are weighted and move slowly, so a track can sit in your 12-month list for a while after you stopped playing it. We do check the last 30 days of plays we have recorded, but that history only covers the time since you connected, so plays from before then are invisible to us. If something looks wrong, playing it again moves it out of the list.

Does it change my Spotify library?

Only if you save it. The playlist is private, created in your own Spotify account, and refreshed every week with your current list. Stopping the refresh never deletes it: the playlist stays in your library, we just stop updating it.

Can I use my liked songs for this?

Not yet. Reading your liked songs needs a Spotify permission we do not request, and asking for it now would make every user authorise the app again. Forgotten Favourites works from your top-track ranges and the plays we have recorded instead.

Rediscover the songs you used to love

Forgotten Favourites are the songs you played to death and then let slip. We compare your last 12 months of top tracks with your last 6 months and 4 weeks, drop anything you have played recently, and show what fell out of rotation.

Find my forgotten favourites

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How it works

1. Connect Spotify

We read your top tracks for roughly the last 12 months, not your whole library.

2. We compare the ranges

Anything still in your last 6 months or last 4 weeks stays out, and so does anything you played in the last 30 days.

3. Save the shortlist

Your forgotten favourites appear on this page. Save them as a private playlist and we refresh it every week.

What your forgotten favourites look like

Example

Example data with placeholder names, not real listening data. Your page shows your own songs.

Example: Forgotten Favourites Built from your last 12 months

1 Example Song One Example Artist A
2 Example Song Two Example Artist B
3 Example Song Three Example Artist A
4 Example Song Four Example Artist C
5 Example Song Five Example Artist D

How the list is built

It comes from two of Spotify's own ranges: your top tracks over roughly the last 12 months, minus every track still sitting in your last 6 months or your last 4 weeks. We then remove anything your play history here says you played in the last 30 days, rank what remains in Spotify's long-term order, and stop at 30 tracks.

Time Machine is coming: listening from a year ago, reconstructed from your own history. It needs enough plays, so importing your Spotify data on your profile unlocks more — it backfills years of plays at once, which also keeps this list accurate.

Frequently asked questions

How are forgotten favourites chosen?: We take your long-term top tracks — Spotify's ~12-month range — and drop everything Spotify still lists in your 6-month or 4-week top tracks. We then drop anything our own play history shows you playing in the last 30 days. What is left is ranked in Spotify's own long-term order, which is why an old favourite can sit above a newer one.
Why does a song I still play show up?: Spotify's ranges are weighted and move slowly, so a track can sit in your 12-month list for a while after you stopped playing it. We do check the last 30 days of plays we have recorded, but that history only covers the time since you connected, so plays from before then are invisible to us. If something looks wrong, playing it again moves it out of the list.
Does it change my Spotify library?: Only if you save it. The playlist is private, created in your own Spotify account, and refreshed every week with your current list. Stopping the refresh never deletes it: the playlist stays in your library, we just stop updating it.
Can I use my liked songs for this?: Not yet. Reading your liked songs needs a Spotify permission we do not request, and asking for it now would make every user authorise the app again. Forgotten Favourites works from your top-track ranges and the plays we have recorded instead.

Also see your top songs on Spotify and your top genres.