YouTube’s “👀” reply has everyone convinced Wrapped is happening

Last year, Hank Green tweeted at YouTube asking for a proper end-of-year recap. The post sat there for eleven months with no reply. Then, out of nowhere yesterday, the official @YouTube account slid in with a single emoji: 👀. Nothing else. No caption, no follow-up, just those eyes. The internet lost its mind in about four minutes flat.

For context, YouTube Music users have had their own version of Spotify Wrapped for a few years now. The 2025 edition is already rolling out to some people – you open the app, and a big purple banner screams, “Your 2025 Recap is ready.” We covered all the details last month.

But the rest of YouTube? The ten-hour video essays, the cooking channels, the rabbit holes that start with “how to fix a leaky faucet” and end with ancient aliens? Nothing. Zero official stats, zero shareable cards, just the cold knowledge that the algorithm knows exactly how much time you spent watching drone footage of abandoned malls.

That single 👀 has everyone convinced the drought might finally be over. Dexerto ran with it, and the quote-tweets are rolling in faster than YouTube can serve a mid-roll. The replies, though, are peak YouTube chaos.

Like this: “Hell nah, so y’all can put ads between the slides?” Another one: “If YouTube had a wrapped, mine would be “12 hours, black screen, rain and thunderstorm sounds” bc that’s also all i use it for.” Someone else pointed out something we’re all going to feel guilty about: “The amount of shorts watched stats is gonna be crazy 💀.”

Meanwhile, others are even dropping sarcastic comments about the ongoing backlash against YouTube for wrongly terminating accounts through its AI moderation.

For now, keep an eye on your app; that banner might surprise you sooner than later. And if the full Wrapped lands? It’ll be the recap we didn’t know we needed, flaws and all. Fingers crossed it skips the ads.

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