How much music does Apple Music Replay counts?

Hello, was wondering if the Apple Music replay ONLY counts the music saved in the library or ALL music I listen throughout the year (even the albums and singles I don’t save and the ones I delete later on from the library).

I’m quite interested in statistics and yearly data about the amount of albums/minutes of music I listen, genres and so on… but sometimes when I don’t like the entire album I just listened I delete it from the library. Does that still count as listened? Or does the data resets as if I never spent those hours listening to music I ended up disliking and deleting? I’d really like to know. They don’t appear in recently played, but I don’t care about that. I do care that my numbers at the end of the year are as correct as possible. Anyone can help??

thanks

iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 6, 2025 12:52 PM

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Posted on Dec 7, 2025 6:35 PM

  • Apple Music Replay counts every song you listen to, whether saved or not.
  • Deleting songs or albums does not remove their listening history.
  • Replay is based on server-side play data, not your library contents.
  • Recently Played has no effect on Replay.


Your totals will be accurate even if you delete albums you didn’t like afterward.

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Dec 7, 2025 6:35 PM in response to LuxMagna

  • Apple Music Replay counts every song you listen to, whether saved or not.
  • Deleting songs or albums does not remove their listening history.
  • Replay is based on server-side play data, not your library contents.
  • Recently Played has no effect on Replay.


Your totals will be accurate even if you delete albums you didn’t like afterward.

How much music does Apple Music Replay counts?

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