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What Is "WhatsApp Chat Wrapped"? A Spotify-Wrapped-Style Recap for Your Texts

WhatsApp Chat Wrapped explained: what it shows, how it's generated from a WhatsApp export, and how it's different from Spotify Wrapped or Instagram's yearly recap.

Every December, Spotify Wrapped turns a year of listening into a shareable, oddly personal recap — your top songs, your most-played artist, how many minutes you spent doing it. "WhatsApp Chat Wrapped" is the same idea, applied to a conversation instead of a playlist.

What it actually shows

  • Your busiest months and days with that person or group.
  • The words and emoji you both use the most.
  • Badges earned from patterns in the conversation — fastest replier, most active hours, longest streak, and similar.
  • How the conversation's mood has shifted over time.

Unlike Spotify's version, it isn't tied to a calendar year or a platform that already has your data — it's generated on demand from a WhatsApp chat export you provide yourself, for any date range the chat covers.

How to get yours

  1. Export a chat from WhatsApp (Chat settings → Export chat).
  2. Upload the export to MyChatWrap.
  3. Open the Wrapped view — it's generated instantly from the same export, alongside the full analytics dashboard.
  4. Share the recap, or generate a PDF report to keep.

It's free, doesn't require an account, and the chat is analyzed entirely in your browser — the same privacy model as the rest of MyChatWrap.

Is WhatsApp Chat Wrapped an official WhatsApp feature?

No — it isn't made by WhatsApp or Meta. It's generated by MyChatWrap from a chat export you provide yourself.

Does it only work at the end of the year, like Spotify Wrapped?

No — it can be generated any time, for whatever date range your chat export covers, not just December.

Can I make a WhatsApp Chat Wrapped for a group chat?

Yes — a group export gets its own group-specific Wrapped view, alongside a group health score.

Ready to try it on your own chat?

Free, no account required — your chat is analyzed entirely in your browser.

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Exporting the chat from WhatsApp, step by step

Watch the whole flow — export from WhatsApp, then drop the file into this app.

1Open the chat, then tap the contact or group name at the top.

Contact Info
Media, Links & Docs
Starred Messages
Chat Search
Export Chat
Clear Chat

2Scroll down and tap “Export Chat”.

Export Chat
Without Media
Attach Media
Cancel

3Choose “Without Media” to keep the file small.

Save to Files

4Send the file to yourself, or tap “Save to Files”.

mychatwrap.com/whatsapp-to-pdf
WhatsApp to PDF
_chat.txt
Chat added — building your PDF
Convert to PDF

5Open this page and drop the .txt file into the box.

1Open the chat, then tap the contact or group name at the top.