“Your Year With ChatGPT” annual recap is now live: country availability, data sources, and feature limits
- Graziano Stefanelli
- Dec 22
- 4 min read
“Your Year With ChatGPT” is an annual recap feature designed to summarize how individual users interacted with ChatGPT over the past year.
The experience is generated automatically and presented directly inside the ChatGPT interface for eligible accounts.
The rollout is limited, and visibility depends on geographic location, account type, and data settings.
“Your Year With ChatGPT” is an annual recap shown inside ChatGPT that summarizes how a user has used the service over the course of a year.
It presents a high-level snapshot of activity, such as how often ChatGPT was used, how usage changed over time, and which broad topics appeared most frequently in conversations.
The recap is automatically generated and appears as a dedicated screen or flow inside the app or web interface, similar in format to other year-end digital summaries.
Rather than showing individual conversations, it groups interactions into themes and patterns, offering an aggregated view of usage instead of detailed logs.
If long-term memory features were active during the year, the recap may reflect recurring interests or repeated types of requests, but without exposing specific prompts or responses.
The experience is read-only and temporary.
It cannot be downloaded, exported, or edited, and it exists only within the ChatGPT interface.
In practical terms, “Your Year With ChatGPT” functions as a personal usage summary, not as an analytics dashboard, productivity report, or conversation archive.
It is designed to give users a quick look at how they interacted with ChatGPT over time, without revealing sensitive content or offering fine-grained data access.
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In countries where the feature is enabled, “Your Year With ChatGPT” becomes accessible automatically inside the ChatGPT interface for eligible personal accounts.
Users see a dedicated entry point that opens a guided, read-only recap summarizing their activity over the year, without requiring any manual activation or settings change.
Outside the fully supported regions, the feature follows a staged rollout pattern.
Some users may see interface references to the annual recap, such as prompt suggestions or selectable labels, even though the recap itself cannot be generated.
This partial visibility reflects a separation between interface deployment and backend availability, with execution controlled server-side by country, account type, and data eligibility.
As a result, visibility of the feature does not always imply functional access, especially during the early phases of regional expansion.
The annual recap is currently available only in a restricted set of countries.
OpenAI has enabled “Your Year With ChatGPT” exclusively in a small group of English-speaking markets.
The feature is visible to users located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
No official confirmation exists for availability in continental Europe, Latin America, Asia, or Africa.
Users outside the supported countries do not see the recap banner or entry point in the interface.
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Current country availability of “Your Year With ChatGPT”
Country or region | Availability status | Notes |
United States | Available (rolling out) | Personal accounts only |
United Kingdom | Available (rolling out) | English interface |
Canada | Available (rolling out) | English interface |
Australia | Available (rolling out) | English interface |
New Zealand | Available (rolling out) | English interface |
European Union | Not available | No rollout announced |
Latin America | Not available | No rollout announced |
Asia-Pacific (ex-AU/NZ) | Not available | No rollout announced |
Africa | Not available | No rollout announced |
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Account type and plan restrictions further limit who can access the recap.
The annual recap is available only for personal ChatGPT accounts.
Free, Plus, and Pro users are eligible if other requirements are met.
Business, Enterprise, and Education plans do not support the feature.
Organizational accounts are excluded regardless of country or usage history.
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Account eligibility for the annual recap
Account type | Eligible | Reason |
Free | Yes | Personal usage supported |
Plus | Yes | Personal usage supported |
Pro | Yes | Personal usage supported |
Business | No | Organizational account |
Enterprise | No | Organizational account |
Education | No | Organizational account |
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The recap is generated from chat history and memory-related data.
“Your Year With ChatGPT” relies on stored interaction metadata rather than raw conversation content.
Chat frequency, usage patterns, and recurring themes are aggregated automatically.
If Memory is enabled, the system may highlight long-term interests or recurring activities.
If chat history or Memory is disabled, the recap becomes partial or unavailable.
No manual review of conversations is involved in the generation process.
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Data sources used in the annual recap
Data source | Used | Purpose |
Chat frequency | Yes | Usage volume metrics |
Interaction timestamps | Yes | Activity patterns |
Topic clustering | Yes | Thematic summaries |
Memory items | Optional | Long-term personalization |
Full chat content | No | Not displayed or reproduced |
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The feature is intentionally limited in scope and detail.
The annual recap does not display exact prompts, responses, or sensitive information.
Summaries remain high-level and statistical rather than conversational.
There is no option to export, download, or permanently save the recap outside the app.
Visibility is temporary and controlled entirely within the ChatGPT interface.
Users can disable chat history or Memory at any time, which affects future recaps.
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Feature limits and user controls
Limit or control | Effect on recap |
Chat history disabled | Reduced or no recap |
Memory disabled | Less personalization |
No export option | View-only experience |
Country restriction | Feature hidden entirely |
Plan restriction | Feature unavailable |
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Geographic restrictions appear tied to compliance and localization constraints.
The recap depends on long-term data aggregation, which introduces additional privacy considerations.
Regulatory frameworks such as GDPR increase complexity for region-wide deployment.
Language localization and interface adaptation are also required for non-English markets.
OpenAI has historically expanded features gradually after monitoring usage and feedback in initial regions.
No public timeline has been provided for broader international availability.
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