Your time capsule is ready
In your 23 years you’ve been around for…
- 8 Prime Ministers
- 2 monarchs
- 6 World Cups
- +1.8 billion people on Earth
More 2003 discoveries are being added
We're filling in 2003 in detail. In the meantime, the comparisons above and below always work — and every link from here leads somewhere interesting.
When these arrived
You were only…
- 1 Facebook was founded 2004
- 2 YouTube was founded 2005
- 4 The iPhone 2007
- 5 Spotify launched 2008
- 7 Instagram 2010
- 19 ChatGPT arrived 2022
A gentle reality check
Things that are younger than you
- 2004 Facebook was founded
- 2005 YouTube was founded
- 2006 Twitter was founded
- 2007 The iPhone
- 2007 The smoking ban in England
- 2008 Spotify launched
- 2010 Instagram
- 2010 The iPad
2003 vs today
A few things have changed since you arrived
A few things 2003 Today
- Everyone on Earth about 6.4 billion about 8.2 billion
Indicative sample data — being verified and expanded.
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