Your time capsule is ready
In your 18 years you’ve been around for…
- 7 Prime Ministers
- 2 monarchs
- 5 World Cups
- +1.4 billion people on Earth
More 2008 discoveries are being added
We're filling in 2008 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…
- 2 Instagram 2010
- 14 ChatGPT arrived 2022
- 2 The iPad 2010
- 4 The London Olympics 2012
- 9 TikTok went global 2017
- 12 The UK left the EU 2020
A gentle reality check
Things that are younger than you
- 2010 Instagram
- 2010 The iPad
- 2012 The London Olympics
- 2017 TikTok went global
- 2020 The UK left the EU
- 2022 ChatGPT arrived
2008 vs today
A few things have changed since you arrived
A few things 2008 Today
- Everyone on Earth about 6.8 billion about 8.2 billion
Indicative sample data — being verified and expanded.
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Your life in history →
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Compare 2008 with 1998 →
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