Your time capsule is ready
In your 17 years you’ve been around for…
- 7 Prime Ministers
- 2 monarchs
- 5 World Cups
- +1.3 billion people on Earth
More 2009 discoveries are being added
We're filling in 2009 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 Instagram 2010
- 13 ChatGPT arrived 2022
- 1 The iPad 2010
- 3 The London Olympics 2012
- 8 TikTok went global 2017
- 11 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
2009 vs today
A few things have changed since you arrived
A few things 2009 Today
- Everyone on Earth about 6.9 billion about 8.2 billion
Indicative sample data — being verified and expanded.
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