Your time capsule is ready
In your 8 years you’ve been around for…
- 5 Prime Ministers
- 2 monarchs
- 2 World Cups
- +0.6 billion people on Earth
More 2018 discoveries are being added
We're filling in 2018 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…
- 4 ChatGPT arrived 2022
- 2 The UK left the EU 2020
A gentle reality check
Things that are younger than you
- 2020 The UK left the EU
- 2022 ChatGPT arrived
2018 vs today
A few things have changed since you arrived
A few things 2018 Today
- Everyone on Earth about 7.6 billion about 8.2 billion
Indicative sample data — being verified and expanded.
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