In 2026, TikTok and Instagram are looking back to 2016 and remembering the ‘good times’—here’s why some social media users are so nostalgic for the old days. The year 2026 has just begun, but the ...

On January 1, the world welcomed 2026 with open arms, hopes in their hearts, and firecrackers filling the sky. And a week into the New Year, it seems like we have dialled the clock back to 2016. Why?

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Measles was eradicated in the Americas, Beyoncé made “Lemonade” and liberal hopes were high for the first woman president. Voters were encouraged to Pokémon Go to the polls. Remember 2016? A decade on ...

Social media users, in 2026, are reliving 2016 nostalgia online. We answer the questions swirling around why and what this means. HILLARY CLINTON: I don't know who created Pokemon Go. But I'm trying ...

You’d think there’d be more excitement around the new year—we’re only three weeks in, people!—but instead everyone’s occupied with plumbing the depths of their camera rolls for relics of their 2016 ...

A viral social media trend has people digging through their camera rolls, hoping to find the picture (or pictures) that best capture what their lives were like a decade ago. Snapchat filters, chokers ...

The year was 2016, and, man, was there a lot going on at the time. Donald Trump was entering his first term as President of the U.S. "Deadpool" released and became the highest grossing R-rated movie. ...

Something strange is happening on social media right now. I open my feed expecting the usual “new year, new me” wellness content, and instead, I’m met with the jarring presence of the Snapchat dog ...

Social media users are striving for a 2016 resurgence, ten years later ambardriscoll/Instagram;Taylor Swift/Instagram;eli.rallo/Instagram People online are calling ...

Well, it’s the start of a brand-new year. But instead of planning for the future and looking ahead, all anyone seems to want to do is to go back. Thanks to a new TikTok hazy purple-blue filter ...