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Born in 2004? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 2004, you turn 22 in 2026, and you're Gen Z. You're older than 62 things on our timeline, including YouTube, The Office (US) and High School Musical.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 2004 ended.

• YouTube 21 years old '05 2 14
• The Office (US) 21 years old '05 3 24
• High School Musical 20 years old '06 1 20
• Twitter 20 years old '06 7 15
• Pluto's demotion 20 years ago '06 8 24
• Roblox 20 years old '06 9 1
• The Wii 19 years old '06 11 19
• The iPhone 19 years old '07 6 29
• Iron Man 18 years old '08 5 2
• Spotify 17 years old '08 10 7
• Minecraft 17 years old '09 5 17
• Angry Birds 16 years old '09 12 11
• The iPad 16 years old '10 4 3
• Instagram 15 years old '10 10 6
• Snapchat 15 years old '11 7 8
• Frozen 12 years old '13 11 27
• Pokémon Go 10 years old '16 7 6
• Stranger Things 10 years old '16 7 15
• The Nintendo Switch 9 years old '17 3 3
• Fortnite 9 years old '17 7 25
• TikTok 8 years old '18 8 2
• ChatGPT 3 years old '22 11 30
• Google Maps 21 years old '05 2 8
• Grey's Anatomy 21 years old '05 3 27

See all 62 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• Back to the Future's release (1985) details
• The fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) details
• The Simpsons' premiere (1989) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 2004.

• Facebook 22 years old '04 2 4
• Mean Girls 22 years old '04 4 30
• Gmail 22 years old '04 4 1
• The Nintendo DS 21 years old '04 11 21
• World of Warcraft 21 years old '04 11 23
• The Incredibles 21 years old '04 11 5

2004 by the numbers

• The world had about 6.5 billion people in 2004. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 2004 are older than about 36% of everyone alive.
• 2004 is roughly halfway between 1982 and today.
• If you were born in 2004, you've been alive for roughly 7,939 to 8,304 days.