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Born in 2008? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 2008, you turn 18 in 2026, and you're Gen Z. You're older than 40 things on our timeline, including Minecraft, Angry Birds and the iPad.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 2008 ended.

• 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
• Bitcoin 17 years old '09 1 3
• WhatsApp 17 years old '09 5 3
• Avatar 16 years old '09 12 18
• Uber about 16 years old '10
• The Burj Khalifa 16 years old '10 1 4
• Game of Thrones 15 years old '11 4 17
• Twitch 15 years old '11 6 6
• Siri 14 years old '11 10 4
• The Hunger Games (movie) 14 years old '12 3 23
• The Avengers 14 years old '12 5 4
• Candy Crush Saga 13 years old '12 11 14
• Vine 13 years old '13 1 24

See all 40 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• The first text message (1992) details
• Beanie Babies' debut (1993) details
• Jurassic Park's release (1993) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 2008.

• Spotify 17 years old '08 10 7
• Iron Man 18 years old '08 5 2
• Airbnb 18 years old '08 8 11
• The Dark Knight 18 years old '08 7 18
• Twilight (the movie) 17 years old '08 11 21
• Breaking Bad 18 years old '08 1 20

2008 by the numbers

• The world had about 6.9 billion people in 2008. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 2008 are older than about 29% of everyone alive.
• 2008 is roughly halfway between 1990 and today.
• If you were born in 2008, you've been alive for roughly 6,478 to 6,843 days.