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Born in 2009? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 2009, you turn 17 in 2026, and you're Gen Z. You're older than 35 things on our timeline, including the iPad, Instagram and Snapchat.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 2009 ended.

• 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
• 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
• The Ice Bucket Challenge 12 years ago '14 8
• Alexa 11 years old '14 11 6
• The Apple Watch 11 years old '15 4 24
• Discord 11 years old '15 5 13
• AirPods 9 years old '16 12 13

See all 35 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• Friends' premiere (1994) details
• The first PlayStation's release (1994) details
• Amazon opening for business (1995) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 2009.

• Minecraft 17 years old '09 5 17
• Angry Birds 16 years old '09 12 11
• WhatsApp 17 years old '09 5 3
• Bitcoin 17 years old '09 1 3
• Avatar 16 years old '09 12 18

2009 by the numbers

• The world had about 6.9 billion people in 2009. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 2009 are older than about 28% of everyone alive.
• 2009 is roughly halfway between 1992 and today.
• If you were born in 2009, you've been alive for roughly 6,113 to 6,477 days.