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Born in 2014? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 2014, you turn 12 in 2026, and you're Gen Alpha. You're older than 17 things on our timeline, including Pokémon Go, Stranger Things and the Nintendo Switch.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 2014 ended.

• 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
• The Apple Watch 11 years old '15 4 24
• Discord 11 years old '15 5 13
• AirPods 9 years old '16 12 13
• The fidget spinner craze about 9 years ago '17
• Among Us 8 years old '18 6 15
• Bluey 7 years old '18 10 1
• The first photo of a black hole 7 years ago '19 4 10
• Squid Game 5 years old '21 9 17
• Wordle 4 years old '21 10
• The James Webb Space Telescope 4 years old '21 12 25
• A rocket landing itself 10 years ago '15 12 21

You were born closer to these than to today

• Facebook's launch (2004) details
• The Office's premiere (2005) details
• Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet (2006) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 2014.

• Alexa 11 years old '14 11 6
• The Ice Bucket Challenge 12 years ago '14 8
• Apple Pay 11 years old '14 10 20

2014 by the numbers

• The world had about 7.4 billion people in 2014. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 2014 are older than about 20% of everyone alive.
• 2014 is roughly halfway between 2002 and today.
• If you were born in 2014, you've been alive for roughly 4,287 to 4,651 days.