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 ...
At the start of this year, the internet seemed to collectively land on nostalgia for the pop culture of exactly 10 years ago. On Instagram, users mined their phones' camera rolls for pictures from ...
Social media has been flooded with the “2016 aesthetic” recently, and people—specifically millennials and late Gen Zers—are romanticizing the year that is now a decade ago. Millennials are defined as ...
Social media users are striving for a 2016 resurgence, ten years later Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE covering entertainment and culture. She joined PEOPLE in 2024. Her work has previously ...
What’s hot in 2026? Oh, that’s easy: 2016. Online, people are gleefully posting photos of themselves from 10 years ago, fawning over the music and makeup trends of the year and generally waxing ...
Do you remember what you were doing in 2016? The year is stirring up serious nostalgia on social media. On TikTok, the phrase “2026 is the new 2016” is trending, with many people sharing videos about ...