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The feeling of “take me back” has never been more relevant as 2026 kicks off. On TikTok, the hashtag #2016 has more than 2 million posts, often used to caption throwback photos, old videos and ...

VSCO filters, Kylie lip kits and the summer of Pokemon Go. The year 2016 is making a comeback in 2026 as people flood Instagram with throwback posts reminiscing about what they viewed as an iconic ...

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 ...

On January 1, the world welcomed 2026 with open arms, hopes in their hearts, and firecrackers filling the sky. And a week into the New Year, it seems like we have dialled the clock back to 2016. Why?

Measles was eradicated in the Americas, Beyoncé made “Lemonade” and liberal hopes were high for the first woman president. Voters were encouraged to Pokémon Go to the polls. Remember 2016? A decade on ...

If 2026 is the new 2016, the entertainment industry will need to try to emulate the success of these projects that dominated the box office, snatched Emmys and Oscars and have remained touchstones of ...

You’d think there’d be more excitement around the new year—we’re only three weeks in, people!—but instead everyone’s occupied with plumbing the depths of their camera rolls for relics of their 2016 ...

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 ...

Well, it’s the start of a brand-new year. But instead of planning for the future and looking ahead, all anyone seems to want to do is to go back. Thanks to a new TikTok hazy purple-blue filter ...

Over the holidays, the first trend of 2026 emerged: the year 2016. “2026 is the new 2016,” users declared, in captions waxing poetic about the good old days, accompanied by Instagram-filtered photo ...

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