A severe bout of nostalgia is spreading in America, but it’s not for the postwar prosperity of the 1950s or the big hair and bright colors of the 80s. Representational illustration. Young adults are ...

Troy-based content creator Iliana Torres shares a photo of herself from 2016, when blocky-filled eyebrows and dark purple-reddish lipstick were in. Troy-based content creator Iliana Torres poses for a ...

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 ...

Panera is jumping on the 2016 bandwagon and winding back the clock to a simpler time – the launch of PokémonGo, the Mannequin Challenge and, in the restaurant chain's case, bread bowls. In tandem with ...

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 ...

‘2016 is the new 2026’: The nostalgia trend taking over TikTok Pixabay If your social media feed suddenly feels warmer, louder and oddly familiar, you're not imagining it. Users across TikTok and ...

Millennial pink hair. Thigh-high boots styled with T-shirt dresses. Dare we even mention the Harambe of it all? Lately, you’d easily believe we’ve travelled back into a sepia-toned, bygone era. Social ...

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?

The first two weeks of 2026 have launched a nostalgic trend across the internet as social media users attempt to turn back the clock with lo-fi-filtered throwbacks captioned, “2026 is the new 2016.” ...

The average new car price has risen from just over $34,000 in 2016 to more than $50,000 today. The Ford F-Series pickup truck was the best-selling vehicle in 2016 and remains the top seller today. The ...

"You had to be there," she captioned the intimate carousel post Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an ...