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?

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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 ...

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 ...

A viral social media trend has people digging through their camera rolls, hoping to find the picture (or pictures) that best capture what their lives were like a decade ago. Snapchat filters, chokers ...

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 ...

Wake up - it's 2016. The Chainsmokers are playing wall to wall, you've perfected your Snapchat dog filter pose and Leicester City have just won the Premier League. Justin Bieber and Drake are ...

(NEXSTAR) – In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, that’s no longer an option. IRS Direct File launched as a pilot ...

If your social media feed suddenly feels familiar, you’re not imagining it. Filters, bold makeup, glittery edits and Swedish singer and songwriter Zara Larsson’s popular hit Lush Life are back. Online ...