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How many years ago was 2014?

2014 was 10 years ago.

Ten years have passed between December 6th, 2014, and December 6th, 2024. It was 3,653 days ago.

How long ago was 2014?

To put into perspective how long ago 2014 was:

  • A child that was two years old in 2014 is now twelve. That means that they are now attending middle school.
  • One decade has passed since 2014.
  • Spotify had launched its streaming service six years prior. However, it still wasn't very popular.
  • The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1.49 inches per year. That means that it has moved away by about 15 inches since 2014.
  • There have been roughly 520 weekends since then.
  • Names such as Millie Bobby Brown and Elon Musk were not famous at the time.
  • Donald Trump was not a big figure in politics.
  • Popular songs that year included the likes of "Timber" by Pitbull featuring Kesha, "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry featuring Juicy J, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, "All of Me" by John Legend, "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, and "Rude" by Magic!.
  • Films such as "Frozen", "Lone Survivor", "Ride Along", "The LEGO Movie", "Non-Stop", and "300: Rise of An Empire" were playing at movie theaters in 2014.
  • The term "social media influencer" hadn't caught on yet.
  • Consumer drones weren't popular.
  • The Earth has travelled 45 billion miles through space since 2014.
  • Wireless earbuds did not exist.
  • The idea of having a "gender reveal" party was still pretty foreign to most people.
  • Nobody knew what "dabbing" was.
  • Video games such as "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare", "Destiny", "Far Cry 4", "Alien: Isolation", "Titanfall", and "Watchdogs" were released that year.
  • Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 25 centimeters since 2014.
  • A person who was born that year has had roughly 20–30 colds in their lifetime.
  • The world has gone through 40 seasons of weather.
  • This was the year that the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral.
  • Barack Obama was the President of the United States.
  • "Jane the Virgin", "Power", "Black-ish", "Gotham", and "True Detective (Season 1)" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.

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