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How many years ago was 2015?

2015 was 9 years ago.

Nine years have passed between October 30th, 2015, and October 30th, 2024. It was 3,288 days ago.

How long ago was 2015?

To put into perspective how long ago 2015 was:

  • A child that was two years old in 2015 is now eleven. That means that they are now attending middle school.
  • Nearly a decade has passed since 2015.
  • Spotify had launched its streaming service seven 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 13 inches since 2015.
  • There have been roughly 468 weekends since then.
  • Names such as Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Millie Bobby Brown, XXXTentacion, Zendaya, Tom Holland, and Kylian Mbappé were not famous at the time.
  • Popular songs that year included the likes of "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar, "Cheerleader" by OMI, "Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd, and "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber.
  • Films such as "Taken 3", "American Sniper", "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water", "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Focus", and "Chappie" were playing at movie theaters in 2015.
  • The term "social media influencer" hadn't caught on yet.
  • The Earth has travelled 41 billion miles through space since 2015.
  • Nobody knew what a "fidget spinner" was.
  • Wireless earbuds did not exist.
  • The idea of having a "gender reveal" party was still pretty foreign to most people.
  • Video games such as "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt", "Dying Light", "Batman: Arkham Knight", "Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain", "Mortal Kombat X", and "Fallout 4" were released that year.
  • Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 23 centimeters since 2015.
  • A person who was born that year has had roughly 18–27 colds in their lifetime.
  • The world has gone through 36 seasons of weather.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo was still playing for Real Madrid.
  • There was no such thing as Fortnite.
  • Barack Obama was the President of the United States.
  • "Narcos - Season 1", "Better Call Saul", "Making a Murderer", and "Schitt's Creek" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.

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