Internet Culture Timeline
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Internet Culture Timeline — 2025
TikTok ban/divestiture drama
Internet Culture Timeline — 2024
Very demure, very mindful
Internet Culture Timeline — 2023
AI chat and generated media entering mainstream culture.
Internet Culture Timeline — 2022
Wordle grids and daily puzzle sharing
Internet Culture Timeline — 2021
Short-form video dominance
Internet Culture Timeline — 2020
Lockdown video-call culture and virtual hangouts
Internet Culture Timeline — 2019
TikTok short-video culture and dance challenges: represented by generic vertical-video feeds and creator silhouettes; selected because TikTok terms and creators became mainstream 2019 search and…
Internet Culture Timeline — 2018
Fortnite and livestream mainstreaming: represented by generic battle-royale avatars, a parachute icon, and LIVE CHAT; selected because gaming streams became broader pop culture in 2018.
Internet Culture Timeline — 2017
Distracted Boyfriend / object-labeling memes: represented by generic three-person silhouettes in a fictional social post; selected as one of the year's defining meme formats.
Internet Culture Timeline — 2016
Pokemon Go / mobile AR crowds
Internet Culture Timeline — 2015
The Dress color debate - a split blue/black versus white/gold poll, selected for its massive 2015 viral spread.
Internet Culture Timeline — 2014
Ice Bucket Challenge
Internet Culture Timeline — 2013
Six-second looping mobile video creation
Internet Culture Timeline — 2012
https://about.fb.com/news/2012/04/facebook-to-acquire-instagram/
Internet Culture Timeline — 2011
Gaming livestreaming and creator dashboards
Internet Culture Timeline — 2010
Chatroulette goes viral
Internet Culture Timeline — 2009
Social reaction buttons and real-time social feeds
Internet Culture Timeline — 2008
Mobile app marketplaces arriving on phones
Internet Culture Timeline — 2007
Early mobile web and the first-generation smartphone shift.
Internet Culture Timeline — 2006
https://about.fb.com/news/2006/09/facebook-gets-a-facelift/
Internet Culture Timeline — 2005
User-uploaded video and viral-video culture.
Internet Culture Timeline — 2004
Selected internet-culture moments:
Internet Culture Timeline — 2003
Myspace launch and customizable social profiles
Internet Culture Timeline — 2002
https://news.microsoft.com/2002/05/20/microsoft-unveils-xbox-live-heralding-the-next-frontier-in-video-games/
Internet Culture Timeline — 2001
Collaborative encyclopedia launch
Internet Culture Timeline — 2000
Peer-to-peer music sharing and MP3 folders