Social media has been flooded with the “2016 aesthetic” recently, and people—specifically millennials and late Gen Zers—are romanticizing the year that is now a decade ago. Millennials are defined as ...

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 ...

A decade ago, Selena Gomez was the undisputed queen of Instagram with 103 million followers. Katy Perry ruled Twitter with 94.5 million. TikTok didn’t exist in the United States yet. And the idea that ...

Disinformation and misinformation on social media have only grown worse since the 2016 election, our reporters say. And the threat is changing faster than the social media companies can keep up. By ...