When did the mid 2010s Officially start?

2014. There may have been mid 10s elements in 2013, but it was largely still early 10s overall.

2014. That is all.

I'd say late 2012 is when I first felt the mid 2010's vibe coming in. That is when I felt we were moving away from the early 2010's. So around December 2012/January 2013 It was (early) mid 2010's but it was sill the start of mid 2010's from my point of view.

I'd say late 2012 is when I first felt the mid 2010's vibe coming in.


2012 was the middle year in the early 10s transition period. The mid 2010s were from 2014 to 2016.

2012 was the middle year in the early 10s transition period. The mid 2010s were from 2014 to 2016.


What do you mean by this? What's the early 2010s transition period? Your implying that 2011-2013 was transitioning to the mid 2010s ???

2012 was the middle year in the early 10s transition period. The mid 2010s were from 2014 to 2016.

This! :)

March/April 2013, around the time Selfies became popular.

What do you mean by this?What's the early 2010s transition period?You're implying that 2011-2013 was transitioning to the mid 2010s ???


The early 2010s transitional period spanned from 2011 to 2013. During that time frame, mid '10s TV shows like Game of Thrones, Girls, and Sleepy Hollow were being introduced and late '00s shows like Breaking Bad were on their way out. As the early '10s went on, we were moving further away from the earliest months of 2011 when movies like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2 were in theaters and getting closer to the mid '10s when Game of Thrones merchandise was in stores and "Problem" by Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea was at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Then, in the mid '10s, early '10s TV shows (i.e.- Hell on Wheels) came to an end and late '10s shows (i.e.- Stranger Things ) made their debut. Now we are living in the late 2010s and the new TV shows (i.e. - This is Us) from the mid '10s are either going to stay on the air and jump the shark (go downhill) or get cancelled. We're only two years away from the year 2020. 2020 is going to be a pivotal year like 1990 and 1999 before it. I'm willing to bet that Riverdale is still going to be on the air in that year. The 2000s revival will be in full swing, also. 

I'd say late 2012 is when I first felt the mid 2010's vibe coming in. That is when I felt we were moving away from the early 2010's. So around December 2012/January 2013 It was (early) mid 2010's but it was sill the start of mid 2010's from my point of view.


I agree. Late 2012 is when logo tees went out, thick framed glasses came in, Windows 8 and Android tablets came out, the 2012 election happened etc. Then around summer/autumn 2013 when Miley Cyrus started twerking, all the cool kids were on Snapchat and Instagram taking #Selfies, Breaking Bad went off the air but Orange Is The New Black, House of Cards etc. came out, it was fully mid-2010s.

The early 2010s transitional period spanned from 2011 to 2013. During that time frame, mid '10s TV shows like Game of Thrones, Girls, and Sleepy Hollow were being introduced and late '00s shows like Breaking Bad were on their way out. As the early '10s went on, we were moving further away from the earliest months of 2011 when movies like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2 were in theaters and getting closer to the mid '10s when Game of Thrones merchandise was in stores and "Problem" by Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea was at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Then, in the mid '10s, early '10s TV shows (i.e.- Hell on Wheels) came to an end and late '10s shows (i.e.- Stranger Things ) made their debut. Now we are living in the late 2010s and the new TV shows (i.e. - This is Us) from the mid '10s are either going to stay on the air and jump the shark (go downhill) or get cancelled. We're only two years away from the year 2020. 2020 is going to be a pivotal year like 1990 and 1999 before it. I'm willing to bet that Riverdale is still going to be on the air in that year. The 2000s revival will be in full swing, also.


Still doesn't make a lot of sense. I really don't think that 2011 was transitioning into mid-2010s culture at all.

Still doesn't make a lot of sense. I really don't think that 2011 was transitioning into mid-2010s culture at all.


Well, there was not much to go by, but that is because 2011 was the first year of the early 2010s. As the early '10s went on, you could feel the mid '10s vibe arriving like Lizardmatum said.

I agree. Late 2012 is when logo tees went out, thick framed glasses came in, Windows 8 and Android tablets came out, the 2012 election happened etc. Then around summer/autumn 2013 when Miley Cyrus started twerking, all the cool kids were on Snapchat and Instagram taking #Selfies, Breaking Bad went off the air but Orange Is The New Black, House of Cards etc. came out, it was fully mid-2010s.


I agree with this.  I think there was a significant transition in 2012 away from the early '10s into the mid '10s.  I'm in the minority here but I actually think the early '10s have as many if not more ties to the '00s than to the core '10s.

The Trayvon Martin situation also happened in 2012.  That seemed to be when the SJW/anti-SJW movement really took off.  Prior to that, the Tea Party and Occupy Wall St were the big grassroots political forces.

2014 of course. Why are people saying 2012?  :o That year was 100% early 2010s.

The early 2010s transitional period spanned from 2011 to 2013. During that time frame, mid '10s TV shows like Game of Thrones, Girls, and Sleepy Hollow were being introduced and late '00s shows like Breaking Bad were on their way out. As the early '10s went on, we were moving further away from the earliest months of 2011 when movies like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2 were in theaters and getting closer to the mid '10s when Game of Thrones merchandise was in stores and "Problem" by Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea was at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Then, in the mid '10s, early '10s TV shows (i.e.- Hell on Wheels) came to an end and late '10s shows (i.e.- Stranger Things ) made their debut. Now we are living in the late 2010s and the new TV shows (i.e. - This is Us) from the mid '10s are either going to stay on the air and jump the shark (go downhill) or get cancelled. We're only two years away from the year 2020. 2020 is going to be a pivotal year like 1990 and 1999 before it. I'm willing to bet that Riverdale is still going to be on the air in that year. The 2000s revival will be in full swing, also.

No the transition was in 2013. 2010 - 2012 were early 2010s years, but 2011 was the first core 2010s year.

2014 of course. Why are people saying 2012?  :o That year was 100% early 2010s.


So the early '10s lasted from 2008-2014?  That's a heck of a long time for one era to last.  Sometimes I don't understand where you are coming from, unless things really are that different in Canada.

2014 was the continuation of the culture established in 2013.  To me, 2013 and 2014 were the two most similar years of this decade.  2014 was definitely the culmination of Selfie culture and nu-teen pop.

The quintessential song of 2014.

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No the transition was in 2013. 2010 - 2012 were early 2010s years, but 2011 was the first core 2010s year.


I don’t measure time in decades.  The early ‘10s were from 2011 to 2013.



So the early '10s lasted from 2008-2014?  That's a heck of a long time for one era to last.  Sometimes I don't understand where you are coming from, unless things really are that different in Canada.

2014 was the continuation of the culture established in 2013.  To me, 2013 and 2014 were the two most similar years of this decade.  2014 was definitely the culmination of Selfie culture and nu-teen pop.

The quintessential song of 2014.

kdemFfbS5H0


Right, 2014 was the culmination of Selfie culture that started in 2013. That sets the two years apart for most users here. So, 2013 and ‘14 are not the same. 2013 was the last early ‘10s year and 2014 was the first year of the mid 2010s.

So the early '10s lasted from 2008-2014?  That's a heck of a long time for one era to last.  Sometimes I don't understand where you are coming from, unless things really are that different in Canada.

2014 was the continuation of the culture established in 2013.  To me, 2013 and 2014 were the two most similar years of this decade.  2014 was definitely the culmination of Selfie culture and nu-teen pop.

The quintessential song of 2014.

kdemFfbS5H0

Yes the mid 2010s started in 2014. 2013 was a transitional year. Almost everyone knows this.

Yes the mid 2010s started in 2014. 2013 was a transitional year. Almost everyone knows this.


That's your opinion.

In my opinion, the real transition to the mid 2010s happened in 2012 with "Call Me Maybe" which was far more mid '10s nu-teen pop than early '10s electropop.  Obama's re-election was also a milestone as is the rise of SJW culture.  Cloud Atlas, in late 2012, was a very mid 10s SJW era movie.  2012 was also the year that dystopian young adult fiction really broke into the mainstream with The Hunger Games.  That is another hallmark of the mid '10s that has faded.  With all of this said, the early '10s and the mid '10s are more similar than different, so it's possible to have different perceptions of when the transition actually occurred.

That's your opinion.

In my opinion, the real transition to the mid 2010s happened in 2012 with "Call Me Maybe" which was far more mid '10s nu-teen pop than early '10s electropop.  Obama's re-election was also a milestone as is the rise of SJW culture.  Cloud Atlas, in late 2012, was a very mid 10s SJW era movie.  2012 was also the year that dystopian young adult fiction really broke into the mainstream with The Hunger Games.  That is another hallmark of the mid '10s that has faded.  With all of this said, the early '10s and the mid '10s are more similar than different, so it's possible to have different perceptions of when the transition actually occurred.

2012? That's like me saying the mid 2000s transition was in 2002. It doesn't make sense numerically. 2012 was 100% early 2010s.

2012? That's like me saying the mid 2000s transition was in 2002. It doesn't make sense numerically. 2012 was 100% early 2010s.


Ffs :o. He's obviously not talking about the mid 2010s numerically, no one in this thread is otherwise why would someone make it. If you read his post he's talking about the cultural transition which he has literally explained, like can you not read or something? or do you just have really bad comprehension, LOL ???

2012? That's like me saying the mid 2000s transition was in 2002. It doesn't make sense numerically. 2012 was 100% early 2010s.


It makes as much sense as saying 2008 was the beginning of the early '10s, which you do repeatedly.  I agree that 2012 was still numerically the early '10s but it was the year that we culturally transitioned to the mid '10s.  There were lingering echoes of the early '10s with us through the first half of 2013 but they were gone by the 2013-14 school year.

Ffs :o. He's obviously not talking about the mid 2010s numerically, no one in this thread is otherwise why would someone make it. If you read his post he's talking about the cultural transition which he has literally explained, like can you not read or something? or do you just have really bad comprehension, LOL ???

2012 was not mid 2010s culturally or numerically. It was not a transitional year, 2013 was. Plain and simple.

2012 was not mid 2010s culturally or numerically. It was not a transitional year, 2013 was. Plain and simple.

I'm pretty sure a lot of people on here are starting to get really irritated by you. You constantly tell people are wrong when they say anything you disagree with, but then any discussion involving 2008/09 you start telling everybody that those were early 2010s years and can't be otherwise.
You literally said that 2012 was no way numerically a mid 2010s year and obviously that's right, but last time I checked, late '08/09 weren't numerical early 2010s years so none of your arguments make any sense. >:(  ::)

2012 is NOT a mid 2010s year, far from it. 2013 was a transitional year into the mid 2010s. 2012 was 100% early 2010s. 2013 was prodominitely early 2010s, but by the end of the year we were in the mid 2010s because it was a transitional year. Saying 2012 is mid 2010s is as crazy (even more crazy) as saying 2002 was mid 2000s. They are the core part of the decade, not the mid in any way.

2013. With the rise of overproduced, youtube centric music videos. It's felt like 2013.4 ever since.

2012 is NOT a mid 2010s year, far from it. 2013 was a transitional year into the mid 2010s. 2012 was 100% early 2010s. 2013 was prodominitely early 2010s, but by the end of the year we were in the mid 2010s because it was a transitional year. Saying 2012 is mid 2010s is as crazy (even more crazy) as saying 2002 was mid 2000s. They are the core part of the decade, not the mid in any way.


I would say late 2012 was when the transition *started*, not that it was fully (or even mostly) mid-2010s by then. It was mostly mid-2010s by the summer of 2013, I'd say.

Personally, I prefer dividing this decade into, like, fives, instead of thirds. ;D

I would say late 2012 was when the transition *started*, not that it was fully (or even mostly) mid-2010s by then. It was mostly mid-2010s by the summer of 2013, I'd say.

Personally, I prefer dividing this decade into, like, fives, instead of thirds. ;D


The transition started before then. Game of Thrones was already on HBO by late 2012.

Yeah, 2012 was definitely an Early 2010s cultural year, without a doubt. Although, I can see why some people believe that Late 2012 was a turning point. I personally don't think it was the start of the Mid 2010s cultural era, however, I would say that it was the beginning of the transition to Mid 2010s culture.

Yeah, 2012 was definitely an Early 2010s cultural year, without a doubt. Although, I can see why some people believe that Late 2012 was a turning point. I personally don't think it was the start of the Mid 2010s cultural era, however, I would say that it was the beginning of the transition to Mid 2010s culture.


Why do you see 2012 as the beginning of the transition to mid '10s culture?

The transition started before then. Game of Thrones was already on HBO by late 2012.


Rains of Castamere aired in June 2013, one of the greatest episodes in television and Game of Thrones hit a new peak in popularity. Seasons 1 and 2 in 2011 and 2012 are "early 2010s" in terms of popularity. But honestly, since we're talking about a mideival fantasy show, it doesn't really belong to any particular era.

Why do you see 2012 as the beginning of the transition to mid '10s culture?


Late 2012. For the same reasons as others have already mentioned.

Late 2012. For the same reasons as others have already mentioned.

I don't think late 2012 started the transition. I think 2013 is when the transition started. It went from early 2013 and ended in late 2013 when the cultural mid 2010s started. 2012 is 100% early 2010s like 2011.

Rains of Castamere aired in June 2013, one of the greatest episodes in television and Game of Thrones hit a new peak in popularity. Seasons 1 and 2 in 2011 and 2012 are "early 2010s" in terms of popularity. But honestly, since we're talking about a mideival fantasy show, it doesn't really belong to any particular era.


Season 1 of Game of Thrones premiered on April 17th of 2011. It was on from April 6th of 2014 to June 26th of 2016 in the mid ‘10s. Now it is going off the air very soon. That makes it a mid ‘10s show. GOT was on a lot longer in the mid ‘10s than in the early ‘10s. So, 2011 is the year when the transition to the mid ‘10s began.

Season 1 of Game of Thrones premiered on April 17th of 2011. It was on from April 6th of 2014 to June 26th of 2016 in the mid ‘10s. Now it is going off the air very soon. That makes it a mid ‘10s show. GOT was on a lot longer in the mid ‘10s than in the early ‘10s. So, 2011 is the year when the transition to the mid ‘10s began, giving it it’s identity as the first early ‘10s year.

2011 may have been transitional but definitely not to the mid 2010s... 2011 was the first year of the core 2010s you could say. The start of the "when everybody has a smartphone" era. But it was still early '10s.

Season 1 of Game of Thrones premiered on April 17th of 2011. It was on from April 6th of 2014 to June 26th of 2016 in the mid ‘10s. Now it is going off the air very soon. That makes it a mid ‘10s show. GOT was on a lot longer in the mid ‘10s than in the early ‘10s. So, 2011 is the year when the transition to the mid ‘10s began, giving it it’s identity as the first early ‘10s year.


Seriously? Imo, 2011 is 100% early 2010s, it defintly wasn't the start of the transition into the mid-2010s. You can't base cultural eras off a singular TV show. ::).

Why do you never make any sense, for example what the hell does your last sentence even mean? ???

I would say late 2012 was when the transition *started*, not that it was fully (or even mostly) mid-2010s by then. It was mostly mid-2010s by the summer of 2013, I'd say.

Personally, I prefer dividing this decade into, like, fives, instead of thirds. ;D


This Sums it up for me. Late 2012 was the very very beginning of the mid 2010's to me. Electropop did linger on till the end of 2012 but things were changing. Mid 2013 as you say was mostly mid 2010s to me and by late 2013/early 2014 it was solidly mid 2010's.

2011 may have been transitional but definitely not to the mid 2010s... 2011 was the first year of the core 2010s you could say. The start of the "when everybody has a smartphone" era. But it was still early '10s.


Then what was 2011 transitional to?  ???


Seriously? Imo, 2011 is 100% early 2010s, it defintly wasn't the start of the transition into the mid-2010s. You can't base cultural eras off a singular TV show. ::).

Why do you never make any sense, for example what the hell does your last sentence even mean?

If it wasn’t the start of the transition into the mid 2010s, then how was 2011 “100% early 2010s”?  ???

Every age is a period of transition.

With that last sentence, I was trying to say that the debut of TV shows like Game of Thrones, Once Upon a Time, and American Horror Story is what made 2011 the first year of the 2010s. Imagine if those TV shows never premiered on TV, there would not be lots of merchandise for them in the mid ‘10s.

Then what was 2011 transitional to?  ???


Core 2010s

I have come to the realization that Slim95's perception of cultural shifts are more in line with rites of passage in his own life than actual cultural shifts.  He is exactly ten years younger than me so I can somewhat relate to his perception but for the '90s and '00s instead of the '00s and '10s.

1998 - Turned 13.  My life changed quite significantly around that time.  I aged out of kid culture and started taking more interest in adolescent culture and things such as pop music and movies.  I also moved from Missouri to Oklahoma.  Late 1998 was when the shift into the Y2K era happened for me.
2003 - Turned 18 and also got my drivers license (I was late).  Another major milestone year in my life.
2004 - Graduated high school.  I tend to view this as the dividing line between the early '00s and mid '00s in my own life.  In reality, we transitioned into the mid '00s in 2003.
2008 - Graduated college.  It was the last year I had a normal relationship with my parents.  I tend to group 2008 with everything back to childhood and 2009 with everything up to the present
2009 - Came out of the closet as gay for the first time.  Everything changed.  Moved from Oklahoma to North Carolina.