NetNostalgia

Explore the Internet Through the Years (1990 - 2024)

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1990

The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN.

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CERN

World Wide Web invented

1995

Early consumer internet era. The web starts getting visual.

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Yahoo

Dial-up internet

2000

Dot-com boom era and the rise of peer-to-peer sharing.

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Yahoo

Napster

2005

The golden era of MySpace and the birth of modern video sharing.

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MySpace

Flash games

2010

Social media dominance and the smartphone revolution.

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Facebook

iPhone apps

2015

Visual social media era.

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Instagram

Mobile internet dominance

2020

Pandemic internet. Life moves completely online.

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TikTok

Remote work tools

2024

AI tools dominate the internet landscape.

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TikTok

Generative AI

Classic Websites

Yahoo!

1996

The ultimate guide to the World Wide Web in the 90s.

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MySpace

2005

A place for friends. Top 8 and custom CSS profiling.

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GeoCities

1998

Build your own free home page and join our community.

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YouTube

2006

Broadcast Yourself. The dawn of viral videos.

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Popular Memes

Dancing Baby

Viral in 1996

Trollface

Viral in 2008

Doge

Viral in 2013

Featured Internet Moments

Tech

Netscape Browser Released

Culture

Napster Changes Music Sharing

Tech

Web 2.0 Phenomenon

Meme

The Dress (Black/Blue or White/Gold?)