2010

Early twenty-tens

2010 is the year following 2009 and preceding 2011, the first year of the 2010s decade.

Like other year numbers, it functions as a noun or adjective: the 2010 World Cup, back in 2010.

Years are written without commas in English, unlike other four-digit numbers.

year

calendar

Date-tracking system

April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · winter

decade

smartphones

Handheld touchscreen computers

streaming · iPad · Instagram · Uber · Spotify · Bitcoin · Obama · Brexit · hipster · drones

era

globalization

Worldwide economic and cultural integration

Opposites
temporal distance

2010ancient times

Long-ago historical era

prehistory · antiquity · 1810 · 3010

decade membership

20101999

Final twentieth-century year

1995 · 1989 · 1970 · 1960 · 1950

decade/era identity

20101990

Final decade's start

1999 · 1985 · 1969

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