2010年代

2010年代（「トゥエンティテンズ」または「ツーサウザンドテンズ」と発音）は、「ザ・テンズ」 [「ザ・テンティーズ」]、またはまれに「ザ・ティーンズ」とも呼ばれ、 2010年1月1日に始まり、2019年12月31日に終了した 10年間でした。

この10年は、大不況からの経済回復で始まった。インフレと金利はこの10年を通じて低く安定し、世界総生産は2010年から2019年にかけて増加した。世界経済の回復は、多くの国での力強い経済成長、堅調な個人消費、インフラ投資の増加、新技術の出現に支えられ、この10年後半には加速した。しかし、回復の進展は一様ではなかった。一部の国、特にアラブ世界での社会経済危機が、チュニジア、エジプト、バーレーンでの政治革命や、リビア、シリア、イエメンでの内戦を引き起こし、地域的な現象として一般に「アラブの春」と呼ばれた。一方、欧州は10年初頭に顕著になった債務危機への取り組みを余儀なくされた。社会意識の変化により、 LGBTの権利は特に先進国においてこの10年を通じて大幅に前進した。

この10年間は​​、ダンスポップ、エレクトロニックダンスミュージック、ヒップスターカルチャー、エレクトロポップが音楽的、文化的に優位に立った。グローバリゼーションと、 Spotify、SoundCloud、Apple Musicなどの音楽ストリーミングサービスに直面した多様性とパーソナライゼーションへの需要の高まりにより、多くの音楽サブジャンルが生まれた。10年が経過するにつれ、K-POP、ラテン音楽、トラップが主流となり、多様性も見られるようになった。スーパーヒーロー映画は興行収入トップとなり、『アベンジャーズ/エンドゲーム』は史上最高の興行収入を記録した映画となった。^{[注 1]}ケーブルテレビ事業者は、コードカッターがNetflix、Amazon Prime、Hulu、Disney+などの低コストのオンラインストリーミングサービスに切り替えたため、加入者が減少した。ビデオゲーム業界は引き続き任天堂、ソニー、マイクロソフトが支配的であったが、インディーゲームの人気が高まり、Minecraftが史上最も売れたゲームとなった。2011年、携帯型ゲーム機の収益はモバイルゲームの収益に追い抜かれた。この10年間で最も売れた本は『フィフティ・シェイズ・オブ・グレイ』だった。ドレイクはビルボード誌によってこの10年間の米国のトップミュージシャンに選ばれた。^{[注 2]}

アメリカは超大国の地位を維持し続けたが、中国は経済政策と軍改革を通じて南シナ海とアフリカでの影響力拡大を目指した。中国は国境周辺で一連の紛争を引き起こしたにもかかわらず、新興超大国としての地位を固めた。中国は国境内では、香港、新疆、チベットに対する抑圧と統制を強化した。これらの展開を受けて、アメリカは封じ込め政策を実施し、中国との貿易戦争を開始した。アジアの他の地域では、長期にわたる二国間危機の後に朝鮮半島の関係が改善し、テロとの戦いは、世界各地でのアメリカの継続的な軍事関与の一環として続いた。2014年のイスラム国（IS）とレバントの過激派組織の台頭により、シリアとイラクの国境が消滅し、多国籍軍による介入につながった。アフリカでは、南スーダンがスーダンから分離し、大規模な抗議活動とさまざまなクーデターで長年の独裁者が退陣した。米国では、世界的なポピュリズムと新国家主義の波の中、有名実業家のドナルド・トランプ氏が大統領に選出された。欧州連合は、 10年代半ばに移民危機を経験し、歴史的な英国のEU加盟国民投票後、英国は加盟国から離脱した。ロシアは国際情勢で自らを主張しようとし、2014年にクリミアを併合した。10年代の最後の数か月間には、中国の武漢でコロナウイルスのパンデミックであるSARS-Cov2の最初の症例が発生し、その後世界中に影響を及ぼした。

情報技術が進歩し、スマートフォンが普及して多くのユーザーにとってデスクトップ コンピュータに取って代わるようになりました。インターネットの普及率は世界人口の 29% から 54% に増加し、ワイヤレス ネットワーク デバイス、携帯電話、クラウド コンピューティングも進歩しました。データ処理の進歩と4G ブロードバンドの展開により、データ、メタデータ、情報がこれまでにない速度でドメイン間で収集および分散されるようになり、ソーシャル メディアなどのオンライン リソースにより、 Me Too 運動、スラックティビズムの台頭、オンラインキャンセル カルチャーなどの現象が促進されました。ウィキリークスは、グアンタナモ湾、シリア、アフガニスタン戦争とイラク戦争、米国の外交に関する機密情報を公開したことで国際的な注目を集めました。エドワードスノーデンは世界的な監視について告発し、政府と民間企業が世界的な監視と情報プライバシーで果たす役割に対する認識を高めました。Baidu（4位）、Twitter（6位）、Instagram（8位）は、最も訪問数の多いウェブサイトのトップ10にランクインし、Wikipediaは9位から5位に上昇し、月間訪問数はほぼ6倍に増加しました。Yahooは人気が大幅に低下し、1位から9位に落ち、月間訪問数は3分の2減少しました。Google 、Facebook、YouTube、Yandexは比較的安定した人気を維持し、 10年間を通じてトップ10に留まりました。

地球温暖化は、_あらゆる大陸でさまざまな出来事による気温の新記録や異常気象を通じて、ますます顕著になってきました。二酸化炭素濃度は、この10年間で390 PPMから410 PPMに上昇しました。同時に、汚染や気候変動との闘いは引き続き大きな懸念事項であり、抗議活動、取り組み、法律制定がメディアで大きな注目を集めました。 2015年にはパリ協定が採択され、世界的な気候青年運動が結成されました。主な自然災害には、2010年のハイチ地震、 2011年の東北地方太平洋沖地震と津波、2015年のネパール地震、 2018年のスラウェシ島地震と津波、壊滅的な熱帯低気圧 ボファ（パブロ）、ハイヤン（ヨランダ）、マリア、そして2019年のヨーロッパ熱波などがあります。

この10年間で世界人口は69億人から77億人に増加した。この10年間で約14億人が出生し（年間1億4000万人）、約5億6000万人が死亡した（年間5600万人）。^[3]

この10年間は​​「10年代」（「The Tens」）や「The Teens」^[要出典] 、そして（特に英国では）「Tenties」など様々な呼び方で呼ばれてきた。^{[4] [5] [6]}

この10年間の主な戦争は以下のとおりです。

この 10 年間に成功した革命やその他の主要な抗議活動には、以下のものが含まれますが、これらに限定されるわけではありません。

アラブの春は、2010年代初頭にイスラム世界の大半で広がった一連の反政府デモ、暴動、武装蜂起である。それは、抑圧的な政権と低い生活水準に対する反応として始まり、チュニジアでのデモが始まった。^{[115] [116]}ニュースでは、ソーシャルメディアが世界中で急速に革命が広がった原動力として称賛されており、他の国で起こっているデモの成功例が共有され、それに応じて新たなデモが出現している。多くの国では、政府も組織化におけるソーシャルメディアの重要性を認識しており、特に大規模な集会の前の時期には、特定のサイトを閉鎖したり、インターネットサービスを完全に遮断したりしている。^[117]政府はまた、コンテンツ作成者を無関係な犯罪で告発したり、Facebookなどの特定のサイトやグループでのコミュニケーションを遮断したりすることで、これらのフォーラムでの議論を精査または抑制してきた。^[118]

• 2010年4月8日、米国とロシアはプラハで条約に署名し、チェコ共和国は核兵器の備蓄を半減させることに合意した。これは期限切れとなる戦略攻撃兵器削減条約（SORT）に代わるものである。 ^[129]この条約は両国による批准を経て2011年2月5日に発効した。^[130]
• 2015年、イランと他の世界大国は、制裁緩和と引き換えに、国際原子力機関（IAEA）による核施設査察の許可を含む、イランの物議を醸している核計画に対する明確な制約を受けることに合意した。 ^[131] 2016年1月16日、IAEAはイランが合意（JCPOA ）を遵守したことを確認し、国連が制裁を即時解除することを認めた。 ^{[132] [133]}しかし、2018年5月8日、米国のドナルド・トランプ大統領は、米国が合意から撤退すると発表した。^[134]
• 2017年7月7日、国連は核兵器禁止条約を可決した。これは核兵器を全面的に禁止し、その完全廃絶を目指す初の法的拘束力のある国際協定である。^{[135] [136]}この条約には58カ国が署名している。^[137]
• 北朝鮮は 10年間にわたって核能力を拡大し、2013年^[138]と2016年に核実験を行ったとされる実験を行ったが^[139]、各国政府は北朝鮮に対する国際制裁を課すことで対応した。^{[140] [141]}これに対して北朝鮮は、米国、韓国、日本に対して先制核攻撃をちらつかせた。^[142]しかし、2018年に北朝鮮は米国との交渉の末、核兵器を放棄する可能性があることを示唆した。
• 2019年2月1日、米国は米露中距離核戦力全廃条約（INF）を正式に停止し^[143]、ロシアも翌日にはこれに対抗して同様の措置を取った。米国は2019年8月2日に正式に同条約から脱退した^[144]。
• アメリカは核兵器の戦力更新を開始した。

この 10 年間に民間人に対して行われた 最も顕著なテロ攻撃には、以下のものが含まれますが、これらに限定されるものではありません。

2010年代初頭、中国はますます超大国と呼ばれるようになり、2011年には胡錦濤国家主席と米国のバラク・オバマ大統領が会談した。10年の終わりまでに、中国は米国を抜いて世界最大の貿易国となり、特許を最多申請している国となり、軍備を大幅に拡大し、月面探査車「玉兎」を月面に着陸させて40年続いた月面探査の中断に終止符を打った。2018年、世界の軍事費は1988年以来の最高水準、冷戦後期の水準に達したが、これは主に米国（4.6％増の6,490億ドル）と中国（5％増の2,500億ドル）による国防費の増加によるものである。両国の予算を合わせると、世界の軍事費全体の半分を占めた。^[189] 2019年、インド太平洋地域の8つの指標にわたる力の予測を測定するローウィー研究所 アジアパワー指数では、米国が84.5点で第1位、中国が75.9点で第2位にランクされました。^[190]

ロシアは米国や中国とともに、ウラジミール・プーチン大統領の下 、10年間にわたって国防費を着実に増やし、軍の近代化を続けた。これには、 T-14アルマータ主力戦車や第5世代スホーイSu-57ジェット戦闘機の開発も含まれている。ロシアはまた、2014年のクリミア併合、ウクライナ東部への介入、シリア内戦で戦力投射能力を発揮した。ロシアはまた、地政学的な敵に対して情報戦キャンペーンを展開し、 2016年の米国選挙に干渉し、米国政党指導部のメールをハッキングして漏洩し、インターネット調査機関（IRA）を通じて偽情報を広めた。ロシアの諜報活動とされるその他の活動には、スクリパリ氏毒殺事件やモンテネグロのクーデター計画があり、どちらもGRUのUnit 29155によるものだという意見もある。これらの活動、およびこれらに対抗する西側主導の取り組みは、全体として第二次冷戦の始まりを告げるものだと言われている。

欧州連合はいくつかの危機を経験した。欧州債務危機は、ギリシャをはじめとするユーロ圏のいくつかの加盟国に深刻な経済問題を引き起こした。2015年の移民危機により、短期間で数百万人がEUに不法入国した。イタリアの同盟、ドイツのための選択肢、フィンランドのフィン党など、いくつかのユーロ懐疑派政党の得票率が大幅に上昇した。国民投票の結果、英国はEU史上初めて EUを離脱した加盟国となった。

西側諸国では、政府の役割や規模、その他の社会、経済、環境問題をめぐって保守派と社会自由主義者が衝突し、社会政治的な二極化が進んだ。米国では、医療改革、移民、銃の所持権、課税、雇用創出、債務削減をめぐって有権者の意見が分かれていることが世論調査で示された。^[191]欧州では、イングランド防衛同盟やペギーダなど、イスラム諸国からの難民や移民の増加に抗議する運動が展開された。^{[192] [193]} 西側諸国の二極化の傾向は、活動家運動の間で左翼と右翼の両方でアイデンティティ政治が蔓延していることに部分的に影響された。 ^[194] 2011年頃から、社会的不平等や経済的不平等との闘いなどの極左で進歩的な概念が、しばしばプログレッシブスタック戦術を介して、西側諸国やその他の地域で急増した。^{[195] [196] [197]} 10年代半ば頃、移民とそれに伴う犯罪の急増、そして特定の問題に対する西側政府とメディアの対応に対する右派と左派の両方での一般的な不満により、白人ナショナリズム、アイデンティタリアニズム、そして強まったナショナリズム感情などの現象が西側で顕著に再浮上した。^{[198]男女間を含む}平等主義を求める声も高まり、^{[199]一部の学者は、主にインター}セクショナリティに焦点を当てた第四波フェミニズムが2012年頃に始まったと主張している。^{[200] [201]}

政治におけるポピュリズムはこの10年で広範囲に広がり、多くの政治家や様々な政治運動がポピュリスト的な感情を表明し、ポピュリスト的なレトリックを利用した。^{[202] [203]}これには、ラテンアメリカにおける保守派の波の現象や、ヨーロッパと北米における新国家主義の熱狂が含まれる。 2019年の欧州議会選挙では、過去20年で最高の投票率を記録し、比較的穏健な中道右派と中道左派の政党が、それほど穏健ではない極右、環境保護主義者、親EU派とユーロ懐疑派の両政党の得票率の上昇に大きく負けた。^[204] 2010年代のポピュリスト運動の例には、ティーパーティー運動、^[205] ウォール街を占拠せよ、^[206] ブレグジット、^[207] ブラック・ライブズ・マター、^[208]オルタナ右翼などがある。^{[209] [210]}ポピュリスト国家指導者の例も同様に豊富で、ドナルド・トランプ、^[211] ナレンドラ・モディ、^[212] アンドレス・マヌエル・ロペス・オブラドール、^[213] ウゴ・チャベス、 [214 ^] マッテオ・サルヴィーニ、^[215] ジャイル・ボルソナーロ、^[216] ロドリゴ・ドゥテルテ、^[217]ボリス・ジョンソンなど、左派と右派の両方がそのように表現されている。

ポピュリズムと抗議運動の台頭に関連して、伝統的な政党の衰退が起こった。ヨーロッパでは、パソキフィケーションは伝統的な中道左派や社会民主党が経験した得票率の減少を指した。具体的にはフランスでは、エマニュエル・マクロン大統領の共和国前進党が2017年の初選挙で過半数を獲得した。

中道左派、新自由主義、伝統的な社会民主主義政党は、特にヨーロッパで、より社会主義的または民主社会主義的な代替政党に得票率を奪われることが多かった。これはギリシャで最も顕著で、PASOKに代わってシリザが主要左派政党となった。台頭した他の極左政党には、スペインのポデモスやフランスの不服従のフランスなどがある。英語圏の二大政党制では、こうした挑戦は主に左派の既存政党内部から起こり、民主党のバーニー・サンダースや労働党のジェレミー・コービンはより左派的な政策を推し進めた。

多くの国では、新しいソーシャルメディアプラットフォームを通じて組織される抗議運動によって政治体制への挑戦も受けた。これには、さまざまなアラブの春の抗議運動、占拠運動、黄色いベスト運動などが含まれる。

この10年間に完全または部分的に民主化した国としては、ジョアン・ロウレンソの下で改革を行ったアンゴラ^[218]、革命を経たアルメニア^[218]、^[219]、レニン・モレノの下で改革を行ったエクアドル^[218]、エチオピア^[218]、^[219] 、そして独立以来初の選挙で与党が敗北したマレーシア^{[218]、[220]}などがある。

権力の座から追放された長期独裁者には、リビアのムアマル・カダフィ（42年間）^{[221] 、}ジンバブエのロバート・ムガベ（37年間）^{[222] 、}イエメンのアリー・アブドラ・サーレハ（ 33年間）^{[223] 、}スーダンのオマル・アル・バシル（30年間）^{[224] 、}エジプトのホスニ・ムバラク（29年間）^[225]、チュニジアのベン・アリ（23年間）^{[226]などがいる。}

民主主義の後退はハンガリー^[227] 、ベネズエラ^[228]、トルコ^[229]などの国で起こった。

アラブの冬とは、アラブ諸国におけるアラブの春の抗議運動の余波で発展した権威主義、絶対君主制、イスラム過激主義の復活^[230]を指す。^[231]「アラブの冬」という用語は、シリア内戦^[232]、 [ ^233]イラクの反乱とそれに続く内戦^[234]、エジプト危機[235]、リビア危機、イエメン危機[ ^236]を含む中東および北アフリカのアラブ連盟諸国での出来事を指す。アラブの冬と呼ばれる出来事には、ムハンマド・モルシの排除と反ムスリム同胞団キャンペーンにおけるアブドルファッターフ・エルシーシ将軍による権力の掌握につながったエジプトの出来事が含まれる。^[237]

2018年、中国の全国人民代表大会は、指導者の任期制限を撤廃し、習近平に「終身指導者」の地位を与える憲法改正を承認した。習近平は中国共産党の総書記（事実上の指導者） である。

ベネズエラのウゴ・チャベス、リビアのムアマル・カダフィ、北朝鮮の金正日、サウジアラビアのアブドラ・ハビエル、ポーランドのレフ・カチンスキ、バングラデシュのジルル・ラーマン、ウズベキスタンのイスラム・カリモフ、チュニジアのベジ・カイド・セブシなど現職の世界の指導者は皆、在任中に亡くなった。フィデル・カストロ、リー・クアンユー、ネルソン・マンデラ、マーガレット・サッチャー、ロバート・ムガベ、ジュリオ・アンドレオッティ、フランチェスコ・コッシガ、オスカル・ルイジ・スカルファロ、カルロ・アゼリオ・チャンピ、ジャック・シラク、ヘルムート・シュミット、ヘルムート・コール、フセイン・モハマド・エルシャド、モハメド・モルシ、アリエル・シャロン、シモン・ペレスといった元指導者も同様である。アクバル・ハシェミ・ラフサンジャニ、ジネ・エル・アビディーン・ベン・アリ、ヴァーツラフ・ハベル、 マルコム・フレイザー 、ボブ・ホーク、BJ・ハビビ、中曽根康弘、アラン・ガルシア、ホルヘ・ラファエル・ビデラ、ネストル・キルチネル、フェルナンド・デ・ラ・ルーア、パトリシオ・アイルウィン、イタマール・フランコ、APJ アブドゥル・カラム、アタル・ビハリ・ヴァジパイ、ジョー​​ジ・H・W・ブッシュ。

この10年間に起こった政権に対するクーデターには以下のものがある。

以下の表は、地域別、年代順に並べた出来事の一覧です。主な政治的出来事には、以下のものが含まれますが、これらに限定されるものではありません。

2010 – 2011 – 2012 – 2013 – 2014 – 2015 – 2016 – 2017 – 2018 – 2019

著名な暗殺、標的殺害、暗殺未遂には以下のものがあります。

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  2010年4月10日、ポーランド空軍のツポレフTu-154機がロシアで墜落し、ポーランド大統領レフ・カチンスキ氏と多くの高官を含む95人の乗客が乗っていた。
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  マレーシア航空370便に何が起こったのかは、2015年7月末に飛行機の残骸がレユニオン島の海岸に流れ着くまで、 15ヶ月以上も不明だった。

The global economy during the 2010s was generally strong. It saw steady growth, low unemployment, and increasing consumer confidence recovering from the great recession. The decade ended with a strong finish, with 2019 seeing record highs in many areas. A sovereign-debt crisis in Europe began in early 2010, and the Greek government admitted that it was having difficulties servicing its large sovereign debt. In the summer and fall of 2011, bond yields for Italy and Spain spiked above 6 percent.^[477] By 2015 bond rates had returned to normal ranges across Europe, save for Greece, which accepted another, even more stringent bailout package. The size of the European Financial Stability Facility was increased from €440 billion to €2 trillion.^[478] Despite the Eurozone debt crisis, the American Dow Jones Industrial Average had its longest stretch of gains since the late 1990s tech boom.^[479] However, economic issues, including inflation and an increase in commodity prices, sparked unrest in many lower-income countries. In some countries, particularly those in the Arab world, political unrest evolved into socioeconomic crises, resulting in the Arab Spring leading to political instability and civil wars.

As a result of the global recession, many central banks instituted a zero interest-rate policy, or close to it.^[480] Another form of monetary stimulus was that of quantitative easing. The resulting flood of market liquidity caused a rise in asset prices.^[481] As a result, for example, United States stock prices reached record highs.^[482] Another consequence has been the rise in housing prices in many major world cities.^[483] Some of the cities which recorded the most dramatic rises included Sydney, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Auckland.^[484]

In 2010, China became the second largest global economy, surpassing Japan.^[485] Japan also saw a rating downgrade the following year due to debt burden.^[486] In August 2011, the S&P downgraded the United States' credit rating from triple AAA to AA-plus following a debt ceiling crisis.^[487] Also in 2011, a Gallup poll found that more than half of Americans believed the country was still in a recession.^[488] In June 2015, the Shanghai Stock Exchange lost a third of the value of A-shares within one month, an event known as the 2015–16 Chinese stock market turbulence. India became the fastest growing major economy of the world in 2015, surpassing China.^[489] In 2018, as the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates, fears of a yield curve inversion preceding a potential U.S. recession sent inflation higher in several emerging markets, including Argentina, where interest rates hit 40% and an International Monetary Fund bail out was issued.^[490] In 2019, Singapore supplanted the United States as the world's most competitive economy, with the U.S. dropping to third, behind Hong Kong.^[491]

Global oil production in 2014 reached a historic peak, reaching 93 million barrels/day.^[492] In 2018, partially due to a shale boom, the United States overcame Russia and Saudi Arabia in becoming the world's largest crude oil producer, the first time since 1973.^[493] Around the year 2017 is a period seen by some economists as being the new peak of a "goldilocks economy".^[494] The International Monetary Fund's April 2019 World Economic Outlook stated, "After peaking at close to 4 percent in 2017, global [economic] growth remained strong, at 3.8 percent in the first half of 2018, but dropped to 3.2 percent in the second half of the year."^[495]

In 2018, United States President Donald Trump announced he would put into place new tariffs on some Chinese products, starting the 'US-China Trade War', an economic conflict involving the world's two largest economies. Trump said the reasoning for the trade war is to punish China for 'unfair' trade practices, such as the appropriation of jobs and the theft of American intellectual property. China responded with tariffs of its own, and a cycle began, escalating the conflict to the situation faced today. As part of his 'America First' policy, Trump also announced new tariffs were being placed on countries around the world for various products such as steel and aluminium, which has drawn some economic retaliation.

By the end of the decade, in North American and some Western European domestic economies, consumer-level purchasing habits had shifted significantly, a partial consequence of the Great Recession's impact on discretionary incomes and a shifting breadwinner model. The so-called "retail apocalypse" had commenced as consumers increasingly resorted to online shopping and e-commerce, accelerating the decline of brick-and-mortar retail and the continued decline of indoor shopping malls. The transitioning retail industry and popularity of online shopping facilitated economic phenomena such as bricks and clicks business models, pop-up and non-store retailing, drone delivery services, ghost restaurants, and a quickly maturing online food ordering and delivery service sector.^[496][497] This was only further perpetuated by the rise in cryptocurrency throughout the decade, such as Bitcoin. By May 2018, over 1,800 cryptocurrency specifications existed.^[498]

In the same vein as cryptocurrency, the trend towards a cashless society continued as non-cash transactions and digital currency saw an increase in favourability in the 2010s. By 2016, only about 2 percent of the value transacted in Sweden was by cash, and only about 20 percent of retail transactions were in cash. Fewer than half of bank branches in the country conducted cash transactions.^[499] A report published in 2019 suggested that the percentage of payments conducted in cash in the United Kingdom had fallen to 34% from 63% from 2009.^[500] The 2016 United States User Consumer Survey Study claimed that 75 percent of respondents preferred a credit card or debit card as their payment method while only 11 percent of respondents preferred cash.^[501]

Two of the most prominent deaths in the scientific community during the decade were Neil Armstrong in 2012 and Stephen Hawking in 2018.

Below are the most significant scientific developments of each year, based on the annual Breakthrough of the Year award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science journal Science.

• 2010: The first quantum machine^[502]
• 2011: HIV treatment as prevention (HPTN 052)^[503]
• 2012: Discovery of the Higgs boson^[504]
• 2013: Cancer immunotherapy^[505]
• 2014: Rosetta comet mission^[506]
• 2015: CRISPR genome-editing method^[507]
• 2016: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory makes the first observation of gravitational waves, fulfilling Einstein's prediction^[508]
• 2017: Cosmic convergence: Neutron star merger (GW170817)^[509]
• 2018: Development cell by cell^[510]
• 2019: First black hole image released^[511][512]

The late 2000s saw the rise of two prominent mobile operating systems, Android developed by Google and iOS developed by Apple.

Robotics, particularly drones like quadcopters, experienced a wide use and application in the 2010s. Autonomous and electric car technology and sales showed considerable growth as well. In addition, sustainable space launch technologies were spearheaded by entrepreneurs like Elon Musk.

In 2016, the number of people globally using mobile devices to access the internet overtook those using desktop computers for the first time, having been preceded by the U.S. two years prior in 2014.^{[513][514][515][516][517]} 3D printers also emerged in the 2010s and were referenced or used in pop culture during the decade.

In 2018, during the Falcon Heavy test flight, the first production car was launched into space. The car was attached to the Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful rocket in operation at the time.

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  The 2010s saw the release of smaller and earlier iPhone iterations, as during the 2010s newer smartphones began to replace clamshell phones (flip phones). Phones of the 2010s mostly saw the usage of 3G and 4G technologies.
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  Many earlier iPhones would be released bundled with wired earbuds.
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  DVDs continued to be used throughout the 2010s decade, as new DVD rental pop-ups like Redbox appeared.
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  Nintendo DS and 3DS cartridges as would be used to play handheld video games earlier in the decade, before the later release of the hybrid Nintendo Switch system in 2017.

Cyber security incidents, such as hacking, leaks or theft of sensitive information, gained increased attention of governments, corporations and individuals.

AIDS, a pandemic responsible for killing over 30 million people since its discovery in the early 1980s, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, became a treatable condition, though by the end of the decade only two cases had been cured.^[532] With good treatment patients can generally expect normal lives and lifespans. However, as of 2011^[update] only some 5 million of the 12 million affected people had access to such treatment.^[533]

During the 2010s, social changes included increases in life expectancy and falling birth rates leading to larger proportions of the population being elderly. This put pressure on pensions and other social security programs in developed nations. The environment became a topic of greater public concern around the world.^[534] Many parts of the world moved towards greater acceptance of LGBT people often including the legalisation of same-sex marriage. The internet took an ever greater role in entertainment, communication, politics and commerce, especially for younger people and those living in wealthier countries. In 2011, the world population reached seven billion people.^[535]

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  Silly Bandz, a piece of pop culture and fashion wear in the early 2010s. They were often traded and worn by school children.
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  Disney, Pixar, and Illumination led CGI films during the decade, making some of the highest-grossing movies of all time like Toy Story 3, Frozen, Incredibles 2 and Despicable Me. Other studios released CGI films like The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
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  The Big Bang Theory, which was popular in the 2010s, became the top sitcom throughout its airing on CBS. The show featured numerous pop-culture figures from science and tech, including Bill Gates, Buzz Aldrin, and Elon Musk.
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  A young child spinning a fidget spinner, one of the most popular toys of the decade from spring and summer of 2017, joining novelty toys of the 2010s such as the fidget cube.
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  The Nintendo 3DS, a portable 3D gaming device that contained glasses-free 3D and was released during the height of the 3D fad in the 2010s. Its flagship title was Super Mario 3D Land.
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  Smartphones and tablets started to replace flip-phones and become mainstream. They could be used to play games, make telephone calls, download music, and check the Internet. The iPad was first introduced in 2010 by Steve Jobs, who later died in 2011.
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  The Wii (Wii Mini c. 2013 pictured) was a popular gaming console in the 2010s which influenced the Microsoft Kinect and PlayStation Move. One of the most critically acclaimed games of the decade, Super Mario Galaxy 2, released on the Wii.
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  A cultural shift was that social media heavily took over. For really the first time in history, US presidents like Barack Obama and Donald Trump could communicate directly to citizens via applications like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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  A self-balancing scooter. These devices (also named hoverboards at the time) attracted much attention and curiosity around 2015 on the Internet from appearing on shows such as Jimmy Fallon and Conan.
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  Fedora hats were popular at the beginning of the 2010s, worn here by Bruno Mars in 2011, singer of "Uptown Funk" (the Billboard Hot 100's #1 song of the 2010s).
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  A public stop or "Pokéstop" for the game Pokémon Go. The game made use of AR, or augmented reality, and became huge in the summer of 2016.
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  Two men using cell phones placed inside VR headsets in 2018. The same year Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One released, which featured Vive Virtual Reality headsets and helped advance motion capture.
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  The eighth generation of video game consoles like PlayStation 4 (pictured), Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch were released in 2013 and 2017. These systems popularized games like The Last of Us, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8, Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto V.
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  A cosplayer dressed as the character Ramona Flowers from the 2010 movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which helped popularize the e-girl aesthetic seen in the late 2010s.
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  In the late 2010s, vaping became popular. Fruit-flavored vape cartridges could be purchased as well, and became highly controversial.
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  Vaporwave was a 2010s music genre that attracted attention. Lofi hip hop was also new and grew a following. Floral Shoppe and Lofi Girl helped define these genres of the 2010s.
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  A group of teens dabbing, a popular fad and gesture of the youth around 2015–2016. Dabbing was the most prominent dance trend of the 2010s, which joined such dances as Flossing and the Harlem Shake.
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  A group of emojis. The 2010s saw the first usage of modern emoticons or "emojis" which were often on the operating systems of phones and computers.
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  With the infancy of mobile gaming stores in the early 2010s, apps like Doodle Jump, Angry Birds and Cut the Rope became hits, with the success of apps like Smash Hit and Pokémon Go coming later on.
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  The EDM scene obtained commercial success as seen with songs like "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO. The early 2010s had a unique party culture that was inspired by EDM.
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  In the 2010s indie artists gained much wider traction online. A few popular indie artists of the decade included talents such as Mitski (pictured), Gotye, Mac DeMarco, Tame Impala, and Foster the People.
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  Five Olympic Games were held in the 2010s: Vancouver in 2010, London in 2012, Sochi in 2014, Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Pyeongchang in 2018.

Fashion of the 2010s became slimmer-fit and slightly more formal compared to previous decades. In addition, people's handheld devices such as cellphones (and their colorful cases), selfie sticks (for a brief period during the middle of the decade), tech-like Beats headphones, smart watches, wired and by the end of the decade wireless ear buds, as well as handheld gaming systems became more prevalent personal items.

The decade was also defined by new hipster fashion (hipster styles were marked by the wearing of knit beanies, checkered shirts, and clothes from thrift stores; as well as hobbies like horticulture, photography, and specialty coffee) athleisure, and a revival of austerity-era and other nostalgic alternative fashion trends (such as 1980s-style neon streetwear in the first part of the decade, and unisex 1990s-style elements influenced by grunge).

In 2018, a subculture of "e-kids" came into existence, whom took their style from Japanese street fashion, cosplay, skater aesthetic, and other pieces of pop culture. In contrast to the colorful subculture of "e-kids" later in the decade, the early 2010s saw the Emo revival.

Political fashion became a genre of fashion starting around 2016, as people wore hats like MAGA hats (popularized by political outsider, prior TV-star and businessman President Donald Trump), as well as the Pussyhat. These two pieces of fashion wear would be popularized in the 2010s in popular culture on television and further, but would become controversial in their own right.

The decade sparked many smaller fashion movements, notable examples including Cottagecore and Normcore (a notable icon of Normcore in the 2010s was Steve Jobs, whom represented the decade's casual clothing). Fad toys and accessories like the Fidget spinner, Silly Bandz, and Shutter shades each had waves of popularity among youth throughout the decade. Funko Pops were a collectible fad during the 2010s.

Internet users grew from covering 29% to 54% of the world population.^[536]

Over the course of the 2010s, Baidu, Twitter and Instagram emerged to become among the top 10 most visited websites (becoming the 4th, 6th and 8th most popular websites by the end of the decade), while Wikipedia went the 9th to 5th most popular website, almost sextupling its monthly visits (from 1 to 5.7 billion). Meanwhile, Yahoo significantly declined in popularity, descending from being the 1st to 9th most popular site, with monthly visits declining by two-thirds (going from 11.6 to 3.9 billion). Google, Facebook, YouTube and Yandex maintained relatively consistent popularity and remained within the top 10 throughout the decade.^[537]

In January 2010, James Cameron's Avatar surpassed $1 billion in sales, becoming the first movie of the decade to do so, and surpassed $2 billion in sales by February 2010. The following year, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 became one of the fastest grossing films of all time, and became the highest-grossing film of 2011. 2019's Joker became the first R rated movie to gross over $1 billion and cemented itself in popular culture by making the "Joker Stairs" a famous tourist destination in New York City at the end of the decade. Motion capture grew in terms of its realism and reach, and was seen in movies like Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Avengers, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.^[538]

Superhero films became box office leaders, especially with the start of The Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008 with movies such as the Avengers franchise. Avengers: Infinity War was the first superhero film to gross over $2 billion internationally, broke numerous box office records, became the highest-grossing film of 2018, and the 4th-highest-grossing film of all time. Avengers: Endgame grossed over $2.7 billion worldwide, surpassed Infinity War's entire theatrical run in just eleven days, broke numerous box office records, and became the highest-grossing film of all time.

Marvel's main competitor, DC Extended Universe also began to produce superhero films starting in 2013, with films such as Justice League releasing in 2017.

Non-shared universe superhero films have also been successful with the release of The Dark Knight Rises in addition to animated films such as Incredibles 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Batman Movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and many others.

The epic space-opera franchise Star Wars saw a resurgence throughout its decade with the third trilogy aka the sequel trilogy of the franchise and the final act of the "Skywalker Saga". These films include Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with all of them raking in over $4 billion with the first movie became the 3rd highest-grossing film of all time at its release.

The science fiction Universal franchise Jurassic Park also saw a resurgence and popularity with the release of Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Both of these films each garnered over $1 billion in revenue with the first film became the 3rd highest-grossing film of all time and the second film became the 12th highest-grossing film of all time. Critical reception of the first movie was positive while the second movie had mixed reviews from critics and negative reviews from fans.

The action racing heist spy franchise The Fast and the Furious continued on from the 2000s and became commercially successful in the 2010s becoming one of Universal's biggest franchises besides Jurassic Park and was the eighth highest-grossing film series. Films include Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, and The Fate of the Furious.

The horror film It, which was based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, became the highest-grossing horror film of all time.^[539] 2018 saw the acclaimed Halloween sequel, Halloween, the 11th installment of the Halloween franchise and sequel to the first film, Halloween.

Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Illumination, and Sony Pictures Animation have dominated the animated films market and have also gained popularity in this decade. The highest-grossing and critically successful franchises included Toy Story, Frozen, Wreck-It-Ralph, Hotel Transylvania, The Lego Movie, and Despicable Me being the highest grossing animated franchise of all time.

In 2019, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies original computer-animated feature film Wonder Park.

The 2010s saw the release of many Disney live-action remakes based on Disney animated movies: Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Maleficent, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Lady and the Tramp, Christopher Robin, Dumbo, The Jungle Book, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. Many of these movies were met with mixed reviews from critics and audiences but were financially successful at the box office, especially The Lion King which grossed over $1.6 billion and became the 7th-highest-grossing film of all time as well as the 2nd-highest-grossing film of 2019.

The decade also saw many popular and critically acclaimed theatrical releases of varying genres, such as The Social Network, Her, 12 Years a Slave, Boyhood, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Edge of Seventeen, The Fault in Our Stars, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Easy A, 21 Jump Street, Eighth Grade, Steve Jobs, Lady Bird, Green Book, Get Out, Parasite, Love, Simon, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Uncut Gems.

The critically acclaimed movies of the 2010s mentioned above set new precedents. Movies like Boyhood (2014) were filmed over the span of a decade in real time to show the growth and childhood of a young boy, and Uncut Gems (2019) brought Adam Sandler back to a wide screen release and was critically acclaimed, while teenage movies like The Edge of Seventeen (2016), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) gained large popularity. Her (2013) became Spike Jonze's highest grossing and most critically acclaimed movie, noted for its filming locations and art direction, Parasite (2019) became the first foreign film to win best picture, and movies like Ready Player One (2018) helped advance motion capture technologies (winning two Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Visuals Effects Society and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film), in addition to becoming one of Spielberg's highest-grossing films.

The 2010s decade is often said to be a part of the Golden Age of Television, due to the widespread quality of multiple shows, as well as advancements in technology leading to streaming, cable television, and online outlets bringing this quality and quantity of programming. Cable providers saw a decline in subscriber numbers as cord-cutting viewers switched to lower-cost online streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu.^[540] On cable television, as well as streaming services, a variety of shows gained popularity.

The comedy sitcom The Big Bang Theory ran for the entirety of the decade, and was the number-one television sitcom for all of its airing prior to its finale in 2019. Other sitcoms like Curb Your Enthusiasm, Will & Grace, The Office, Scrubs: Med School, and Netflix's Trailer Park Boys and its Out Of The Park: USA and Out Of The Park: Europe specials were popular in the 2010s. How I Met Your Mother (narrated by Bob Saget) gained controversy for its 2014 finale, "Last Forever", which sparked an alternate finale to be created for the show, a television-first. Cult shows like the dark comedy sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia carried its popularity from the 2000s and lasted through the entirety of the 2010s. CBS's Two Broke Girls began its run in 2011 (ending in 2017), its pilot being the highest watched on the network in a decade. In 2011, Charlie Sheen was fired from Two and a Half Men, who made his last appearance in the show in Season 8 during February 2011. Sheen's 2011 outbursts and firing from the show were highly publicized.^[541] Indian sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah became the world's longest-running sitcom, with over 2,500 episodes,^[542][543]

In 2013, Nickelodeon original television series Sam & Cat was launched.

Dramas like Breaking Bad (2008–2013), The Walking Dead (2010–2022), Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022) became some of the most popular American television series of all time. Stranger Things gained a massive following during the decade among teen and youth, and 2019's Stranger Things 3 gained even more recognition for the character of Robin Buckley, who was popularized online.

Science fiction television gained a renewed sense of interest, thanks in part to Black Mirror was popularized on Netflix after being broadcast on British television.

A new era of family television and tween television existed in the 2010s, sitcoms of which were mainly spearheaded by Disney and Nickelodeon, but also appeared on cable channels such as ABC (The Middle on ABC for example) and on streaming services like Netflix. Shows such as Nickelodeon's iCarly and Victorious, and Disney's Girl Meets World were notable examples of popular shows among tween and youth throughout the 2010s. The short-lived 2018 revival of Roseanne (a family sitcom on ABC) gained attention for the firing of its main star Roseanne Barr and her outbursts.

Reality television grew an increased following during the decade. Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen (UK), and Hotel Hell gained popularity on cable television, as well as getting millions of views on YouTube, making Gordon Ramsay a prominent celebrity chef. America's Got Talent drew in viewers when radio personality Howard Stern announced his joining of the show in late 2011, staying as host until 2015. Meanwhile, popular reality programming on ABC included What Would You Do?, Shark Tank and The Bachelor. Corinne Olympios also gained recognition on the 2017 season of The Bachelor for her behavior on set. American Idol remained popular into the beginning of the decade, as did The Voice. Impractical Jokers flourished throughout the 2010s, gaining exposure on YouTube and elsewhere. TMZ became a popular television show and news source in the 2010s on cable television and YouTube respectively. A genre of pawn shows emerged like Pawn Stars and Hardcore Pawn.

The Apprentice was a reality television show that starred media personality and businessman Donald Trump as host until 2015, at which time he resigned as host. Trump would use the success he gained on The Apprentice to run for President of the United States; which he was elected to in 2016. Additionally, programs such as The Celebrity Apprentice, Comedy Central's The Roast Of Donald Trump, and Donald Trump's November 2015 hosting of Saturday Night Live, would send the reality TV star and businessman into the spotlight to help win the U.S. presidency. Governor in the early 2010s and movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger took Trump's place on The Celebrity Apprentice.

Popular cartoons were dominated by Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney Channel during the decade. Popular cartoons of the 2010s included the likes of SpongeBob SquarePants, Adventure Time, The Loud House, Arthur, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, The Amazing World of Gumball, and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (which, under its G4 status, became a pop culture phenomenon in its own right, thanks to its controversial, but loyal cult following known as "Bronies" who peaked in 2012–2015). SpongeBob SquarePants also made headlines for the petition and attempts to get "Sweet Victory" played at the 2019 Super Bowl after the passing of its series creator Stephen Hillenburg. Nickelodeon brought back three classic Nicktoons; Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life (which was themed around late 2010s culture), and Invader Zim near the end of the decade, turning them into reboot films.

In 2015, French computer-animated television series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir was released.

Anime broadened its appeal worldwide with shows such as Attack on Titan, Akame ga Kill!, Madoka Magica, Mob Psycho 100, Darling in the Franxx, Fairy Tail, Black Clover, Tokyo Ghoul, KonoSuba, Food Wars!, Haikyu!!, Sailor Moon Crystal, One Piece, Bleach, Hunter × Hunter, One Punch Man, Little Witch Academia, Devilman Crybaby, My Hero Academia, JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure, Vinland Saga, Parasyte -the maxim-, Re:Zero and Steins;Gate, separately Japanese reality shows like Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City reached new and international audiences because of the use of the internet and streaming services (it was Netflix's first international release and one of their earliest international releases). As a result of anime's international popularity it has inspired many creators outside of Japan to create their own shows incorporating anime characteristics. Anime elements can be seen in shows like The Boondocks. Anime was also viewed on services of the era like Crunchyroll.

Newer adult animation grew rapidly throughout the decade with shows such as Rick and Morty, F Is for Family, BoJack Horseman, Superjail! (continuing from the 2000s), Bob's Burgers, among many others; while adult animation like Family Guy, Futurama, South Park, The Simpsons, Robot Chicken, and 2011's Beavis and Butt-Head have remained popular.

The video streaming website YouTube became popular, especially among younger people, as memes shifted the meaning of entertainment. Memes like Nyan Cat, Dat Boi, "We Are Number One", Trollface, Pepe the Frog, bottle flipping, Condescending Wonka (Gene Wilder died in 2016), creepypastas and others emerged on YouTube; the use of YouTube and the internet also lead to new and popular vernacular like: poggers, bae, Netflix and chill, and "on fleek".

Initially (early in the decade) channels like Fred Figglehorn (FRED), The Annoying Orange, Ray William Johnson, CollegeHumor, Smosh, PewDiePie and the Angry Video Game Nerd attracted millions of views, channels and videos becoming viral on the site. The popularity of YouTubers even ended up spawning films based on popular YouTubers, including Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014), Smosh: The Movie (2015), and the Fred Trilogy (2010–2012) starting with Fred: The Movie. These YouTubers became well known through comedic skits, video game reviews, and "Let's Play" videos, as Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed games like Sonic The Hedgehog for the Xbox 360, and Life of Black Tiger for the PlayStation 4, which AVGN reviewed in a video featuring Gilbert Gottfried, Smosh would upload skits like "FOOD BATTLE" and Pewdiepie would play games such as Five Nights at Freddy's.^[544][545]

Other YouTubers that constantly received views within the millions or went viral during the decade included the likes of bill wurtz for his "history of japan" and "history of the entire world i guess" videos (and music like "and the day goes on"), Swoozie, Etika (and his fanbase the "JOYCONBOYZ"), REACT, WatchMojo, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Nostalgia Critic, Studio C, Babish Culinary Universe, Good Mythical Morning, Penguinz0, Vsauce, CGP Gray, Kurzgesagt, Matpat, MrBeast, Scott the Woz, TheOdd1sOut, Domics, and Jaiden Animations among many others. YouTube itself would even end up banning controversial content creators like ImJayStation and LeafyIsHere during the decade.

YouTube would make an annual video series called YouTube Rewind where it would be a recap of each year's YouTubers, viral videos, trends, events, music and memes starting from 2010 to 2019. The 2018 and 2019 installments was heavily criticized by YouTubers, critics, and viewers alike, receiving millions of dislikes. Rewind did not return for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and YouTube announced the following year that the series would be discontinued leading to other YouTubers to make their own YouTube Rewind videos.

Globalism and an increased demand for variety and personalisation in the face of music streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music created many new subgenres. US digital music sales topped CD sales in 2012.^[546] Dance, hip-hop, and pop music surged in the 2010s,^[547] with hip-hop and R&B surpassing rock as the biggest US music genre in 2018.^[548]

Electronic dance music (EDM) achieved mass commercial success in the middle of the decade but fell somewhat into decline by the end.^[549][550] The mass global appeal of EDM music (and subgenres such as dubstep, electro house and trap) from the early-to-mid part of the decade spawned the rise in fame of DJs and digital music producers, such as Skrillex, Tiësto, Avicii, Steve Aoki, Deadmau5, Calvin Harris, Baauer and Diplo.

Country music also saw a resurgence throughout the 2010s in the United States, with artists like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton and Florida Georgia Line topping the charts and garnering many music industry awards.

With the rise of the internet in the 2010s, independent music (or "indie music") gained a large international cult following, with successful indie bands being Foster the People, Dr. Dog, Tally Hall, Florence and The Machine, Beach House, alt-J, Of Monsters and Men, The National, Two Door Cinema Club, and M83; as well as successful indie solo artists being Tame Impala, Neil Cicierega, St. Vincent, Father John Misty, Ellie Goulding, Feist, Sufjan Stevens, Lana Del Rey, Justin Vernon and Lorde.

Music artists like Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj (with their albums such as 1989, The Fame Monster, My World 2.0, Teenage Dream, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Loud and Pink Friday respectively) increased the global commercial appeal of pop music in the 2010s, with each of them selling over 100 million records in the 2010s and becoming some of the best-selling musicians of all time.

Billboard named Drake the top artist of the decade in the US.^{[551][note 2]} Other popular musical solo artists of the 2010s included Adele, Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Khalid, Sam Smith, Travis Scott, Cardi B, Future, Shawn Mendes, Post Malone, Kesha, Selena Gomez and Fetty Wap.^[551]

Popular musical groups of the decade included One Direction, BTS, Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Arcade Fire, Twenty One Pilots, Migos, Swedish House Mafia, Bon Iver, Zac Brown Band, Maroon 5, Alabama Shakes, The Chainsmokers, OneRepublic, Vampire Weekend, The Lumineers, Lady A, Fun, 5 Seconds of Summer and Anthem Lights.

Successful duos included The Black Keys, Run the Jewels, Matt and Kim, Rae Sremmurd, Love and Theft, LMFAO, Garfunkel and Oates and Dan + Shay.

Several prominent musicians from past decades died in the 2010s, including Ronnie James Dio in 2010, Gil Scott-Heron and Amy Winehouse in 2011, Whitney Houston and Adam Yauch in 2012, Lou Reed in 2013, Joe Cocker in 2014, Ben E. King, B.B. King and Lemmy Kilmister in 2015, David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Phife Dawg, Merle Haggard, Prince, Pete Burns, Leonard Cohen and George Michael all in 2016, Chuck Berry, Chris Cornell, Prodigy and Tom Petty in 2017, Aretha Franklin in 2018, and Keith Flint in 2019. There were also several deaths of newer hip hop artists who had started or first became successful in the 2010s, including Capital Steez, Lil Peep, XXXTentacion, Mac Miller, Nipsey Hussle, Juice WRLD and others.

The video game industry continued to be dominated by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft; Minecraft became the best-selling game of all time in 2019.^[552]

Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One were released in 2013,^[553] and in the United States the PlayStation 4 became the highest-selling console of the decade, surpassing Nintendo, releasing games such as Marvel's Spider-Man, God of War, Uncharted 4, The Last of Us, and Bloodborne.^[554] The Nintendo Switch launched in 2017 and was responsible for bringing Nintendo's success back, the success of the console initially spawned by the strong sales of both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey, as well as Wii U ports/sequels with Super Mario Maker (Wii U) and Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo Switch), Splatoon (Wii U) and Splatoon 2 (Nintendo Switch), and updated "Deluxe" versions of Mario Kart 8 and New Super Mario Bros. U, among many others. Micro-consoles also emerged during the decade, a notable example being the Ouya, a system which was a commercial and critical failure that received attention online.

Handheld gaming console revenue was overtaken by mobile gaming revenue in 2011, due to the rise of smartphones and freemium apps.^[555] The use of iPods, tablets, and cell phones became one of the most popular forms of gaming as the decade progressed with the rise of mobile games, expanding the industry's appeal among less traditional markets such as women and older adults. Gaming apps such as Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Plants vs. Zombies, Fruit Ninja, Candy Crush, Flappy Bird, Clash of Clans, Temple Run, Smash Hit, Doodle Jump, Geometry Dash, Subway Surfers, and Pokémon Go became huge hits.

The popularity of video games increased across the world, as the Nintendo Wii influenced gaming in the early part of the decade,^[556] and the Nintendo 3DS provided 3D gaming through autostereoscopy.^[557] The successful Wii was followed by the Wii U in 2012, a commercial failure.^[556] Ports and sequels to Wii U games on the Nintendo Switch would sell considerably better than their Wii U counterparts, and even though well-received games like Super Mario 3D World and Nintendo Land released on Wii U, the console still ultimately failed due to poor marketing and public confusion.^[558] The Nintendo Wii would be responsible for the most critically acclaimed game of the 2010s decade, Super Mario Galaxy 2 (which is also often considered one of the greatest video games of all time by game critics).

The Wii (and later to a lesser extent the Wii U) would singlehandedly cause the increased use of motion controls in gaming with its Wii line up of games such as Wii Play: Motion, Wii Fit U, Wii Sports Club, Wii Party and Wii Party U, all released in the 2010s. Motion controls would carry over to Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con in 2017, and would form the foundation of 2010's motion-based PlayStation Move and Xbox Kinect, counterparts and competitors to the Wii. In addition to Super Mario Galaxy 2, it is notable in mentioning that Nintendo Wii released a large group of critically acclaimed games in the early 2010s with popular titles such as Kirby's Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Returns (both games later in the decade released on 3DS), The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and Sonic Colors; as well Portal 2 was a critical success on Xbox and PlayStation early in the decade.^[559][560]

The 2010s marked the growth, release, and large expansion of the "Toys To Life" category. Brands such as Nintendo's Amiibo became massively popular, and allowed figurines to be bought which were scanned into games to level up, train your figurine, or receive goods for your figurine. The Amiibo skyrocketed in success due to the roster of figurines available for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, with many posting videos of them online going "amiibo hunting" mostly around late 2014 and 2015. Skylanders and Disney Infinity also remained popular at the time, as fads. The Nintendo Labo released in 2018, was also a part of the "Toys To Life" brand of video games, using cardboard to create objects such as a fishing pole, a crank, and a race-car wheel to be played with games.

By the early 2010s, online gaming had become a mainstay of console platforms such as Xbox and PlayStation. During the 2010s, as the number of Internet users increased, two new video game genres rapidly gained worldwide popularity – battle royales and multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBA). Both designed exclusively for multiplayer gameplay over on the Internet. First-person shooters genre were also popular genre before and during the decade. These genres are commonly played in Esports.

Professional gaming, also known as Esports, although was well known in the 2000s, it became tremendously big incurring a large increase in both viewership and prize money. By the late 2010s, it was estimated that the total audience of esports would grow to 454 million viewers, with revenue increasing to more than US$1 billion, with China accounting for 35% of the global esports revenue in 2020. The increasing availability of online streaming media platforms, particularly YouTube and Twitch, have become central to the growth and promotion of esports competitions.

Since the 2010s, a common trend among online games has been operating them as games as a service, using monetization schemes such as loot boxes and battle passes as purchasable items atop freely-offered games. Unlike purchased retail games, online games have the problem of not being permanently playable, as they require special servers in order to function.

YouTube and Twitch became a platform for "Let's Players" to upload videos of themselves playing certain games, which led to the popularity of existing games and newer indie games like Cuphead, Undertale, Terraria, Octodad/Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Shovel Knight, Stardew Valley, and Five Nights at Freddy's (indie games like Cuphead were lauded for its rubber hose animation style, while Undertale's soundtrack like "Megalovania" came to light and Five Nights At Freddy's became well known for its lore).

"Let's Players" were even referenced in greater pop culture such as the 2014 episode Rehash on South Park, where Pewdiepie would be featured onto the show. Jimmy Kimmel would make a sketch parody on his YouTube channel where he would ridicule the "let's plays" culture which led to backlash from the gaming community.

In the 2010s movies based on video game franchises became popular, grossing more and being talked about in the media and among fans more than ever before. Movies like Detective Pikachu starring Ryan Reynolds (which starred additional actors like Kathryn Newton as Lucy Stevens and Bill Nighy as Howard Clifford) broke box office records for movies based on game series at the time, while movies like Jim Carrey's debut in Sonic The Hedgehog created buzz in the media and on shows like Conan (where the film and its fans were satirized) in 2019 for the movie's depiction of a more realistic looking hedgehog character, which by demand of the fans, was changed into a more cartoon version of the titular character to much like and approval upon the November 2019 trailer and movie's release.^{[citation needed]}

In early 2018 Nintendo and Illumination jointly announced (after the 2015 reveal of Nintendo's planned Universal theme parks) that they were working on a Super Mario Bros. movie. The announcement by Nintendo and Illumination was met with internet speculation; the new Illumination Super Mario film replaced the Sony-Nintendo Super Mario film that was leaked during the 2014 Sony Pictures hack.

Video game themed movies became popular as well, with films such as Ready Player One, Pixels, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Wreck-It Ralph, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level.

The best-selling games of every year throughout this decade were as follows:

• 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops^[561]
• 2011: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3^[561]
• 2012: Call of Duty: Black Ops II^[561]
• 2013: Grand Theft Auto V^[561]
• 2014: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare^[561]
• 2015: Call of Duty: Black Ops III^[561]
• 2016: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare^[561]
• 2017: Call of Duty: WWII^[561]
• 2018: Red Dead Redemption 2^[561]
• 2019: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare^[562]

The best-selling book of the decade was Fifty Shades of Grey, having sold 15.2 million copies in the United States.^[563]

The following is a list of the 10 best-selling books of the decade. Note that global data is unavailable and this is limited to the United States:^[563]

• Fifty Shades of Grey – 15.2 million sales
• Fifty Shades Darker – 10.4 million sales
• Fifty Shades Freed – 9.3 million sales
• The Hunger Games – 8.7 million sales
• The Help – 8.7 million sales
• The Girl on The Train – 8.2 million sales
• Gone Girl – 8.1 million sales
• The Fault in Our Stars – 8 million sales
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 7.9 million sales
• Divergent – 6.6 million sales

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series also became one of the best-selling book series of all time throughout the 2010s, with installments such as Cabin Fever and The Long Haul winning awards at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

Popular athletes of the decade included Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Megan Rapinoe, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Álvarez, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, Kyle Busch, Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey, Mike Trout, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Shaun White, Kelly Slater, Simone Biles, Sidney Crosby and many more.

At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, tennis players John Isner and Nicolas Mahut competed in the longest professional tennis match in history, requiring five sets and 183 games for Isner to ultimately defeat Mahut in a match which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes, and was played over the course of three days.

A doping scandal and investigation that was concluded in 2012 led to former professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong being stripped of all seven of his Tour de France titles.

On 14 October 2012, skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a jump from the stratosphere and set world records for the highest skydive (39 km or 24 mi), fastest freefall speed (1,357.64 km/h or 843.6 mph, or Mach 1.25), and became the first person in history to break the sound barrier without vehicular power.

In 2015, after Thoroughbred racehorse American Pharoah won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Classic, he became 12th Triple Crown winner in history and the first in more than 30 years, and in winning all four races, became the first horse ever to win the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing.

In November 2016, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time since 1908, over the then-Cleveland Indians. Their win, along with Game 7 and the entire 2016 Series, was heavily noted in the sports and baseball community. It is often considered one of the best World Series ever played, due to the underdog nature of both teams, how close the games were and especially the final game, and how it ultimately ended the over 100-year drought of the Cubs not winning a series.

In June 2017, rock climber Alex Honnold became the first person in history to free solo climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, an accomplishment that one commentator described as "one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever."

In January 2018, the final play of an NFL playoffs game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints, dubbed the "Minneapolis Miracle", became the first time in NFL playoffs history where a game ended in a touchdown as time expired, and prompted a change to the NFL's rules as they pertain to extra-point conversion attempts.

As the decade drew to a close, some commentators looked back on it as a politically unstable period. An article in the New York Times stated: "With the rise of nationalist movements and a backlash against globalisation on both sides of the Atlantic, the liberal post-World War II order – based on economic integration and international institutions – began to unravel." It heavily discussed the US presidency of Donald Trump (a reality TV Star and businessman with no political experience at the time of taking office, succeeding Barack Obama) whilst also commenting, "Echoes of Mr. Trump's nationalist populism can be found in Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain's recent electoral victory and the Brexit referendum of 2016, and in the ascent of the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. Democracy is under threat in Hungary and Poland. Once fringe right-wing parties with openly racist agendas are rebranding themselves in Sweden and Belgium. And far-right groups in Germany and Spain are now the third-largest parties in those nations' parliaments."^[564] A December 2019 piece in The Guardian argued that the 2010s would be remembered "as a time of crises", elaborating "there have been crises of democracy and the economy; of the climate and poverty; of international relations and national identity; of privacy and technology". The article also noted that, in Britain, "politics since 2010 has often been manic. Parties have hastily changed their leaders and policies; sometimes their entire guiding philosophies. Last week's general election was the fourth of the decade; the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s had two apiece."^[565] Similar trends of political unrest were felt beyond the Western world, as suggested in The Asian Review, which described the 2010s as a "tumultuous time for Asia, sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant and never dull".^[566]

• List of decades
• Millennials (when the majority of that generation had reached maturity).
• Generation Z (when older members of that generation had entered adulthood).

The following articles contain brief timelines which list the most prominent events of the decade:

• ストロング、ジェイソン。2010年代：劇的な10年を振り返る（2019年）

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