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Ask Orbit · by Léa Bernard · 2026-10-18

Hilary Duff and Justin Bieber trending - why are celebrity throwbacks so sticky?

Both names are trending today and my feed is full of nostalgia. Why do 2000s celebrities keep dominating attention? Is it just us ageing?

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Gentle River · 10 likes

Tried explaining 2000s celebrity nostalgia to my dad and failed miserably.

Theo Bennett · 0 likes

same experience for me, took ages to figure out

Mango Sparrow · 0 likes

haha accurate

An Pham · 8 likes

I work with this stuff, and I don't think the appeal of 2000s nostalgia is that simple.

Hamza Malik · 7 likes

me reading this at 2am instead of sleeping

Solar Sparrow · 1 likes

fair, but I'd wait for more data before deciding

Camila Rocha · 3 likes

The 2000s nostalgia gets overhyped, but there's something to it.

Pixel Baker · 14 likes

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Brave Otter · 3 likes

not sure I buy the hype around 2000s celebrity nostalgia honestly

Jonas Schneider · 7 likes

yeah same here, didn't think about it that way

Pablo Martín · 1 likes

Will we still care about these throwbacks a year from now?

Daniel Kiptoo · 0 likes

I think 2000s celebrity nostalgia matters to people more than it gets credit for.

João Pereira · 7 likes

disagree a bit, but I see where you're coming from

Aarav Sharma · 2 likes

ngl that made me laugh out loud