Me At 20

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About

Me At 20 refers to a Twitter challenge in which people post pictures of themselves at age 20. Although people have been posting pictures of themselves at the age of 20 since 2012 on Twitter, Me at 20 became a specific trend used by celebrities in April 2020 on the platform.

Origin

On September 5th, 2012, the first known "Me at 20" Twitter post was made by Twitter user @alecartidiello^[1] (shown below, left). On August 28th, 2014, American actress Barbara Crampton^[6] was the first celebrity to share a "Me at 20" post using the hashtag #throwbackthursday which garnered over 60 likes in six years (shown below, right).

Spread

On April 15th, 2020, posting images of yourself at age 20 became a viral challenge and many more Twitter users posted pictures with the caption "Me at 20." That day, Twitter user @GarbageApe^[2] posted a parody which garnered over 580 likes in a day (shown below, left). The next day, Australian film critic and Twitter user @MarcFennell^[3] tweeted a picture of himself with the caption, "Me at 20 is an object lesson in why 20yos should straight up not be allowed on TV" (shown below, right). The tweet accumulated over 1,400 likes in a day.

That same day, actress and Twitter user BusyPhilipps ^[4] posted a screenshot of herself in the show Freaks and Geeks with the caption, "Me at 20. Do I win something?" (shown below left). The tweet gained over 6,000 likes in a day. That same day, British television host and Twitter user @piersmorgan^[5] tweeted a picture captioned, "Me at 20" which received over 3,700 likes that day (shown below right).