Your birth year
2006
America Online
19911990s
America Online is 15 years older than you
It's from 1991, before you were born.
- Maker
- AOL (Quantum Computer Services)
- Type
- Online service / ISP
- Debuted
- 1991
- Note
- "You've got mail!"
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About
As of 2026, it's 35 years old.
America Online took its name in 1991 and proceeded to carpet-bomb the planet with free trial CDs, becoming the friendly on-ramp that introduced millions of people to the internet — one screeching connection at a time.
AOL gave us chat rooms, instant messaging, buddy lists, and the immortal greeting "You've got mail!" — a phrase so beloved it became a Tom Hanks movie. For a while, AOL basically WAS the internet for most of America.
Equal parts gateway drug and free coaster supply, AOL is the 1991 service that taught a generation to log on, and that the magic words were always 'keyword.'
