2016 has indeed been a glorious year and hence even Bollywood actors and celebrities have taken part in the 2016 trend on Instagram, where everyone is sharing nostalgic pictures and videos of 10 years ago. The latest to join the bandwagon is actress Alia Bhatt. 

The major nostalgia trend 2026 is the new 2016 has taken over the Instagram by storm with Tik Tok and the celebrities sharing photos, videos and memories from that specific year.  The highlight is the uncrated style of social media posting by all including the celebrities who are participating and coming forward to some trendy highlights of their life in 2016 and 10 years ago ! 

Alia Bhatt started off with Shah Rukh Khan and her  shooting for Dear Zindagi and Alia Bhatt and Parineeti Chopra gossiping at a press conference together in 2016.

She further shared the photos of her rocking in 2016 with fashion and promoting Kapoor and Sons, glimpses of her tour with the then boyfriend Sidharth Malhotra to the Golden Temple. 

She captioned her posts, ‘2016 ki Kahaani’ 

2016 started off on a pretty grounded level with some shoots with her favorite co-stars , a whole lot of love, surprise birthday in Delhi during the making of Kapoor and Sons promotion.  The Tamma Tamma shoot with Badri and the golden moments at the Golden Temple. 

Besides Alia Bhatt, Ananya Panday also participated in the trend sharing her throwback pictures of her growing up and her teenage milestones. 

Other actors who participated in this new trend are Khushi Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Shruti Haasan.

What is this 2016 new trend ? 

The trend is driven by a simpler, less curated stories shared on  internet era before the pandemic hit . With over 37 million posts using hashtag 2016 on Instagram as mid-January 2026.