# Crowdsourced Time Capsules 'In 25 Years' Lets You Save Personal Messages to Your Future Self By Michael Hines | Published 2010-12-12 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/in-25-years References: [urlesque](http://www.urlesque.com/2010/12/08/video-time-capsule-in-25-years/) & [in25years](http://www.in25years.com/) If you've ever wanted to create your own time capsule but are too lazy or fearful of the future, then you need to check out 'In 25 Years.' 'In 25 Years' is gathering [video messages](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/folksee) uploaded from sites like [YouTube](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/timestamper) and Vimeo and preserving them in a time capsule for 25 years. Simply record a message of to yourself and upload it. 'In 25 Years' will make a copy of it and seal it in your time capsule. Once 25 years has passed, a special screening will be held. Of course, there are a ton of things that could go wrong, but the effort needed is minimal and the reward would be worth the wait. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.6/10 - Popularity: 1% | Activity: 10% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Crowdsourced Time Capsules:** Opportunity for companies to offer personalized time capsule services to customers by leveraging user-generated content. - **Preservation Technology:** Opportunity for tech companies to integrate preservation technology into existing products or build new products that focus on long-term preservation of digital content. - **Nostalgia Marketing:** Opportunity for companies to tap into people's desire to connect with the past by offering them a way to preserve and relive past memories. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Technology:** Companies in this industry can leverage the opportunity to build products that address the long-term preservation of digital content for personal and business applications. - **Marketing:** Opportunity for marketing companies to tap into nostalgia marketing by associating sentimental value to brands and products. - **Entertainment:** Opportunity for entertainment companies to leverage crowdsourced time capsules for creating personalized documentaries or streaming content for original 80s and 90s videos. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Wedding Time Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/posttoforever.md) - [Scheduled Messaging Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/memoria.md) - [Musical Playlist Time Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/playlist-in-a-bottle.md) - [Annual Reflection Journals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/birthday-vault.md) - [Future Message Reminders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hifutureself.md) - [Cinematic Memory Makers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/yearreflect.md) - [Scheduled Message Vaults](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/postdatame.md) - [Legacy Preservation Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/golden-record.md) - [AI Time Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-godfathers.md)