--- title: New Doodle Celebrates Google Turning 18 All Over Again description: Google dropped a new Doodle on Tuesday in honor of the site's 18th birthday, but the company isn't sure when its birthday actually is canonical: https://time.com/4509211/google-doodle-birthday-18/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-27T09:40:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:02.185Z og:title: New Doodle Celebrates Google Turning 18 og:description: Didn't Google already turn 18? og:url: https://time.com/4509211/google-doodle-birthday-18/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c7bd0bd449f76ce/6988a7a2428a9e0a05cd4663/googles-18th-birthday-5661535679545344-hp2x.gif?branch=production&width=711&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 711 og:image:height: 400 og:image:alt: googles-18th-birthday-5661535679545344-hp2x og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Doodle Celebrates Google Turning 18 twitter:description: Didn't Google already turn 18? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c7bd0bd449f76ce/6988a7a2428a9e0a05cd4663/googles-18th-birthday-5661535679545344-hp2x.gif?branch=production&width=711&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Doodle Celebrates Google Turning 18 All Over Again > Sponsored content. 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According to the [Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/when-is-googles-birthday-18th-doodle-today-a7331271.html) there are several dates in September that could be candidates for the anniversary, including when Google filed for incorporation on Sept. 4, 1998, created a workspace or hired its first employee. The company reportedly said in 2013 that it didn’t actually know when its real birthday was, with so many landmark dates in its history. And since 2002, the company has publicly marked the occasion on several different days in September. 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