How Much of My Life Has GTA Existed?
Grand Theft Auto has been around since October 21, 1997. Enter your date of birth to see the exact percentage of your life that GTA has existed for.
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GTA has been part of your life longer than you think
Grand Theft Auto is one of the longest-running video game franchises on the planet. The very first GTA launched on October 21, 1997 — meaning that for anyone born in the late 1990s or later, GTA has quite literally existed for their entire life.
This calculator works out the exact percentage of your life that GTA has existed. If you were born before 1997, GTA has been around for less than 100% of your life — the earlier you were born, the smaller that slice. If you were born on or after October 21, 1997, the answer is a clean 100%: you have never known a world without Grand Theft Auto.
You can also measure from GTA V, which released on September 17, 2013 and has become one of the best-selling games of all time. For many players, a huge chunk of their life has been spent in the era of a single GTA game — the stacked bars above show exactly how much of your life each release has been out for.
Frequently Asked Questions
📊 How is the percentage of my life that GTA has existed calculated?
We take the number of days the Grand Theft Auto franchise has existed during your lifetime — from October 21, 1997 (when the first GTA launched) or your birth date, whichever is later — and divide it by the total number of days you have been alive. Multiply by 100 and you get the exact percentage of your life GTA has been around.
🎮 What does "GTA has existed your entire life" mean?
If you were born on or after October 21, 1997, then the GTA franchise already existed the day you were born — so it has been around for 100% of your life. There has never been a single day of your life without Grand Theft Auto in the world.
📅 How long has GTA been out?
The first Grand Theft Auto launched on October 21, 1997, so the franchise is over 28 years old. GTA V arrived on September 17, 2013. This tool shows what share of your own life each of those games has been around.
🔒 Is my birth date stored anywhere?
No. Every calculation runs entirely in your browser. Your date of birth is never uploaded, saved or shared — refresh the page and it is gone.