Everyone is very briefly the world record holder of youngest person alive

Every time a new bundle of joy pops into the world, that tiny human instantly becomes the youngest person alive—just until the next one arrives. It's a title that changes hands faster than a TikTok trend, and the odds of two babies being born in the exact same instant are so slim that you might as well call it a cosmic prank.

The idea is simple: with roughly four babies taking their first breath each second, the "youngest person alive" title is on the move all the time. Think of it as a never‑ending relay race, but instead of a baton, it’s a newborn’s tiny, wriggling body.

Below are some of the most entertaining reactions to this mind‑boggling concept. (No usernames—just the laughs.)

With the amount of babies getting born every day, it's quite likely that some people will never be the youngest. There could be a draw.

For a moment everyone was, just not for like a full second.

Yeah, even a "draw", the odds are astronomically unlikely that it was literally simultaneous. One of them was 0.00001 seconds sooner.

Not technically possible, there will be a time difference.

There's around 4 babies born every second. How can you define when a baby was born to the nearest quarter of a second? The baby doesn't fly out lol.

TL;DR: Every new baby briefly holds the title of "youngest person alive," but because new ones are born every 0.25 seconds, that title is only yours for the blink of an eye—literally.