How old are the ponies?

[Malinter 3,064]

Oh damn, some of those are high....

 

As much as my "I'd date the crap out of them if I could" sense would wish it, i can never accept any of the mane6 as they currently are as being over 20, i'd put them somewhere between 15-17yrs... maybe 19 if i was pushing it alittle.

 

Edit: you made flutters two years older than pinkie, she's only 1 year,

Edited November 1, 2013 by Malinter

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

I think it's been said somewhere that they're all young adults. Plus, they all live away from their parents, and Rarity runs a business, and Fluttershy is known to be the oldest. These are my estimates, in human years.

 

Rarity: 22

 

Fluttershy: 23

 

Twilight: 21

 

Applejack: 22

 

Pinkie Pie: 22

 

Rainbow Dash: 23

 

Celestia: Old.

[Amethyst Star 73]

Well, according to some people on the show the characters don't really have ages. Also they are horse's you have to remember that. So, they wouldn't be catorgized by human years, they would most likely be alot lower. 

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

Well, dude, I'm approximating how old they would be in human years, because that's how old I think they would be compared to us, you know?

[Amethyst Star 73]

Well, you didn't say that. Did you? If you do then I'm sorry. I'm sorry if that sounded a bit rude but that is what I have heard so... hmmm?

[An Old Head 4,816]

This are my estimates,

 

Just letting you know that we already have a larger thread for character ages. I've merged your thread with it so we don't have two of the same thread.

 

In the future, please use our search feature to check for existing threads

[KikiTwilight 90]

 Hmmmm, I tend to believe they are late teens or in early 20's, depending on the pony.

 

My estimates are probably like this (from oldest to youngest):

 

Fluttershy (23) - she definitely looks older than other fillies in Cutie Mark Chronicles, and she appears to be rather responsible. She lives on her own, caring for woodland creatures, and taking care of kids even occasionally.

 

Rarity (22) - she looks mature enough to act as a parental figure (sometimes, towards Sweetie Belle), and run her own job. Not only that, but that job also had enough time to become famous, so it must have been in run for a few years at the moment the show started.

 

Pinkie Pie (22) - well, the only thing we do know for sure is that she is a year younger than Fluttershy. If it wasn't the case, she would probably be put younger than this, due to her immaturity. But that, most likely, doesn't have much to do with her age. Jumping around and laughing is mainly what makes Pinkie herself, not her age. Many adults even appear to be rather immature.

 

Applejack (21) - she appears to be rather small filly in Cutie Mark Chronicles, even mentioning to CMC that she was "littler then 'em all" when she got her cutie mark. However, she also mentions that she was one of the last in her class to get a cutie mark, which probably makes her slightly older, and not really on the bottom of the list. She has a living grandma, and appears to be rather inexperienced in leading the farm (she does do her chores, but she showed relatively little knowledge of reunions, or some other stuff), which makes me think that she's only been working intensively for the few years, which makes her relatively young.

 

Twilight Sparkle (19) - still a student, definitely "a child prodigy" but still appears to be very young. She's small compared to the other ponies, and she also appears to be much smaller than the rest in Cutie Mark Chronicles. However, she's old enough to be sent to be living alone, doing some serious school projects. Her socializing skills were obviously undeveloped when she started her journey, which points to her being relatively young as well. She also looks at Celestia as some sort of parental figure, even though she is rather independent.

 

Rainbow Dash (18) - she just appears to me to be the youngest of the group. She's shown as a very small filly in Cutie Mark Chronicles, especially compared to Fluttershy. She appears immature most of the time as well, but in much different way than Pinkie does. She even mentions to Apple Bloom that "she was the first in her class to get a cutie mark" which also indicates to her to being younger than the rest.

Edited November 1, 2013 by KikiTwilight

[Spikey-Wikey 378]

I think Pinkie is the youngest, she is very giddy and hyper. I think that her pet baby alligator called Gummy is about, well if he is a baby probably about 2.

[PinkiePieJr 122]

Well I have always heard that the mane 6 were all 16 years old, except for fluttershy who is 17. I have no idea at all where that came from, but that's what I always see everywhere in the internet.

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

Rainbow Dash (18) - she just appears to me to be the youngest of the group. She's shown as a very small filly in Cutie Mark Chronicles, especially compared to Fluttershy. She appears immature most of the time as well, but in much different way than Pinkie does. She even mentions to Apple Bloom that "she was the first in her class to get a cutie mark" which also indicates to her to being younger than the rest.

 

I tend to think of her being the same age as Fluttershy, since they went to summer flight camp together; if not the same age, within one or two years, and we know Fluttershy is a year older than Pinkie, that was stated, and I don't think Fluttershy is that young. But the rest I'll agree on

Well, you didn't say that. Did you? If you do then I'm sorry. I'm sorry if that sounded a bit rude but that is what I have heard so... hmmm?

??? You seem a bit hostile, dude

Annnnnnyywaaayyy, I haven't really seen anyone do their lists in pony years; you are right when you say that, but I think the point of this list was to do it in human years. At least, if it wasn't, it's turned into being that way.

[Lamer 11]

You adults have took over the whole reality, why can't you leave the fantasy world!? And Faust has her opinion too and we don't have to agree with her in that.

I don't disallow you to have opinions though.

Edited November 1, 2013 by Lamer

[AfTeRwArDs 509]

I tend to think of her being the same age as Fluttershy, since they went to summer flight camp together; if not the same age, within one or two years, and we know Fluttershy is a year older than Pinkie, that was stated, and I don't think Fluttershy is that young. But the rest I'll agree on

 

Actually, Fluttershy is probably older than Rainbow Dash. Even though they went to summer flight camp together, it was at a time when Fluttershy was clearly going through a growth spurt. Also, I'm pretty sure Twilight is the youngest; while Rainbow Dash was the first in her class to get her cutie mark, Twilight was just starting her classes when she got hers.

[Forlong 1,726]

I think it's been said somewhere that they're all young adults. Plus, they all live away from their parents, and Rarity runs a business, and Fluttershy is known to be the oldest.

That really doesn't mean much, since their culture is very different from our own.  What is an adult by Equestrian standards?  12?  15?  20?

 

Well, according to some people on the show the characters don't really have ages. Also they are horse's you have to remember that. So, they wouldn't be catorgized by human years, they would most likely be alot lower. 

Years have nothing to do with biology.  Real world horses can reach adulthood in two years.  That doesn't make a year any shorter or longer to them.

 

I'm getting tired of saying this over and over, but Word of God says they're between the ages of 12 and 17.

http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:Lauren_Faust%27s_explanation_about_main_6_maturity_level.png

 

They are not over 20.

[Scion of Arcadia 69]

I know that it seems to be that the Mane 6 are teenagers. Heck, in Equestria Girls, Twilight is in her freshman year. But I really think they're more like young adults, perhaps 17 at the least. This is all just speculation and there's probably a couple flaws with it. But I wouldn't be saying anything if I didn't want an opinion.

 

For one, most of them have houses and/or jobs. The only one you can truly say lives with her parents is Applejack and that's because Apple Acres is a family owned business. Big McIntosh stays there too and he's an eligible bachelor, shown to be old enough to marry without anyone batting an eyelash. Twilight is the weakest of my theory. The library is on lend to her from Princess Celestia and she doesn't appear to have a job. However, she is studying magic and certainly not in any confined school. So I would say she's akin to a college student, with online classes instead of a school to go to. Pinkie Pie is another [racism 3] as she appears to work for and live with the Cakes. Hers is more of a part-time job, which isn't outside of a high school setting. Unfortunately, I don't have much of a case for her and would probably list her as youngest of the Mane 6. But I'd like to remind you that part-time jobs aren't the sole property of high school teenagers, there are plenty of full grown adults also with part time jobs. But from here we can work up. Fluttershy has no job but is one of the few with a definite house. And even though she's unemployed, that's largely because there isn't much of a job for taking care of woodland creatures. Applejack I've already talked about. She may share a house with others but she definitely has a job. She works at it every day, it's even shown in the intro. Taking care of Apple Acres, though, is a family business. I see no problem as to why she should share a house with her granny and older brother. Rainbow Dash also has a house and job. Sure, both are a bit ambiguous. But there is no doubt that she clears clouds for a living and it's one of the few cases where it doesn't directly tie in to her Cutie Mark. And she has a house, just look at Season 4 Episode 4 Daring Don't. It's shown near the end. We just don't see it as much because the adventures aren't really focused on Cloudsdale. And for my best example, look at Rarity. She has a profitable business making clothes and is shown working for it almost as much as Applejack. And Carousel Boutique is undeniably both her home and business. I'm almost jealous of her success and what she has is definitely not something you'd see in your classic high school setup and analogues.

 

I'd also like to point out that nearly every pony appears to share their design. Cheerilee and Trixie are hardly of high school age themselves but share the same design, as do most other ponies around town. And it makes far more sense for the town to be populated by adults. They're called ponies, you say? Everyone is called ponies. Heck, we call each other ponies and I can assure you that high school age isn't the median age here. The only person called a mare is Mayor Mare, and that's because it's her name, title, and a pretty good pun. I'm not saying the Mane 6 are full grown adults, I estimate they're at most 22 and that might be pressing it. But I do think that they aren't high school age either.

 

Just a little food for thought. Feel free to comment on whether you agree or disagree. This is definitely open for discussion.

[Fhaolan 4,483]

There's a lot of discussion around this, and the problem with it is that we have no sense of scale. We have to fall back on human measures of maturity, which may not be an accurate basis.

 

The education system of Ponyville seems to be modeled after the mid 1800's American system, with the one-room schoolhouse and no age distinctions made in the classroom. In which case foals will have graduated from school when they are the equivalent of human 12-13 year olds, and likely won't go on to further schooling depending on what their cutie-mark is. Most will likely enter an apprenticeship-style program with local 'masters', with only a relatively small number going on to 'secondary' schooling like Twilight (and probably Rarity). Apprenticeship and the secondary schooling might last another four to six years, after which they would be considered a full adult.

 

But that system was based on the average life-span being about 40-50, and so people were required to mature culturally much faster than now. We don't really know what the life-span of a pony is. Granny Smith might be hundreds of years old, according to some things Twilight has said. But there's evidence that a pony 'year' is about a third of the length of one of ours, which throws everything off.

 

We do know that Fluttershy is a year older than Pinkie Pie. We know Rainbow Dash was the youngest in her class to get a cutie-mark. Fluttershy was at the same flight camp as Rainbow Dash and was physically more mature than RD while still not having a cutie-mark, so was probably not in the same 'class' as RD. Applejack and Twilight were considered late in getting cutie-marks, Applejack being the last of her class. Pinkie Pie has two younger siblings who were old enough to effectively do farm work while she still did not have a cutie-mark. Rarity and Applejack were both in Ponyville as fillies, yet Applejack was not in Rarity's class at the one-room schoolhouse, and was considered old enough to travel to Manehattan to live with her aunt and uncle. Probably this was to attend a secondary school there, so she likely had graduated from primary education and given her change in comportment had likely spent not quite a year in Manehattan at the time of the Rainboom. Which means Applejack would be significantly older than Rarity. Twilight was also testing for entrance into a secondary school, Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, before she got her cutie-mark. However it is likely she was testing early due to being precocious or ambitious parents. Rarity evidently graduated from her finishing school before Twilight, but Twilight might have been one of those 'perpetual students' that Celestia basically had to kick out of school. The Mane 6 all got their cutie-marks at the same time, but at different ages.

 

It's a weird kind of logic puzzle really, and I'm not sure we have all the pieces to it yet. They're definitely spread along a line of several years age difference between them. Applejack appears to be the oldest, and Rainbow Dash the youngest. I would put it: Rainbow Dash/Pinkie Pie, Twilight/Rarity, Fluttershy/Applejack. With the /'s either being of the same age or with one or the other older, and at least a year between the groupings.

[skylights 127]

Another point to keep in mind is that Spike was hatched while Twilight was still a filly living at home with her parents, but he doesn't appear to have aged very much at all in the time since then. During the dragon migration Spike meets what he refers to as teenage dragons, suggesting that, at least until adulthood, dragons physically mature at roughly the same rate as humans.

 

Considering all this and the points mentioned in the previous posts, I think 15-17 is a reasonable age range for the mane 6, with the assumption that ponies reach adulthood a bit earlier than humans do, leaving home to be on their own by 12 or 13.

[Dzastur 1,719]

When I went to Equestria L.A., the voice actresses were pretty set on the idea that the Mane 6 really didn't have definitive ages, and that was an important characteristic to them. They were "ageless". They talked about the idea at some length...

 

...and then Cathy Weseluck stared straight into the audience and deadpanned "Spike's 8." It was pretty funny.

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[Scion of Arcadia 69]

@Fhaolin @skylights @John Mellenclop @Darky

 

You all pose valid points. Especially you, Fhaolin. I hadn't taken into account the difference of times. I guess I never really thought about the time period, despite the classic schoolhouse and old-timey projector, so I just defaulted to present time. The difference in values certainly adds a different spin to things.

 

However, skylights, there something about what you said that seems off. We saw teenage dragons with the dragon migration. But in Secret to My Excess, we also saw Spike physically mature into teenage and adulthood. It seems dragons looks and greed are linked in some way, making it difficult to use dragons as examples. The two episodes certainly appear to offer diseparate ideas. However, as Mr. Mellenclop stated, Spike is at least emotionally a child still.

 

I suppose Darky put it well, though. Their agelessness, or at least lack of a defined age, is no doubt a key point in their appeal. It allows both the intended audience of little girls and periphery audience of adults of all sorts to enjot the show.

[SharpWit 2,611]

I say ignore what went on in equestria girls, because there is no way that the main 6 are only 4 years older than the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Then there's the fact that all but pinkie pie and apple jack have their own homes and they've had them for some time now. Also Fluttershy is older than Pinkiepie and she shared the same class as Rainbow dash so I'll asume both pegasus are older. Finally there's twilight and spike. spike is older than the crusaders, and twilight has a very high education. If she were taking a normal eduycation and lived a more common life I'd say that she is up to a masters degree which would be around the mid twenties but she has far more knowledge than that. mid twenties is the age I'll go with for mthe main 6

[Wingnut 6,981]

 

 

I say ignore what went on in equestria girls, because there is no way that the main 6 are only 4 years older than the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

 

Exactly.  EQD isn't a part of the canonical timeline.  And even if it was, it's obvious that relative ages are different in that parallel reality.  In addition to the CMCs being too old, Photo Finish and other adult ponies became high school students. 

 

My age range for the Mane 6 starts at 16-18 and gradually creeps upward as the series progresses.  As Fhaolan demonstrated, it's easier to determine their ages relative to each other than to say so and so is X years old. 

[zev_zev The outcast 415]

Why no one suggested that the time in the world MLP flows differently than we think, and pony simply do not notice that week as month, month of the year? Maybe pony live several centuries, but also they grow up long. It seems to us that mane 6 approximately 20-25 years old, and actually they 70-120, and they are still young?

[Scootalove 10,689]

Since EQG isn't tied to the canon universe in any way, the Mane 6 are probably in their late teens when it comes to age and it's really hard to determine their age if we don't have all of the pieces together. Frankly, I think that Applejack is the oldest one in the group and as for the youngest, it could be that Pinkie Pie is the youngest. We can all make speculations and assumptions.

[Radiance64 7,053]

I know that it seems to be that the Mane 6 are teenagers. Heck, in Equestria Girls, Twilight is in her freshman year. But I really think they're more like young adults, perhaps 17 at the least. This is all just speculation and there's probably a couple flaws with it. But I wouldn't be saying anything if I didn't want an opinion.For one, most of them have houses and/or jobs. The only one you can truly say lives with her parents is Applejack and that's because Apple Acres is a family owned business. Big McIntosh stays there too and he's an eligible bachelor, shown to be old enough to marry without anyone batting an eyelash. Twilight is the weakest of my theory. The library is on lend to her from Princess Celestia and she doesn't appear to have a job. However, she is studying magic and certainly not in any confined school. So I would say she's akin to a college student, with online classes instead of a school to go to. Pinkie Pie is another [racism 3] as she appears to work for and live with the Cakes. Hers is more of a part-time job, which isn't outside of a high school setting. Unfortunately, I don't have much of a case for her and would probably list her as youngest of the Mane 6. But I'd like to remind you that part-time jobs aren't the sole property of high school teenagers, there are plenty of full grown adults also with part time jobs. But from here we can work up. Fluttershy has no job but is one of the few with a definite house. And even though she's unemployed, that's largely because there isn't much of a job for taking care of woodland creatures. Applejack I've already talked about. She may share a house with others but she definitely has a job. She works at it every day, it's even shown in the intro. Taking care of Apple Acres, though, is a family business. I see no problem as to why she should share a house with her granny and older brother. Rainbow Dash also has a house and job. Sure, both are a bit ambiguous. But there is no doubt that she clears clouds for a living and it's one of the few cases where it doesn't directly tie in to her Cutie Mark. And she has a house, just look at Season 4 Episode 4 Daring Don't. It's shown near the end. We just don't see it as much because the adventures aren't really focused on Cloudsdale. And for my best example, look at Rarity. She has a profitable business making clothes and is shown working for it almost as much as Applejack. And Carousel Boutique is undeniably both her home and business. I'm almost jealous of her success and what she has is definitely not something you'd see in your classic high school setup and analogues.I'd also like to point out that nearly every pony appears to share their design. Cheerilee and Trixie are hardly of high school age themselves but share the same design, as do most other ponies around town. And it makes far more sense for the town to be populated by adults. They're called ponies, you say? Everyone is called ponies. Heck, we call each other ponies and I can assure you that high school age isn't the median age here. The only person called a mare is Mayor Mare, and that's because it's her name, title, and a pretty good pun. I'm not saying the Mane 6 are full grown adults, I estimate they're at most 22 and that might be pressing it. But I do think that they aren't high school age either.Just a little food for thought. Feel free to comment on whether you agree or disagree. This is definitely open for discussion.

Hey there AwakeOrangutang, just letting you know that I merged your topic about speculating the Mane 6's ages with the one we already had here about speculating pony ages. It's smart to use the search function, to see if a topic exists yet or not before creating one, especially topics like this one. Thanks for your understanding.

[Khaoios 1,970]

Went through search and didn't find any thread regarding this, but here's a question I want to ask all of you.  No need to be precise, but how old do you think some of the characters are.  You can choose anypony; Mane 6, Wonderbolts, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Citizens of Ponyville, etc.  Want to also add, the age you choose, how old do you think they would be as a human?

Edited March 12, 2014 by Promethean Alicorn