How long have you been with my little pony?

[phantompone1148 125]

I’ve been with it since S9 of G4

[Wingnut 6,722]

I’ve been officially with it since the second season of MLP:FiM.  In fact, I just passed the 10 year mark as a fan as noted here:  

 

But in some ways I’ve followed the franchise since the 1980s.  I was a big fan of the Hasbro and Sunbow produced cartoons of the time, primarily Transformers and GI Joe.  But I occasionally watched Jem and MLP as well.  My Little Pony Tales had a small but dedicated following in the early 90s and I watched a number of those episodes as well.  
 

For my vote, I selected G4 as that’s when I was all-in as a fan.  But a case could be made that I’ve been involved since the beginning.  

[Fluttershyfan94 5,737]

I wasn't really invested in the third generation of my little pony although that was what I first watched of the show. Did get invested in the early days of the fourth generation. The other generations are you know their own, I mean the fourth generation is popular for a reason haha.

[Tom Gallagher 33,521]

I became a fan in May 2019 so around the Ninth Season of G4.

[Tao 6,706]

I started out with gen one way back in the day.  I went brony half way into season two when I found the show randomly! 

[EpicEnergy 22,060]

I've been a fan since around the time season 4 of FiM was first airing.

[Cash In 21,471]

About halfway through season 7. A couple of months before the movie came out.

[AppleButt 8,669]

I became a fan of G4 in the summer of 2011

[Ganondorf8 11,118]

Me? Around the time when the first EQG movie came out.

[Hellfire428 34]

Around late 2010 early 2011, so since season 1.

[Splashee 28,537]

I remember seeing (in the corner of my eye) my dad's girlfriend's daughter watching an MLP movie on VHS when I was little, and also playing with the toys, which I might have brushed using the original comb 

This might have been wrong back in the days. But I don't care! MLP forever 

[Oleks 1,983]

I started watching in 2015, during the hiatus between S4 and S5. Watched the first 4 seasons, and then S5 came out and I stuck around.

[RainyDash 255]

I've been a fan since 2013,  took a bit of a break starting 2016 but now I'm catching up on what I missed. 

[mlploverlizzy 289]

Since G4 for me but the very beginning of it in 2010

 

[Astralshy 23,422]

I'm a fan of G4 since December of 2020

[Theautisticrebel 290]

I've became a fan of G4 when season 7 was still airing.

[J.J 918]

Since Feb. 13, 2013, watched my first episode Feb. 11, 2013.

[User without a name 46]

since the very first episode of g4, I basically grew up with mlp

[Sparklefan1234 161,589]

I've been a fan of My Little Pony since around "Just For Sidekicks". 

[Splashee 28,537]

For TV shows, I watched My Little Pony Tales, 3 years after its release, since it broadcast on public TV here during a Christmas break. Not going to say the year, but you can calculate it.

[Skylight Scintillate 1,844]

For me it was between when G4 ended and G5 began, but I more closely associate with G4

[Paleopony 690]

I’ve been a fan since Season 8 of FIM.

[Savygriffs 5,018]

Since early season 2 I believe.

I joined the fandom shortly before the Royal Wedding episode, because I remember ads all over for it.

[Player the FNFL Boi 82]

A few months before the g5 movie.

[Casey Pones 48]

G4. But I think I was around when G1 was airing. I saw an episode of G1 once while at Centre Parks, had things been different I might have been a fan since then.

I think I first got into G4 not long after the first Equestria Girls film came out. As I recall I was browsing Youtube and came across a short film made by some pony fans, crossing FIM with Poke'mon. It might have also been a clip from CollegeHumour, making fun of bronies.

I had heard of the show in a very vague way, it popping up rarely in other media I frequented and I didn't think much of it. But out of curiosity I looked it up on Youtube and saw the barn building song. At first it seemed to me to me to be a show for little kids, teaching them how to count. But something compelled me to start watching the show from the beginning. Although at first it seemed a typical and predicable kid's show, something about it spoke to me. 

The scathing way bronies were portrayed by CollegeHumour disgusted me so much I was worried what people would think of me if they found out. But I rose above it and I've been a proud brony ever since.