How long have you been in the fandom?

[Equus 91]

Early morning hours of May 26th 2011, a couple weeks after S1 ended. That was the brief era when the episodes could be found on YouTube. Skeptically watched the first episode as per multiple friends begging me to, and didn't like it, but loved the second half of the pilot two parter and watched up to episode four that night. Finished marathoning it that weekend watching the rest of the first season then. Was pretty much hooked after the first four episodes and started contributing and fandom-participating later that same day.

Soooo... nearly ten and a half years now. Wow.

[Fritzy 1,691]

On and off in the fandom but since like before season two started by like a month or two. 

[AppleButt 8,675]

Since August 2011.  So ten years.  

[Cash In 22,105]

August 2017, so that would've been about halfway through season 7.

[TheRockASaurus 50,109]

Since 2012 and I’ve never had any regrets.

[Savy 5,072]

Bruh I've been in the fandom since like 2011, wowza.

[Astralshy 26,111]

I started watching the show in Dec 2020 and I'm in the fandom since 17.1.2021.

[Paleopony 699]

I’ve been in this fandom for five years.

[Iforgotmybrain 5,137]

Since 2011, early 2012. I distinctly remember watching the season 2 premiere on Hub so definitely since then. Seeing the fandom and the memes and everything was the whole reason I ended up watching the show to begin with actually.

[Theautisticrebel 304]

Since April 29, 2017 when "Rock Solid Friendship" first aired.

[Cash In 22,105]

August 2017, so around six years. Time sure flies.

[Sparklefan1234 168,489]

I've been a member of the Friendship is Magic/MLP fandom since late January 2013.

I know because my first episode after I got caught up was "Games Ponies Play" which originally aired on February 9, 2013. 

[Denim&Venöm 18,305]

On 2014-04-06 at 1:23 AM, Denim&Venöm said:

2 years sometime this month. All thanks to DeathBattle: Star Scream vs Rainbow Dash, Turnabout Storm X MLP & MyLittleBrony.com

So I guess add another 9 years and 4 months to this. 

[Megas 27,514]

Well I was watching the show in between the S1 and S2 hiatus 

[Twitchy-Tremor 296]

I started right after s1 ended.

[Megalobronia 131]

Since late 2015, around when Season 5 was nearing its end

[Miss 6,222]

17 minutes ago, Megalobronia said:

Since late 2015, around when Season 5 was nearing its end

Oh dang, same here! 

Literally in November started it before season 5 was over and finished it right after it finished jaja 

[Ryuuko 148]

the december of 2011, but the 'peak' of my fanhood was in 2012. i used to run a bunch of pony facebook pages back then.

[Rock-O-Jello 211]

I first watched The Ponies back in February 2013. 

And as I continued to watch these colorful horses prance around, throw parties, and give each other makeovers, I began to feel a warm, squishy feeling in my chest. Suddenly, every thought in my head was extinguished and replaced by sudden, irresistible urges to hug these pon3z, color pictures of them, and spam users’ inboxes with pictures of them on The Social Networx. Within only a few weeks of giving into those urges, my transformation was complete. I had become a goofy, smiling brony.

[Lucky Bolt 35,058]

I stumbled upon this fandom in about mid 2014, before that never knowing there was a huge fanbase surrounding my favorite tv show. I've been a proud brony since then. 

[IsochronalYetSublime 112]

Since uhhhhhhh late 2011. Still here poniponiponying it up more than 12 years later xD

[Nightlight1313 170]

I can't remember super well, but I believe it was mid-season 2, so, late 2011-early 2012? I remember checking Youtube constantly for new episode bootlegs when season 3 started airing because I didn't have cable lol.

[Paleopony 699]

I’ve been in the brony fandom since spring of 2018, so that’s six years.

[KPackratt 214]

I've been a Brony since February 2013, when I watched a few episodes of MLP:FIM on my cable provider's On Demand service, one of the first episodes I remember watching was "Too Many Pinkie Pies".