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One thing that needs asking is ages. We know Fluttershy’s older than Pinkie, but that’s it. What are the other characters’ ages relative to each other? Were the CMC born before or after that first sonic rainboom? And when are their birthdays?
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@Wiimeiser  
well it depends a lot of the current cartoons they say the characters ages: finn at the beginning of adventure time he was 12 but he ages at real time so currently his 17, mordecai and rigby are 23, steven is 14, dipper and mabel were 12 up until the final episode, star butterfly is 14
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I always assume that they were all adults, but according to EQG they’re all teenagers in high school! Shoots self in mouth
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I always assume that they were all adults, but according to EQG they’re all teenagers in high school! Shoots self in mouth
 
EqG also has Celestia and Luna as regular adults rather than being thousands of years old. So, probably not best to judge ages based on EqG.
 
I usually think of them as young adults. Like 18-21 range.
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For my headcanon ages list, Twilight is the youngest of the Mane 6. Magical Mystery Cure took place on her 17th birthday (Why else would she be singing?)
 
Now, how old is Starlight Glimmer? Apparently you can tell how old someone is by their voice (and bafflingly, how tall someone is), so how old would characters be based on their voice? Babs would be an interesting candidate…
LaserPewPew
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Guessing the fact that almost all the mane 6 have jobs, they live alone, Rarity has fallen in love with a celebrity who looked around 24 and that Rainbow dash was behind in collage. I’m gonna guess that they are around their early to mid 20’s. I’m not sure each characters age but its likely that Twilight is the youngest and Rarity is the oldest.
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I suspect the age range of the Mane 6 is quite large. Rarity being the successful owner of a growing business would indicate the equivalent to at least human mid-20’s, when you account for education and generating the capital for getting the business going. I tried to estimate her age assuming Equestrian ages translate directly to human ages and came out with a range of 31-35, given the age of her sister. I’m going to assuming there is some Cutie Mark magic somehow expediting the training aspects, and that pony ages don’t directly map to human ages, and thus split the difference and say late-20’s for her. At the other end of the scale, Twilight at the start of the series seems to be the equivalent of straight-out-of-college (or perhaps straight-out-of-grad-school). Given her nature, it’s wouldn’t surprise me if she was the Equestrian equivalent of someone who got skipped ahead at school, started college young, and graduated early. I suspect she’s the pony equivalent of only just old enough to drink.
 
Assuming Rarity is the oldest (if anyone was older than our estimated age range for her, things would start to become even less consistent than they already are), Twilight is the youngest thus far considered, and Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash are about the same age (i.e. close enough to attend Summer Flight Camp together) we get something approximating relative ages for five of the Mane Six:  
  1. Rarity  
  2. Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash  
  3. Pinkie Pie, Twighlight
     
    How to differentiate ages between Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash? I can think of only one line of reasoning. In ‘The Cutie Mark Chronicles’ Fluttershy has taller, leaner look than most fillies, which suggests maybe she’s undergoing the final growth spurt to adult size (I have no idea about growth patterns in real horses, BTW), whereas Dash is still rather… compact. So let’s say that Flutters is slightly older than Dash, but Dash is still older than Pinkie.  
    What about Pinkie and Twilight? Without going into too much detail (and there is a lot to go into, trying to establish relative ages for Shining Armor, Maud, and Limestone), I believe Pinkie is probably a little older, given that she seems to have an established career in Ponyville. This gives us…  
  4. Rarity  
  5. Fluttershy  
  6. Rainbow Dash  
  7. Pinkie Pie  
  8. Twilight
     
    So what about Applejack? This is where, if you consider the detail, you can easily wind up with dissertation-sized texts considering the relative ages of all Mane Six siblings, Spike, Cadance, Gilda, Cheerilee, etc., etc., etc.. I’m just going to go with this: in ‘The Cutie Mark Chronicles,’ Big Mac seems to be undergoing roughly the same growth pattern as Fluttershy (i.e. lanky), so I’m going to assume that they’re around the same age, which would necessarily put AJ at the younger end of the herd. Given her propensity for being concerned and motherly about other characters, I’m going to arbitrarily slot her in between Twilight and Pinkie. So, to summarize my over convoluted headcanon, the ages of the Mane Six are something like this, with approximate ages in parentheses:  
  9. Rarity (28)  
  10. Fluttershy (26)  
  11. Rainbow Dash (26)  
  12. Pinkie Pie (25)  
  13. Applejack (23)  
  14. Twilight Sparkle (21)
     
    tl;dr version: I think the Mane Six are all in their twenties, ranging from 21-28
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In Season 1 I would have guessed late teens to early 20s. Though now I would say late 20s. Oddly enough though Rainbow Dash seems to be the youngest (she might still be in her mid 20s) as she is just now really starting her career in the Wonderbolts while Rarity for example has been running her own business for a while now.
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This may be a late 4 day reply, but I’ve forgotten to reply…
 
 
Really, I find this thread to be stupid.
 
In my personal opinion, this is supposed to be timeless, like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, they don’t age! Okay, just a bit, but really!
 
It’s likely we’re never gonna find out, so…
 
Bye!
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Since I started watching show back in 2011, I always thought that their ages were 20 and above. That’s why I love this show so much. XD
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Well i think the ages are as follows  
First fluttershy, Apple jack, rarity those thre arethe older ones  
Then rainbow twilight and pinkie. I kind of think pink is the youngest main six.
 
They are raised in diffrent backgrounds.  
Pinkie was raised on a rock farm outside of ponyville. She has memories from growing up on the farm. Acording to cheese sandwitch flashback he saw filly pinkie in ponyville. When she grew uo she put all her staff away and began looking for jobs. It was hard. Maybe she moved to ponyville and found a home at sugarcube corner owned by an married couole with no kids back then well enough with the big writing sll i was tring to say is twilight can be older then pinkie despite pinkies career and reputation. twilight grew up in a large city and has more study option from pink enviroment she would be diffrent. example acording tobamish children only learn till 8 grade . Maybe after finishibg 8 grade moved to ponyville made friends while twi lived in canterlot focused on her studies . .
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In 2011 I always imagined ages similar to mine at the time, I think I had narrowed my ideas down to like:
 
Fluttershy: 20  
Rarity: 19  
Applejack: 18  
Pinkie Pie: 18  
Rainbow Dash: 18  
Twilight Sparkle: 17  
Spike: 9
 
But after several seasons, I have no idea, definitely still in the young adult range, and I just feel like Fluttershy is the oldest while Twilight is the youngest.
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How old Jim miller said how old Spike is because i trying to figure out how long for him to age?
hmcvirgo92

The way I see it, here are the ages
 
Mane 6:  
Twilight Sparkle: 19 years old  
Rainbow Dash: 18 years old  
Applejack: 17 years old  
Rarity: 22 years old  
Fluttershy: 19 years old  
Pinkie Pie: 18 years old (keeping in mind I watched “Griffon the Brush-off”)
 
Spike: 8 years old
 
Trixie: 20 years old
 
Sunset Shimmer: 19 years old
 
Flash Sentry: 19 years old
 
CMC:  
Apple Bloom: 9 years old  
Sweetie Belle: 8 years old  
Scootaloo: 10 years old
 
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon: 10 years old
 
Cheerilee: 28 years old
 
Big Macintosh: 19 years old
 
Shining Armor and Princess Cadence: 23-24 years old
 
Celestial and Luna: Infinite
 
Thoughts on this?
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@hmcvirgo92  
But Rarity and Cherilee are same age. I believe Fluttershy is the oldest mane6, cause Applejack grown like Fluttershy up a few years next.
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