Happy Birthday Gmail: Google Forgets To Add Candles To Cake; Netizens Find Viral Post Relatable

Google celebrated Gmail’s birthday with a relatable post that left netizens laughing and nodding in agreement. The tech giant shared an image of a creamy birthday cake with the text, “Happy Birthday Gmail. Please find a cake and candles attached” written on it. However, the candles only surfaced in an accompanying image with the caption, “Oops forgot to attach".

Take a look at the post below

The post highlighted a common email blunder—forgetting to attach files before sending an email.

Despite mentioning “Please find attached” in the email body, many agree about forgetting to upload the discussed document, only to share it in another email with an apology or note of realisation.

Gmail's birthday cake from Google India cleverly mirrored this scenario.

Netizens react

Netizens quickly reacted to the Instagram post. While many users commented "Happy birthday Gmail", others reflected on the relatable moment about email attachments.

Gmail turns 21

Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004. At the time, people didn't take the email platform seriously as its launch date coincided with the observance of April Fool's Day.

Today, Gmail has turned 21. It is reportedly the most popular email platform, with over two billion users worldwide. According to reports, when Gmail was young, users were provided with only 1GB of storage, which has now expanded to 15GB along with a payable extra storage facility.