Predictions for 2021 | Future timeline
Read 358 predictions for 2021, a year that will see the world transform in big and small ways; this includes disruptions throughout our culture, technology, science, health and business sectors. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
Fast forecasts for 2021
- Ethereum's Casper and Sharding protocols are fully implemented. 1
- The first robotic pharmacist will arrive in the US. 1
- Over 80% of web traffic is now video. 1
- Mass production of self-driving cars commences in China. 1
- The end of cables, wireless power becomes common in homeholds 1
- Translation earbuds allow instantaneous translation, making foreign travel much easier 1
- Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 1.1 US dollars 1
- World population forecasted to reach 7,837,028,000 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 7,226,667 1
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 36 exabytes 1
- Global Internet traffic grows to 222 exabytes 1
Country forecasts for 2021
Read forecasts about 2021 specific to a range of countries, including:
Technology forecasts for 2021
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2021 include:
- The big business future behind self-driving cars: Future of Transportation P2
- Cloud computing becomes decentralized: Future of Computers P5
- A fading Moore’s Law to spark fundamental rethink of microchips: Future of Computers P4
- The digital storage revolution: Future of Computers P3
- Gestures, holograms, and matrix-style mind uploading
Culture forecasts for 2021
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2021 include:
- Jobs that will survive automation: Future of Work P3
- Rise of the electric car: Future of Energy P3
- Militarize or disarm? Reforming the police for the 21st century: Future of policing P1
- Geopolitics of the unhinged web: Future of the Internet P9
- The trends pushing our education system towards radical change: Future of education P1
Science forecasts for 2021
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2021 include:
Health forecasts for 2021
Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2021 include:
- Responsibility over your quantified health: Future of Health P7
- Precision healthcare taps into your genome: Future of Health P3
- Healthcare nearing a revolution: Future of Health P1
