Earth-199999 or Earth-616, which is the correct name for the main timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

The multiverse is a familiar concept of Marvel when there are countless parallel dimensions.

In particular, the number of realities in the Marvel Multiverse is endless.

However, the newly formed timelines branched off from Marvel’s oldest (and most central) timeline, known as Earth-616.

Below, let’s learn more about Earth-199999 and Earth-616 in the MCU!

1. Earth-199999 is the MCU numbering described in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Vol.

In 2008, coinciding with the year the first Iron Man movie was released, Marvel released a book called Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Vol.

In this fifth episode, Marvel explains that the Iron Man film will eventually become part of the MCU, set in the Earth-199999 universe.

Accordingly, Earth-199999 has also been used since the first Iron Man movie to determine the MCU’s universe number.

2. But in Doctor Strange 2, the MCU becomes Earth-616

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Mysterio lied to Peter Parker that his universe was Earth-616.

But it turned out to be true, in the movie Doctor Strange 2, Christine Palmer assigned a number to the main MCU timeline, which is Earth-616.

So what is the correct numbering for the main MCU timeline, Earth-199999 or Earth-616?

3. Earth-616 may be the name for characters in MCU movies to call their universe, but for the audience, is it still Earth-19999?

Earth-616 (MCU) can be understood as the numbering that characters in MCU movies (especially in the main storyline) call their universe .

Meanwhile, Earth-199999 is the number used by us (MCU viewers and fans) in the real world to refer to the MCU, or even all of the content in the MCU movies.

Or maybe Earth-616 is one of the universes in Earth-199999.

4. Why do viewers call it Earth-19999?

If you want to call the MCU’s main universe Earth-19999 or Earth-616, that’s fine, but this easily causes confusion with the numbering of the comic book universe.

Originally the main timeline in Marvel Comics was numbered Earth-616, but why do viewers call the MCU’s main universe Earth-19999?