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Generation 9/11 was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 28 December 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Generation Z. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

The contents of Pluralist Generation was merged into Generation Z on 11 January 2013. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

The contents of Generation Alpha was merged into Generation Z on 28 January 2016. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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Section size for Generation Z (49 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	18,178	18,178
Etymology and nomenclature	8,290	8,290
Date and age range	21,762	21,762
Arts and culture	24	42,093
Happiness and personal values	3,486	3,486
Common culture	4,607	38,583
Subcultures and nostalgia	11,862	11,862
Television and streaming	5,749	5,749
Reading habits	7,743	7,743
Fan fiction	4,921	4,921
Music	3,701	3,701
Demographics	2,461	17,532
Africa	2,509	2,509
Asia	2,283	2,283
Europe	3,364	3,364
North America	6,915	6,915
Economic trends	23	19,271
Consumption	6,672	11,525
Food choices	2,728	2,728
Transportation choices	2,125	2,125
Employment	7,723	7,723
Education	18,831	18,831
Health issues	21	29,911
Mental	4,958	16,589
Sleep deprivation	5,642	5,642
Cognitive abilities	5,989	5,989
Physical	7,649	7,649
Puberty	5,652	5,652
Political views and participation	23,184	23,184
Religious tendencies	5,916	5,916
Risky behaviors	23	11,752
Adolescent pregnancy	2,636	2,636
Alcoholism and substance use	5,803	5,803
Youth crime	3,290	3,290
Family and social life	30	16,165
Upbringing	6,322	6,322
Friendships and socialization	1,745	1,745
Romance, marriage, and family	8,068	8,068
Use of information and communications technologies (ICT)	63	32,173
Use of ICT in general	10,364	10,364
Digital literacy	3,760	3,760
Pornography viewing	2,894	2,894
Use of social media networks	7,560	7,560
Effects of screen time	7,532	7,532
See also	454	454
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
Further reading	1,552	1,552
External links	1,617	1,617
Total	268,737	268,737

Lede

So polling has shown Gen Z to be more sympathetic to socialism and critical of capitalism then millennials. If it's going to be included on political leanings, it should. Des Vallee (talk) 14:57, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the Millennials were reportedly sympathetic towards socialism and communism, too. But that does not seem to be accurate anymore, at least not on a global scale. Electoral results over the least few years prove that. As for Generation Z, they are highly heterogeneous and polarized. That's the best way to describe them. Nerd271 (talk) 16:00, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is little information about the fact that Generation Z has been born since 1995.

There is a lot of information about the fact that Generation Z is made up of people who were born after 1995, and many people (such as the McCrindle Research Center, McKinsey, David Stillman, etc.) have spoken about this. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, this information is not being taken into account. Prostouchastnikvwiki (talk) 21:41, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is impossible to determine what specifically you think is missing from the article. The dating methodology is discussed too much, even. Remsense 🌈 论 21:44, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]