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Generation Z (or Gen Z for short), colloquially also known as zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years.[3] Most members of Generation Z are children of Generation X.[4]

As the first social generation to have grown up with access to the Internet and portable digital technology from a young age, members of Generation Z have been dubbed "digital natives",[5][6] even though they are not necessarily digitally literate.[ They tend to live more slowly than their predecessors when they were their age,[10][11] have lower rates of teenage pregnancies, and consume alcohol less often,[12][13] but not necessarily other psychoactive drugs.[14][15] Generation Z teenagers are more concerned than older generations with academic performance and job prospects,[9][10] and are better at delaying gratification than their counterparts from the 1960s, despite concerns to the contrary.[16] Sexting among adolescents has grown in prevalence though the consequences of this remain poorly understood.[17] Meanwhile, youth subcultures have been quieter, though they have not necessarily disappeared.[18][19]

Globally, there is evidence that the average age of pubertal onset among girls has decreased considerably compared to the 20th century,[20][21] with implications for their welfare and their future. In many countries, Gen Z youth are more likely to have diagnosed intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disorders than older generations.

Around the world, members of Generation Z are spending more time on electronic devices and less time reading books than before,[33][34][35] with implications for their attention span,[36][37] their vocabulary[38][39] and thus their school grades,[40] as well as their future in the modern economy.[33] In Asia, educators in the 2000s and 2010s typically sought out and nourished top students whereas in Western Europe and the United States, the emphasis was on low-performers.