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Where is Gen Z Finding Community Today?

Young people often find their sense of community outside the traditional settings of work and school… 

Written and Edited by the YPulse Editorial Team
KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Most young people do feel they have a connection to a community, and value it
  • Gen Z young adults are finding community on social platforms
  • But teens and males are even more likely to be finding community in video games
There’s a growing perception that young people today are more isolated than generations before them. YPulse has written about it ourselves, with loneliness common among young people and third places harder to come by for Gen Z than ever before. But does this mean that all young people are unmoored and unsupported? Not exactly—but they’re certainly not finding community in all the same places that Boomers and Xers did, and those who think that community connections need to be in-person may not approve. However, the majority of Gen Z and Millennials do feel they’re finding a sense of community somewhere...

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