Gen Alpha

iPad toddler cohort

Gen Alpha is the generation born from roughly 2010 to 2025, following Gen Z.

The term follows the pattern of generational labels but starts a new sequence after exhausting the alphabet.

Gen Alpha are the children of millennials, the first generation born entirely in the smartphone era: Gen Alpha kids have never known a world without iPads.

Also spelled Generation Alpha.

technology

iPad

Apple's tablet device

Minecraft · smart speakers · Alexa · Siri · educational apps · screen time · parental controls · tablets · gaming · coding toys

generation

iPad kids

Tech-absorbed youngsters

childhood

playdates

Arranged children's social visits

virtual classrooms · hybrid learning · developmental milestones · helicopter parenting · enrichment classes

culture

kidfluencers

Minors with sponsorship deals

sus · rizz · memes · family vloggers · streaming content · parasocial

future

brand loyalty

Habitual preference for one company

Categories
Opposites
generational sequence

Gen AlphaSilent Generation

1928-1945 demographic cohort

Greatest Generation · digital immigrants · Lost Generation · Gen X · technophobes

life stage/age

Gen Alphathe elderly

Aged members of society

senior citizens · octogenarians · centenarians · retirees · great-grandparents

life stage and cultural influence

Gen Alphaelderly

Advanced in age

seniors · retirees · Greatest Generation · Silent Generation

Family

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