11 Wild Facts About Generation Alpha That'll Blow You Out Of The Water

    These facts are according to anthropologists — aka people who use Reddit and Twitter — of course.

    Daniella Emanuel
    by Daniella Emanuel

    BuzzFeed Staff

    As a "cheugy millennial who works at BuzzFeed," I cannot wait until Gen Alpha are old enough to start roasting Gen Z. We need revenge for Gen Z's brutal digs toward us, such as the following:

    @megamindfan64

    finally able to jump on the #millennial hate trend 😍 so happy to be here #fyp @wholesam

    ♬ Miley acting up - Illumitati 📸

    In the meantime, I've gathered some intel on Generation Alpha (half serious, half poking a little fun). Here's what I've learned:

    1. According to mccrindle.com, Gen Alpha is considered to be anyone born between the years 2010 and 2024. And by the time they're all born in 2025, there will be almost 2 billion of them, making them "the largest generation in the history of the world." Here's a map that shows the countries where they had the largest birth cohort in 2020 (aka all the light blue ones):

    a map of the world
    u/SubNL96 / Via reddit.com

    Now that we've got the hard facts out of the way, let's move on to the cultural observations...

    2. They protest on Roblox:

    That’s Gen Alpha protesting virtually in an online game against israeli crimes in #Gaza, Palestine.

    This generation looks for the truth online, they will bankrupt all the major western media outlets. They don’t even know what a TV is. https://t.co/P58PtHHWoC

    — Bayan 𓂆 (@BayanPalestine) October 25, 2023
    Twitter: @BayanPalestine

    3. "Ohio," "skibidi," and "gyatt" are slang words:

    i still don’t understand how ohio is a gen alpha word along with skibidi and gyatt and whatever. like what is the context for just the name of a mid state being a slang word

    — tori (@toritoribonito) October 27, 2023
    Twitter: @toritoribonito

    4. Same with "fanum tax":

    @FanumTV wtf pic.twitter.com/W94YTsdera

    — trending topic 🦇 (@hunchogab) October 17, 2023
    Twitter: @hunchogab

    5. They think Sour Patch Kids are "too sour":

    I had some trick-or-treaters refuse sour patch kids as “too sour,” so…not sure what to think of Gen Alpha.

    — Amber Kennedy (@amberfi) October 31, 2023
    Twitter: @amberfi

    6. They love Cocomelon:

    Screenshot from "SpongeBob"
    u/RedditUsername_124 / Via reddit.com

    7. The think everything is bussin':

    Gen Alpha kid getting water bottle from trick or treating house: “man this water is bussin’”

    — jason (e/💿🎛️🎚️🎚️🎛️💿) (@Jarsen) November 1, 2023
    Twitter: @Jarsen

    8. They don't remember Obama being elected:

    This experience is the line draw between Gen Z and Gen Alpha https://t.co/t9diMSjsmK

    — Monica Lambeau 🫧 (@monicalambeau) October 31, 2023
    Twitter: @monicalambeau

    9. They watch and listen to things at 2x speed:

    Twitter: @yogurtpott

    10. Their humor is very confusing:

    gen alpha humor makes me feel like this like i understand all the words but they're not adding up to anything pic.twitter.com/giapNiSBYz

    — ♡ ℓ𝖚ℓ𝖚 𝕝𝕒𝕝𝕒𓂃⊹ ❍｡ (@maiden_posting) November 2, 2023
    Twitter: @maiden_posting

    11. And finally, in due time they'll be absolutely roasting Gen Z'ers:

    so excited for gen alpha to destroy gen z in 3 years the way we destroyed millennials. “🥺 👉👈” will be to them what “smol bean” was to us. we will be utterly humiliated

    — merzie (@theheckmouth) October 15, 2023
    Twitter: @theheckmouth