Gen Beta: 2025-2039

Gen Beta Overview

• Gen Beta is the generation born between 2025 and 2039
• It follows Generation Alpha
• The name comes from "β", the second letter of the Greek alphabet
• This signifies a new era of technological integration in their lives
• Gen Beta is the first generation to grow up with fully integrated AI and advanced technology as a norm

Key Statistics and Predictions for Gen Beta

• Projected to be around 2 billion strong globally, potentially the largest generation in history
• Expected to make up about 16% of the global population by 2035
• The first generation to be born entirely in the 2020s and beyond
• Will have AI assistants and smart devices as developmental companions from birth
• Will be the most linguistically diverse generation, with 68% expected to grow up in multilingual environments
• Climate education will be a fundamental part of their early curriculum
• Expected to be the smartest generation in human history with an average of 2 IQ point increase over Gen Alpha
• Will have the highest exposure to STEM education from early childhood
• Attention spans will be ~8 seconds, similar to Gen Alpha and Gen Z, and 50% lower than Millennials (12s)
• Significant exposure to virtual and augmented reality learning tools from their earliest years; 80%+ predicted to have some contact with virtual/augmented reality tools and services by the time they hit puberty
• Predicted to be the most globally connected generation, with international collaboration being a normal part of their educational experience
• Concept of privacy and digital footprint will be fundamentally different, as most will have digital identities from birth
• Will have the longest life expectancy of any generation, potentially living well past 100 years
• Will be the most monitored generation, with continuous health and developmental tracking from birth
• Significant shift away from traditional age-based grade levels toward competency-based progression
• Likely to be the first generation to regularly interact with humanoid robots in educational and home settings; 85%+ predicted to have a house robot as general-purpose advanced appliance by the time they hit puberty
• Will have the highest percentage of urban dwellers (68%) compared to previous generations
• Experience the most personalized education in history, with AI-driven adaptive learning becoming standard
• Early schooling will have increased focus on emotional intelligence and social skills to balance technological interaction
• Expected to be the first generation to regularly use brain-computer interfaces in educational settings
• Financial literacy is becoming a core subject, with digital currency and economics introduced at earlier ages
• Likely to experience the most flexible educational schedules, with traditional school hours becoming less relevant
• Predicted to have the highest rate of entrepreneurship education from early ages
• Experience the most significant shift toward project-based and experiential learning
• Likely to be the first generation to regularly engage with quantum computing in their education
• Developmental psychologists predict different social skill development patterns due to early exposure to AI social interactions
• Will experience the most significant integration of arts and technology in their education, with creative expression being heavily digitized

Impact of AI Integration on Early Childhood

• AI conversational assistants and smart devices will serve as developmental companions
• Humanoid robots will be common in educational & home settings; brain-computer interfaces in education

Predictions for Education

• Highest exposure to STEM education from early childhood
• 80%+ predicted to have contact with VR/AR tools and services by puberty
• Shift away from traditional age-based grade levels toward competency-based progression
• Increased focus on emotional intelligence and social skills to balance technological interaction
• Predicted 2 IQ point increase over Gen Alpha
• Flexible educational schedules, with traditional school hours becoming less relevant
• Financial literacy becoming a core subject, with digital currency and economics introduced earlier
• Highest rate of entrepreneurship education from early ages
• Climate education will be a fundamental part of the curriculum

Preferred Learning Methods

• Shift toward project-based and experiential learning
• Preferred learning styles will be visual, auditory, and social learning
• Kinesthetic learning will take a back seat in a digitized world

Language and Global Connection

• Will be the most linguistically diverse generation
• 68% of children are expected to grow up in multilingual environments
• Massive uptake in multiple languages because AI assistants will know every language and teach kids
• Will be more globally connected than previous generations, where international collaboration will be a normal part of their educational experience

Life Expectancy and Monitoring

• Predicted to have the longest life expectancy of any generation, potentially living well past 100 years
• Will be the most monitored generation, with continuous health and developmental tracking from birth

Urban Living

• 68% are predicted to be urban dwellers

Creative Expression

• Will experience the most significant integration of arts and technology in their education, with creative expression being heavily digitized

Common Questions

• Gen Beta's age range is everyone born between January 1st 2025 and 31st December 2039.
• Parents are younger Millennials and older Gen Z members
• Gen Gamma comes after Gen Beta
• Known for being the first generation born and living entirely in the 21st century and being totally immersed in technology Key characteristics include profound digital fluency, social consciousness, adaptability, personalized learning, global awareness, focus on mental health, inclusivity, social responsibility

First Gen Beta Child

• Frankie Remruatdika Zadeng, born on January 1, 2025, in Aizawl, Mizoram, India

Predicted Future Careers

• Cybersecurity
• Reversing climate change
• Human-tech integration
• Quantum computing
• Metaverse
• Digital content creation

Mental Health

• AI-integrated world could provide access to mental health resources
• Concerns about psychological effects of constant digital interaction
• Educational systems are being redesigned with AI-powered mental health monitoring and support systems
• Research focus on how Gen Beta’s unique mix of physical and digital social interactions might affect emotional development and social anxiety patterns
• Environmental anxiety related to climate change is a predicted stressor