The 9/11 terrorist attacks can't affect Gen Z so 1999 are definitely millennial because you had a two-year-old who died on 9/11, her name was Christine Lee Hanson. I wouldn't say most two-year-olds remember the attack but 2 year olds can remember traumatic events like 9/11 depending on how your family was acting that day because some families were panicking
@@TheLastMillennials The event would've been so traumatic that her brain would've blocked that memory. So I doubt that 2 year old's could've remembered that.
Born in 1998 here. And most of us born between 94-99 were born before HD flat screen TVs. Wifi Internet. Smartphones/touchscreens. We remember a life of playing outside and not having to have internet to play games.
Also this implication that kids don't play outside anymore is a total misnomer, I see kids tooling around outside all the time in my neighborhood. People have been saying that since the dawn of radio
@@JC-rl6ln you do not have the same experiences with those born in 95. You have more experiences with those born in 2005 then 95. You didn’t experience what 95 borns experience because you were just too young.
True zillennial culture is being told you're a millennial all your life then suddenly in your early adulthood being told you're actually gen z. But discovering neither side thinks you're a part of them. I was born in 99, when I mentioned being gen z to my cousins (who are like 2 and 4 years younger) they laughed in my face, saying I was definitely a millennial. All my young millennial friends Talk about me being a baby gen z. My mom swears I'm a millennial lmao. I gave up. My life isn't hinged on my generation
Definitely somethiing some Zillennials experience. It must be a little frustrating! Though that is true, your generation isn't something very important to your life.
It's crazy because I 100% relate to everything you said 😂 older people call me a millennial but im 99 so I'm definitely gen z but I only found that out recently when this whole gen thing happened. I just call myself old gen z....even if I don't want to
I was born I 2000 and I relate to a lot of what you said here. I was told that I was a millennial up until I started college. When I started college, everyone started saying that we were apart of this new generation that can't remember life before smartphones. Up until recently, I had a lot of generational confusion because I didn't feel like I fit in with Gen Z or Millennials. Most people also said that I wasn't a Zillennial either. However, I truly believe that I am a Zillennial now. This video perfectly described my generational experience. Regardless, you are totally right about life not being hinged on your generation. It really doesn't mean anything important.
Proud Zillennial/cusper here. Born in 1996. My childhood years felt more Millennial in the 00's and my teen years felt slightly more Gen Z in the early 10's but not in the same way current Gen Z culture has become. I feel like my teen years were smack bang in that limbo period between Millennial and Gen Z in the early 10's and thus I struggle to fully relate to either generation, which is why I'm a proud Zillennial. :)
I grew up watching Friends and SpongeBob and ED and Eddy and Kim Possible and singed field I remember the 90’s my generation is 1990-2000 and I was born 1997 97 millennial here)
I was born in late 1994, I was always told that I'm a Millennial but I always felt disconnected from the 80's Millennials as they're too old and in a different Phase of life and same with post 2000's gen Z as they're too young, as a 94 born I'm definitely a Zillenial and relate to most of the things you mentioned in this video.
You know you're a Zillennial if you remember the slang terms, 'da bomb', and 'da bomb diggity' in the 2000's. That is pure, unadulterated nostalgia for Zillennials and 00's kids right there! :)
Born in 1993 and this really described everything. I was having a conversation with 80s Millennials and we really did not have the same childhoods, and some major childhood movies were a mismatch between us. How ever talking to gen z makes me feel like a dinosaur.
As someone born in 1997 I find this video to be extremely accurate! You hit on most of the major themes that I see as benchmarks of my past. Thank you for helping me to better understand myself and other Zillenials ☺️
I was born in 1996. I turned 27 a few weeks ago and I can’t relate to Older Millennials or Younger Gen Z. It’s like I’m too young for Millennials and too old for Gen Z. I also remember playing outside with my brothers and friends and I remember a time before smart phones. I also remember when smart phones and social media became popular.
@@TheGenerations1I remember playing outside and shooting hoops and chillin with my friends and having Cell phones and mini 2way pagers 📟 and using Landline 📞 and I used house phones ☎️
I was born in 94' and i really think smartphones, myspace, facebook, youtube, instagram, snapchat, vine and even online gaming are really big markers for zillenials. We were the first kids to have to navigate Middle school and high school with the constant stream through out our whole day of news, school drama, internet memes, viral dances, etc. Which makes us relate heavily with zoomers however a lot of us remember a time before that where we could come home from school and not be connected to the internet like older millennials. I also think The Office is a show that a lot of Zillenials grew up on instead of older Millenials who would say Friends was their show.
And I remember sex and the city but I wasn't a fan of that show, really my parents wouldn't let me watch that show because sex was in the title but for some reason they didn't care about me watching other shows 😂
@@foreverandforever5118 I never said anything about remembering Friends. Friends aired from 94-04 So Zillenials weren’t the target audience at age 12 and younger. But The Office was airing when I was in Middleschool and through out highschool. I watched friends for the first time a couple years ago.
@@TheGenerations1 I'm 94 My brother is 97 I told him he was Gen Z and he yelled at me NO! I'm a millenial, Then I showed him the stats and he was like Well what are we, And I said I just say Zillenial I thought I coined the term ahaha I said it YEARS ago but Now i realize its an obvious term just didn't think people would also make it a thing on their own , Now I know how collective trends can spawn without ever hearing about it, We both Can't relate to either gen, He says his 22 year old friends seem so Insane to him with social media and there hype personas and I say millennial Just like pumpkin spice latte's and inspirational quotes with no real meaning LOL
I dated someone several years ago who was born in 1997 I’m from 1994 some people criticized me for it “what do you have in common with someone 3 years younger?” Me: pretty much everything....
That's funny! And that makes sense since you were both Zillennials. I'm not in range but I dated a couple of years younger in the past and found some things in common as well :)
My gf is from 1998 and I’m from 1994. We’re 4 years apart and we have a lot in common despite her being a gen z and me being a zillennial. Almost every show I’ve watched growing up, the bands etc.. she may have been younger but we vibe on the nostalgia. :) Guess what, I met her when she was 19 and I was 23. I’m turning 27 this year and she’s turning 23. So dating someone who’s younger isn’t as crazy as some people make it out to be.
Me as someone born in 1998 I felt always in this bucle stuck between Millenials and Gen Z and for one i was too young and for the other one i was too old so I'm glad finally I'm part of Zillenial, I love our generation we should speak out our generation!!!
@@chadwellington2524yessir but genz and zennials nobody care fr because look someone who was born in 04 will be 54 and someone who was born in 98 will be 61 lol you ain’t no difference with it
Zillennial culture is growing up Millennial as a little kid and Gen Z as a teenager, I was born in 1997 and I'm a Zillennial, my kid years were more Millennial while my teen years were more Gen Z so this fits very well.
April '97 born here. This was a great video! The only thing I would have stressed more in the social media section is the popularity of Tumblr. In addition to Facebook, Tumblr was HUGE during my teen years (specifically from 2010-2014). I feel like a lot of Zillennial culture was (and still is) a direct result of Tumblr (aesthetics, humor, discourse, etc.).
I watched Tumblr take over the Internet. It won. Its ideas and sense of humor spread to Twitter and now TikTok. I would argue it's for the worse. A lot of crazy, unhinged beliefs were prevalent on Tumblr, and now they're repeated in 10 second clips on TikTok.
I was struggling to finds my generation to where i fits on, i am 25 born in 1997, but after i figuring out how my childhood compared to those who were born on 2000's and my teenage years was, i realized that i was growing up between the completing culture of Millennials,early culture of Gen-Z & up to wild generation of Gen-Z. I am Zillennial♥️
Zellenials are the cool ones. Ipod nano, first iphone, early pre boomer pre politics facebook, OG ad-free youtube, actual pop music, mainstream alternative music still existed, DS, black ops zombies, guitar hero, dreamworks best movies, the list goes on
Totally what I grew up with being born in 2001. I’m also happy I grew up a little before social media took off too...so I still had a creative childhood playing outside unlike nowadays where kids started getting smartphones by age 10.
@Sadia Sharmeen because you weren't born yet, how can you relate to something before your time, that doesn't make any sense. Where as you can for the following years ahead as you are alive duh
i also remember when people started to switch from film cameras to digital ones, which was amazing at first. we also used these projectores a lot where you had to put in like the cars of the picures? and it would switch... been some time, im born 1999
I thought about mentioning cameras/photos also! It's hard to decide what to include. Disposables were also quite popular during the time we were shifting between film and digital.
I have a few years on you (end of 1992) but remember getting my first digital camera at age 11 in 2004 and although it was a piece of crap, I took pictures of everything with it... most of my 12th birthday money went to a new 3.2 megapixel Canon PowerShot A75 several months later, the fact that thing could hold like 500 pictures at quality just as good as a film camera blew my little mind. Also I remember being kind of sad that they made cameras that were designed to be used to take only 20-30 pictures and then be discarded... August 16, 2023 2:34 am
I was born in 1996 so I'm firmly in the zillennial camp. I remember feeling this way back in 2016 before this discussion became mainstream. I'm too young to be a 90s kid (meaning actually growing up in the 90s) but too old to be a 2010s kid aka the kids born after 2000.
Yeah I think those of us born in the mid to late 90s are definitely more so 2000s kids than 90s kids, I was born in 1995 and I barely remember anything about the 90s. But the 2000s were the prime years of my childhood.
I was born at the beginning of '95, my husband was born in '90 and there's surprisingly alot we don't have in common in terms of cultural shared experience / memories (pop culture, world events, etc) just from those 5 years' difference. I have friends who were born in the '80s and I struggle to relate to them, they're "too old" in terms of their time growing up vs my own. My friends born '94 to '99 I completely relate to all of them and their memories and experiences. I think I'm perhaps a Zillenial lol.
@Sadia Sharmeen that’s because you’re extremely young, once you get past your 20s, generational difference of 3 years isn’t going to matter. A 33 and 30 year old is a lot different from a 6th grader and 9th grader
In 92 and find the same with my sister from 89. I think the emergence of the internet, and how early some of us got on it... Really influenced these shared experiences and differences. I was ok the internet in like 98 already, getting geekd up. My sister and older brother wasn't. There's no way my 39yr old brother and i are the same generation. The vast majority of my closest friends are from 92-98 age range. I also was only 8 yrs old during 911 and the only thing I remember is watching it in class... The rest of the event is a haze. I often call myself zillenial
I just found this video. You hit the nail on the head with this one. I was born in 96’ I'm 27 and I could never relate to the younger Gen-Z 22-23 or younger. I’ve always felt disconnected from Millennials or Gen-Z. I remember vaguely my moms reaction to 9/11, I remember the Great Recession of 2007/2008, other events during the 00s like the televised invasion of Iraq, etc. I played outside most of the time I didn’t grow up with internet until we got it in 2010-2011. Im experiencing adulthood rn, paying bills, rent, car note, & wrapping up my degree in college. Great video! Accuracy is 💯
Born in 2000 and feel much more like a Zellenial than a part of Gen Z. Watched Kim Possible, Cory in the House, Thats so Raven, etc I remember only using VHS as a little kid and then transitioning to CDs, still had organized hazing clubs in High School haha, I remember when they made it a law for kids to wear helmets on bikes, smoking indoors at restaurants, some of my friends had flip phones, got a smartphone when I was 14. I'm also from a smaller town so I think it would make sense for people where I grew up to experience these changes slightly later.
@@TheGenerations1 Location definitely, I am 03 but I was born in Croatia that was actually struck by a really bad war in the 90's, so we were kinda late with everything,most people born there from 99-03 would probably relate more to being a zillennial then pure genZ
I was born in 2000 and before I heard this generation, I used to describe myself as younger millennial or older genz, and towards 2010 I also grew up with high school musical hannah montana Victorius, i carly, serials I used msn, my first smart phone was in 2015, before that I was using BlackBerry. I really think this is the generation that defines us best, we're in the middle 😂
It’s interesting to note that the term Gen Z hasn’t existed for very long, so people who were born in the late 90s spent their entire childhoods and teens only knowing the term millennial and being considered a millennial. It’s jarring to suddenly have people saying you’re gen z, especially when you only identify with some of the things of that generation. Zillenial makes perfect sense to me. Born 1998.
exactly! I’m ‘04 and was told I was a millennial when I was young and had even remembered searching on google for my generation and getting the result that I am the last year of millennial. all of a sudden it changed and now I am gen z but I don’t connect with gen z as much and feel kinda the odd one out.
My one grandma born in 1945 said something like that with Baby Boomers, she grew up being considered a Baby Boomer and told her birthyear was the first year of the baby boom and still thinks of herself as one, but now is classified as part of the Silent Generation (what used to be divided up into War Babies and Depression Babies). Born in 1996, I definitely relate to the whole "I don't fit in a generation" thing. I think those of us born in the 1996-1998 range especially get that.
Holy crap same!!! All of the media mentioned I’m familiar with! Those were all apart of my childhood and teenage hood. Except for the music. I’m more of a cinematic music kind of person. Like Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Howard Shore, etc.
Born in October 1999 and I relate to this so much. 1. I was 2 years old so I don’t remember 9/11 but I remember hearing the theory that it was an inside job a couple years after. The only closest thing for me as a kid was Hurricane Katrina & the Recession of 2008. 2. I remember using VHS tapes to watch movies and how they were promoting Blueray like crazy. 3. I was a big fan of the Emo style & music (although in Da Club was my jam, I heard it on the radio) as a little kid but I was young & whenever I passed by my local Hot Topic was to scared as it was so dark in there. 4. I remember going from the school computer lab to using tablets in class. 5. I remember seeing the transition from flip phones to iPhones and start Cyberbullying turning into toxic part of Cancel Culture. Also early TH-cam was the best along with Poptropica.
Cool, thanks for the comment! Yeah, there was some competition with DVDs and Blu-ray for a bit and then streaming came along as well. Lol at being scared of Hot Topic. I hadn't heard of Poptropica (I think). Looks interesting!
@@chadwellington2524 Generation Y/Millennials the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, comprising primarily the children of the baby boomers and typically perceived as increasingly familiar with digital and electronic technology. 83.1 million people or more than a quarter of the U.S. population, can be considered Millennials by most definitions. The younger millennials were arguably the last generation to have an internet-free childhood. The generation's size exceeds that of the 75.4 million baby boomers. Generation Z/Zoomers the generation born in the 2000s and 2010s, comprising primarily the children of the Gen X'ers and typically been raised with screens, smartphones and are the most tech savvy, very much influenced by vloggers and internet celebs.
@@TheLastMillennials just be a zillenial like you are.. yu say you wre born 97, millennials had VHS, you had DVD, millenials had gameboy color, you had DS and other handheld devices, millenials remember late 90s and early 2000s zillenials dont really and remember more mid 2000's/late 2000's, different tv shows/movies, millennials had dismans, zillenials had ipods/mp3, millennials remember 9/11 and millennium year, zillenials dont
Born in 1995 so I definitely got to grow up with VHS, DVD, the original Xbox, the Xbox 360, the Suite Life of Zach and Cody, and the Great Recession...I also remember going to Blockbuster and Hollywood Video and Netflix originally being a DVD/Blu-Ray mail service first BEFORE a streaming service.
@@TheLastMillennials I wasn't sure how many shows to include haha Those also ran a tad earlier so I think many Zillennials would have watched re-runs moreso (just depends) but they are good shows :) I watched all of them, just recently re-watched Sister Sister actually! And thank you
@@TheGenerations1 yeah, sister sister ended in the 90s so it was reruns but the OGs remember Drake bell and josh peck was on amanda show before Drake and josh cameout in 2004 when I was 7 or 8
1993 baby here. growing up I had two younger siblings who are unquestionably zillennials and most of my friends were a year or more younger than me. I definitely related more to your description of this micro generation than zoomers or millennials.
I was born in 2000 and I've always considered myself part of Gen Z but in a different way than someone born in a year like 2005. I can remember things like VCRs, CD players, renting DVDs, floppy disks, even stuff like toy commercials with singing in them. But on the other hand, while i remember before the internet was ubiquitous in our everyday lives, I don't remember a world from before the internet existed. 2000 birth years may also be the last ones to know what Saturday morning cartoons are. A few networks like CBS, ABC, and FOX showed cartoons on Saturday mornings. Although I can't relate to older generations like Millennials and Gen X who only got to see cartoons on Saturday morning. I'm thankful that I finished high school before COVID and got to experience the first 1 3/4 years of my college life before COVID as well. The fear I felt in spring 2020 was like the fear I felt in 2009 of the H1N1 pandemic all over again.
Interesting. I was born in late 2000 and graduated in 2019. Although covid messed up HS for the class of 2020, it also messed up college for us. I feel no different from my 2001-2003 born peers. I consider myself to be early gen z. Many of the pop culture things mentioned in this video I vaguely remember, but didn't engage in that much.
Well, the Internet existed from the 1960s, but I guess what you actually mean is when it started being used in most households which is probably around the mid-90s, when the Web took off.
@@gnu_andrew True, it was invented in 1968. And most people probably had access to it starting around 1996 (from what I was told there was a few years time period where most people could only use the internet at school or at the library) but I meant as a kid in the 00s, the internet was just another thing to do. I meant that for example I didn't have 1000 pictures of me posted to social media back then by my parents (social media didn't even exist at the time, it was just social networking and mostly used by teenagers) and most things didn't require an internet connection or cell phone to use.
As a 97 zillennial, I don’t have a vivid memory of 9/11 although I was born/alive when it occurred, my childhood was primarily absent of technology, although not to the same degree as millennials who had Walkmen and tapes. I remember the iPod nano being huge as well as movie rental stores such as blockbusters. Flip phones where common among people until their mid- later half of high school when smart phones first started coming out. Instagram, tumblr, vine, Snapchat, lime wire and TH-cam where all massive forms of entertainment with some of the memorable OG videos being: Charlee the unicorn, salad fingers, don’t hug me I’m scared, college humour etc. Hannah Montana, Kim possible, suit life of Zach and Cody, living life with Derek and that so raven where ALWAYS on
Honestly guys to anyone over 45+ anyone in their teens or 20s or even 30s are Millenials. You think 1997 is a mindfuck? Try being born in the dead center of the 1990s (MID 95 at that) and not even being considered a 90s kid much less a definitive Millennial or Zoomer. In reality though I guess I’ll just be a Millenial.
@@lucasjohnstone6419Aren’t Zillennials Young Millennials and older Gen Z? Hence Zillenial because young Millennials and older Gens have things in common.
My sisters were both millennial, about 8 years apart. I was born 97. I basically was around their millennial stuff like a lot VHS and music, MySpace, and a bunch of other things. But when they moved out and I got older I started to become increasingly influenced by the gen z cultural output. Especially the over use of technology and isolation.
Born in 1999, on paper I'm a Gen Z but I consider myself a Zillennial because I didn't grew up with the internet as a kid as it was more popular with adults than kids when I was growing up so smartphones, social media and technology in general became a thing to me when I was a teenager so I can relate a lot to Zillennial culture.
2001 here and I honestly relate to pretty much all of the characteristics of zillennials. Grew up with shows like drake and josh zoey 101 suit life of zack and Cody but also and Hannah Montana wizards of waverly place. I feel like I have a very similar childhood to Zillennials but I’m not sure tbh. The definition is 1995-1998 but other says it’s till 2000 or 2002. Literally everything you mentioned I would check all of the boxes though.
You're only a zillennial if you were alive for 9/11, late 2001 and 2002 are just early gen z that relate to late millennials or zillennials. Core gen z starts in 2003 or 2004
@@TheLastMillennials I’m unsure if that counts for me I didn’t grow up in the U.S so I don’t see that as the dividing factor. It also depends on where you’ve grown up
Thanks for the comment! Definitions do seem to vary so I tried to just report on some of the birth year ranges currently used rather than try to choose any myself while also covering other things which seem to be a part of the Zillennial experience.
Within the U.S. I do think it would make sense that Zillennials were alive for 9/11 (like the Last Millennials said) but outside of it things could be different (or if you have a different perspective on birth years). And it doesn't take away from relating to aspects of it I suppose :) Kind of like those circles from Reddit. Edit: I do seem to be getting a number of 01 borns who say they relate, though it seems!
2000 born here and I definitely relate to this! I don't think I fit with either millenials or gen z. I grew up watching That's so Raven, Kim Possible, Suite life of Zack and Cody and Suite life on deck
I never related to the old 90's kids but also never related to the young TikTok/Fortnite kids that are still a part of gen Z for some reason, but I do relate to Zillennials. So can I consider myself a Zillennial, despite the Zillennial generation being often exclusive to people born in the 90's? But I'm born in *2001!* And I don't find myself often relating to people born in 2003 or after. But instead relate to people mostly born between 1996-2002. I personally think the Zillennial birth years should end on 2002.
I was born in 2001, meaning I am 20 now. I think I am a zillennial. I don't see how I could be considered Gen Z when they are teenagers. My family owned a VCR and DVD player. But VCRs were a huge part in my childhood before that. I loved Kim Possible, Thats so Raven, Sweet Life of Zach and Zoey AND on deck, hannah montana was a big one, and wizards of wavily place. I had a sliding keyboard phone when I was 9 or 10.
Thanks for the input and glad you relate to some things. There are certain years that when people do identify with it I would say there is no doubt they are, but outside of that, I don't want to tell anyone they are or are not a Zillennial (maybe if they are from way outside of the suggested ranges). One thing to note is that people in certain years are grouped into the Millennial generation OR Generation Z but year ranges vary and it depends on where you look. People who fall into those disputed years/years at the beginning or end don't always relate to either generation, so we have Zillennials.
You are gen z, your expierence and stuff you watched doesn’t change the fact that you were born in the 2000s. In ten-15 years no one will car about the age difference of 1995-2005
You really nailed the whole term for the Zillenials! I’m ‘97 {the true spearhead of GenZ}! I know good & well that I’m not a millennial, but I can’t ignore the fact that I have so much more in common with them {late millennials} than I do the true core of GenZ! I knew how to WORK a VHS! I was a huge fan of Hunger Games & Twilight {read all them book!📚😉✨}. I would say the main animes for us were Naruto/Naruto Shippuden and One Piece. Throw in Attack on Titan as well! I remember in the third grade, we had Tamagotchis, plus I had those rexlace plastic lacing! My first cellular device was a BlackBerry {with the whole keyboard}. The whole era of skinny jeans started when I was in the sixth grade, and I still feel that they are in style!!! And when I was also in middle school emo style was the THING!!! Not to mention Facebook was popping too! Twitter was also mentioned but I didn’t get that until my freshman year of high school! {2011}
millennial (1981~1992) (the former 1981~1986 / the latter 1987~1992) zillennial (1993~1998) gen z (1999~2010) (the former 1999~2004 / the latter 2005~2010) It's a very useful video To tie up the current generation, It's ideal to be defined like this In fact, zillennial was born in 1993-1998 It's being categorized 15 years is also too long
en una epoca modernista y globalista no puede existir una generacion mas corta que la del silencio que fueron de 10 años eso es imposible ahi se ve el engaño gigantesco es una generacion inventada y reacomodada a la misma ala que pertenecemos que es la millenaials
I was born in 2000 and this was an absolutely perfect description of the things that I grew up with. Most people consider my birth year pure gen z but I often feel quite out of place in Gen Z. I am really glad that you made this video. This really cleared up a lot of generational confusion for me. I know for sure that I am Zillennial now.
I'm not quite sure you fit into the Zillennial category, but a lot of early 2000s borns like you clearly share many of the same experiences, like my little sister born in 03 who still remembers these shows, had vhs tapes, grew up with crt televisions, and remember when the internet wasn't everywhere. Perhaps you are cuspers OF the cusp itself. Generations are so confusing. We are simply the young people of the world, longing for our shot at changing it.
@@aguy7848 Yes. Definitely. Everything in this video applies to people my age. I'm not really sure what you could call people my age but this video definitely describes my experience well. I guess it makes sense because people my age are closer in age to the cusp than we are to middle gen z. (depending on what you consider gen z.) It almost feels like those born from 1997-2003 are apart of our own mini-cohort.
I was born in 2000. I resonated with all this info and loved that you acknowledged that upbringing, class, environment, etc. can influence your experiences. It seems very well researched! :)
I was born in late 93, honestly i consider anyone in my generation as being in high school when I was. So for me it would be 1989-1992 when I was a freshman. Then 1994-1997 when I was a senior.
I agree! I'm late 90s but personally I feel I'm a mix. I am closer to 2000s than I am to you and I feel I link more to 2000s babies than an early 90s baby but still link? Gosh it's confusing ahahaj
Born in 2001, I consider my birthyear to be the last of the Zillennial cusp. I draw the line because we graduated before the pandemic and had some adult experience in a pre-COVID world (it makes a big difference, the world may be open again but people are far less friendly than they were in 2019). Our childhoods were shaped both by pop culture trends in traditional media and online media, but we remember a world before social media. We were the last group to not have to worry about our parents putting our baby photos on the internet for all to see (my parents wouldn't have done that anyway, but I mean as a general trend).
It is bothering me that Zillenial goes until '99 for many. I was born in '01 (in Germany) and had an relatively internet-free childhood, I played outside, I watched films on VHS, our camera also went on VHS, I had my first mobile phone when I was around 10 years old and it was a button phone. I can remember renting films in the video store, etc. The outfits and music were all more 90s. In addition, I was always in the same class with people who were born in '99, '00 and '01, which is why the way we behaved and how we were perceived back then was the same. I grew up like my brother, who was born in '98. Even with people after 2002-2003, I can no longer identify myself. It's a strange feeling not to be understood that I'm not a clear Gen-Z. My way of life is Gen-Y but my year of birth is more Gen-Z? For '97 - '01 maybe also '02 there should be a generation of its own. If you were born in these years, you understand that the children from 2003 or maybe only from 2004 behave differently than people who were born before.
Even though it’s mainly categorized for people 1994 to 1998, you could always identify with either one depending on which you relate to. I was talking with my twin brother about this type of stuff the other day, our childhood sounds extremely similar to yours! I’m an 01. Haha Glad there’s others that also feel this way...FYI I’m glad I had somewhat of a childhood without social media I played outside and had so much imagination without being glued to smartphones at 10 or 11. I also didn’t get my first smartphone until 2013.
I was born in 1999 and I grew in the 2000s before social media and iPhones were invented. I grew up watching old Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, BET and MTV shows with my older siblings. I used to be obsessed with Hannah Montana, High School Musical, The Cheetah Girls, That's So Raven, etc. And I miss watching 106 & Park and MTV airing music videos. I wish I could go back to the good times but I gotta move forward. Still a proud Zillenial.
As someone born in 02, I consider myself and other early 2000s as zillennials as well since all remember 2000s-early 2010s stuff and grew up with 90s and 2000s technology such as VHS.
You were 6 in 2008. It doesn't matter what you consider yourself to be. You missed out a majority of the early to mid 00s. You're a late 00s-early 10s kid at best.
Honestly, before I found some Zillenials talking about their experience online, I thought that I was the only one saying certain things. I thought that I was from a parallel universe because I remembered both Hey Arnold and Icarly and everything in between. Yet that makes perfect sense because the last episode of Hey Arnold was only four years before the first episode of Icarly. In a way we've maybe labeled things from the past into a hole to the point that it doesn't even match the reality. I was born in late 97. I do have a somewhat better memory than average because I've always been a deeply sentimental person. I also remember a time when stores sold VHS. (Along side DVD which was the main medium at that point and was phased out in my early childhood) We were renting DVDs in middle school and this was seen as utterly normal. Btw this was in a suburb in the US.
I've always felt confused and disconnected from this whole "generation" thing, I don't feel like I solely belong to a generation and just in my own thing, that was until you made this video! This video spoke to me on a personal level, it's like we're finally understood and out of this generational purgatory! I was born in March 2000 and it's the range of years that's really all over the place in this regard. For context of geographical location I'm British.
@@belstar1128No because in reality it is not a question of decade besides in the 19th century people did not worry about it, people born in 1999 and people born in 2001 grew up with the same things and yet they are not not from the same decade While a person born in 1992 for example has not experienced the same things as a person born in 1999 and yet they are from the same decade, it is not as simple
@@Guapo54 Yea but its better than comparing someone born in 1980 with someone from 1997.like when i went to school the kids born in 1990 were still at the same school .when i was a few years older and about to graduate there were kids born in 1999 in the same school .but people born in 1980 were graduating high school when i was entering kindergarten .
If the majority of your childhood (ages 3-13) was in the 2000s, you’re probably a Zillennial. This pretty much qualifies 1992-2001. 92-94 lean more Millennial, 95-97 are right in the middle, and 98-01 lean more Gen Z.
Childhood or biological child is considered between birth and puberty childhood is generally under 12. 13 is usually early adolescent/coming of age. I don’t see how 92 93 and maybe 94 ish can be considered zillennial since I usually don’t see cutoffs for millennials and z going that early. I would say 95 to 2000 is more zillennial or 1994 ish to 2001ish. I guess you can say and assume 95/96 lean millennial, 1997/1998 middle, and after 98 leaning z but then again I think the whole leaning this or that is stupid because these generation stuff is arbitrary especially in view point. Anyone born in the zillennial range can decide for themselves who they feel more, less, equal too. Antonio ranges are created by demographers all having different views so their is not widely excepted one between who comes up with them but your free to cherry pick for yourself 95,00,829780 whatever. Overlapping makes sense.
Hi, I know this is an old comment but I wholeheartedly agree. The microgeneration is much larger than people would like to consider and with every generation it's always going to be give or take a few years even within transition periods. I always explain the Zillenials that lean more Millennial, etc., this exact same way.
@@justinmoore3217 5 years is logically not a wide enough range to be a generational transition period. The transitional period starts AROUND (because it's never a set in stone year obviously that makes no sense) 1993. It's so strange to me how people will try to make it just a few years shorter as if someone born in 93 would not have the same upbringing as someone born in like 95, lol. Things take time, they don't just shut off the baby valve after a particular year then start going: "Raise all these babies from now on completely different than the ones born a year or two before them!" Lol.
agreed. i'm late 92 so people generally say "ew, core/late millennial" but i just. . .can't relate to them. ~millennials~ are a foreign species to me, for multiple reasons, and i can never see myself in their shoes when people do studies on millennials and how their attitudes are. in the end, most laymen's hard year opinions are gatekeeping the cultural identities they feel connected to.
2000 baby but tended to be on the "older" side with my personality ive always noticed that theres this micro/cusp going on because even though my sibling is only 2 years younger than me and we are both "gen z" there's this huge discrepancy on what we identify with and relate to in this regard. I would still consider myself an early gen z even though i relate to almost all of the points being brought up in the video because even in the zillenial bubble i would be on the young side. There are just a few things I remember being different about the class only a year or two above mine. I find it hard to identify with the core gen z (14-18) in terms of social media usage but i find it even harder to relate to proper core millennials. Pretty strange how rapid society is changing that we are seeing this ripple effect in real time of worldview and experiences.
Hi Juli! Makes sense, the world has been changing a lot in this time. Just out of curiosity, what is an example of something you feel is different from your sibling?
@@TheGenerations1 Hi! Thanks for your question. I actually think it’s quite interesting how small things can make such a difference. I will be using my sibling as a primary example but will be keeping in mind the differences I observed between both of our friend groups and classmates as well. For context, my sibling has just become a legal adult and I am only a few months away from the drinking age in the US. I no longer live in the states and have been able to legally drink for 5 years now, whereas my sibling has not left. The biggest thing I feel is that we had a very different experience with technology as a whole. I can clearly remember a time in our childhood that we used VHS, Cassette tapes, CD’s, a CRT TV and had limited time on a desktop computer (only educational games). These memories are mostly from a time before we moved (2006) when I was 6 and they were 4, which are not clear to my sibling at all. Tech advanced drastically as we (our parents) shifted to DVD/Blu-Ray, Smart phones, flat screens, laptops, iPods/iTunes and received our first consoles (Wii and PS2). I was watching (2008-2016) Kim Possible, SpongeBob, ATLA, Drake & Josh, H2O, Sweet Life of Zack and Cody and On Deck but also iCarly, Phineas and Ferb, Adventure Time , Steven Universe, Supernatural, Sherlock, South Park and Big Bang Theory. I was reading (2010-2014) Divergent, Maze Runner, Percy Jackson, Eragon, Hunger Games, and had gotten into online public writing forums like Wattpad by 2014. I received my first phone in middle school, a Samsung with a slide keyboard, to communicate to our parents as I was going to a school farther away for the 1st time. My sibling only received their 1st phone starting middle school as well. By that time, most people had a smartphone, Vine was brand new, Instagram was exploding, Facebook had been around for a decade, and Twitter and Snapchat were not far behind the others. TH-cam was beginning to be accepted as a job. My sibling got an iPhone 6 and I upgraded to a Galaxy S5 (2013-2014), but our parents discouraged social media use. I believe that my personal reluctance to engage in social media as I moved into HS strengthened the feelings of disconnect between myself and my siblings age group. Nowadays, most people my age that I know are less likely to use TikTok and Snapchat but rather Twitter and Reddit. TikTok only became popular after I had already left for university. Both age groups are on the internet almost constantly, the definitely use Instagram and TH-cam, possibly Discord, and have very similar tastes in music. Neither use Facebook if only to have a page for University. I personally do not have, TikTok or Twitter and rarely use anything other than YT. I use IG and Snap for communication with friends and do not post. Outside of tech, the social norms amongst teens changed drastically between 2014 and 2016. The year I entered High School vs. The year my sibling did. Vaping had become a social norm, recreational use of cannabis in my state was legalized, Kpop broke into the global sphere, the 2016 election occurred and political division was apparent. This was what my sibling started their HS experience with and I believe it made a significant difference. The pandemic destroyed my sibling’s Senior year of HS and Freshman year of college, whereas it is affecting my internships, job prospects and my final year of Uni. I have to enter the job market in August. My sibling will finally be able to live on campus (they were unable to move out of our parents house), experience college life and have an Uni class in person. This difference feels staggering to me but please let me know what you think. I feel so old and so young at the same time. A cusp of a cusp. 😂
@@Juli-zg7sj Hi Juli, I just typed out a really long reply to you and then accidentally clicked out ugh! So I'm just going to say thank you for your thorough response :) I like hearing more insight from people of different birth years so I can better understand things as well. I actually didn't think about the shift away from desktop computers. That is interesting. And the cannabis and vaping culture shift does seem pretty significant. I think you do seem to have a fair bit in common with many Zillennials! It's good to hear about these details.
It never made sense to have 15 year spans. Like 1985-2000.. the difference between someone born in the mid 80s compared to the mid to late 90s is quite remarkable
I always have felt very “Zillennial”. Dec 2000 here (just turned 21!). I feel like my cultural humor includes lots of elements from the 90s because my Millennial sister handed down a lot of her movies and stuff to me as a kid.
I am a zillennial born in May 1998. I don’t remember 9/11 event but I remember all the War Propaganda and the first troops returning in 2003 because my aunt was in the War, 2004 Olympics, 2005 Hurricane Katrina, 6/6/06 the movie the Omen came out, 2007 the iPhone was released, then the 2008 Olympics and Stock Market Crash because of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac going bankrupt, then Obama becoming President, the a mini Pandemic of H1N1, 2010s was middle school/high school years. Which all centered around mass school shootings, North Korea Nuclear Threats, 2014 a Meteor hit in Russia. Just so much physical calamity on a macro level scale but nothing on a microscopic scale affecting the macro scale as whole i.e. COVID-19 Pandemic. And nothing like H1N1 which was more of localized micro epidemics on a macro scale. This pandemic is worse because everyone and everything was affected.
This is such a great, thorough video for 13 mins. I love how you touched on the recession and other factors such as geography and age differences. I was born in 1993. My parents were hurt terribly by the recession. They brought their house right when the recession hit, they both lost their jobs, and we lost insurance. Money was really tight and I remember there was always constant worry about gas prices. I remember going without new clothes and not as much food. I graduated in 2011 in San Francisco. The economy was still pretty rough but I was in San Francisco and it was, and still is absolutely terrible out there. I struggled until 2015. The only reason why things got better is because I moved out of the Bay Area. Not sure if I'm a zillennial. I don't relate at all with Gen Z. Thank you for such an amazing video!
Thank you, Hannah and thanks for sharing! And the economy was defintely still rough in 2011. Not specificially San Francisco, but I've lived in the Bay Area a few time as well and am familiar with it. It's often a struggle there because when you lose your job, everything is so expensive! And it seems it's not so uncommon to lose it. Some '93ers identify as Zillennials and some feel the Millennial label alone is more correct (though you can also be both). Up to you, glad you enjoyed the video :)
I was born in 2000 and I definitely consider myself a zillenial. My childhood was in the 2000s and I had the quintessential zillenial 2000s experience. We are constantly grouped with people born in like 2006 for example even though they barely even remember the 2000s. They had their childhood in the 2010s while I entered elementary school in 2005 before they where even born and I am a 2000s kid, it is a stark contrast in terms of experiences. My first vague memories where from late 2002 so I can also remember the early 2000s. It kinda pisses me off that we are gatekept by neckbeards on reddit sometimes just for being born in 00. They will even say things like "1999 is pure zillenial while 2000 is pure Z" -_-. they act like we grew up drastically different from someone born in 1998 or 1999 which is just ridiculous. We literally grew up with the same exact things. We fall into the gen z/y cusp as well since cuspers are typically born 3 years before a generation and 3 years after I think right? The pew research gen z range and almost all other gen z ranges start gen z in 1997 so the cusp would include those born between 1997-2000. Plus before gen z became a thing the millennial range used to include 2000 and I was told I was a millennial while growing up. The U.S census still classifies me as a millennial too. We have all the zillenial traits like being born under clinton, born in the 20th century, we became teens in the early 2010s and graduated H.S in the 2010s, we where all alive when 9/11 occured, etc... Sure I can't remember 9/11 but I was still alive and walking when it happened. Most late 90s babies can't remember it either. Regardless of what labels people put on us I am a zillenial and proud Y2K baby, I love my birth year and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
@@labased2539 Nope, zillennials. Gen Z starts in 95 so ofc anyone 95-2010/11 is Z. But we are zillennials due to being close in age with millennials and relating to all the same stuff.
@@cutiedopo17 Sorry you’re Gen-Z, as much as you wouldn’t like to be. Anyone born after 9/11 doesn’t count as a Zillennial My sister was born in 03 and she’s nothing like the people in my age group lol. I only ever hang out with people born in 1996-1999 since we were all together during the elementary, middle, & high school. Most people born during the mid to later 90s that I know have kids, wrapping up college like myself, have their own places, established a career, etc. I don’t know anyone born in 2002 tbh nor have I ever talked to anyone born around that time.
born in 95 in non usa and almost like 85% resonated with me..nickolodeon , cartoon network was my life,9/11 had heard about it but din't realise it's gravity similar event happened that marked us happened here in my coutry..avtaar , bit of hannah montana , few other shows, jimmy neutron,music became more important since my highschool still listedned to it though,linkin park , shakira tinsy bit, taylor during her early days like love story ..some of lifetime best experiences were those..young adult about to start my working life may be in next 12 month but man i think all of us enjoyed these points you said.
I got my first cell phone, a Samsung Rant, with the slide out keyboard, when I was 13, a few months before I turned 14. Those phones were amazing. I first got social media account on Facebook, a few months later in May of 2009 when I was 14. I didn't get my first smartphone until my Freshman year of College.
@@ThePhl4ever Oh sorry did I put Kim Possible with Nickelodeon? I wasn't originally going to include it so maybe that's how things got mixed up. Glad some of this resonated with you :)
I definitely relate to this, being born in late '95. The defining feature of millennials is that they came of age or joined college / the workforce right around the height of the 2008 recession, but I was still in middle school at the time and only experienced it through the anxieties of my parents as they saw their income lowered during those years. However, I also ended up going to an expensive private college and struggled to get a career in the field I studied which also seems to be the millennial experience whereas Gen Z seems to be more cautious of going to college or do it cheaper. I grew up on Kim Possible and know what her beeper tone was even though I didn't fully understand what a "beeper" or pager was until later in life. I also knew of dial-up but didn't grow up on it. I also grew up with a corded wall phone in the house and didn't get my first cell phone (an LG Chocolate slide out keyboard) until 7th grade and didn't get my first smartphone until early mid-high school.
Xennials: 1978-1983 (Forbes Website) Millennials: Around 1984-1992 Zennials: 1993-1998 (The Black Sheep Agency Website) Generation Z: Around 1999-2007 Zalphas: Around 2008-2013 Generation Alpha: Around 2014-2022 I was born in 1995, I identify as a Zennial. 🙂
@@zymeerwhitman8761 I'm late 90s and I feel more Gen z than millenial. My friends who are early 2000s we are legit the same and everyone else older than me says I'm not a true millenial, I'm a gen z ahaha. I think it depends
Where’s my chemical romance in the emo shout out! They were my idols as a young emo kid! Lol almost everyone in my generation who was into their emo phase, listened to them. Great video btw, I relate.
1993✌🏼 I grew up with siblings born in the 80s and a younger sibling born in 1999 so I grew up with literally ALL the TV shows mentioned. But it’s different when it comes to events. I was 7 when 9/11 happened and remember my 3rd grade class being cancelled that day (which is weird bc I lived in LA). I honestly didn’t even know the housing market crashed in 2008 (I was 14 then) ngl I found out about it 3 years ago. When it comes to socials MySpace and Facebook was taboo because I was “too young” to have one when they came out but that didn’t stop me 💅🏼 vine(rip) sc tiktok I use all of them. I def feel strung in between the two generations so I guess that makes me zillennial..
Apparently, zillennials were born between 1992 and 1998. I finally feel like my tiny generation has a name and is being recognized! I’m too young to remember the Walkman but too old to have watched Wizards of Waverley.
@@Hsasummer 92-93 is everything on this video to a T. They were under 18 when the recession happened, were too young to remember how big Y2K was, won’t remember the 90s, we’re little kids during 9/11 and won’t know the true extent of it but may remember it. Graduated in the 2010s, and had smartphones in high school
1995 born, I identify more with being a cusper than a millennial. I remember 9/11 mainly because we got sent home early from school and I just thought it was strange because all my mother told me was that some bad guys did something in New York and we live in western Canada.... Didn't make much sense at the time. We had computers and dial up internet in my house because my dad's always been an early adopter of different tech, no matter what it is. That sound will forever be engrained in my memory. I even remember ALWAYS having a computer in my room starting at maybe 4 years old, I just never used it because I didn't really know how and thought it was boring. I was probably 9 or 10 before I really started getting into computers, had a Myspace, Nexopia account, used to play Runescape, Habbo Hotel and Neopets. My first phone was a Samsung flip at 13/14 but I only had one friend with one so I'd find out where everyone was by calling their house and asking their parents, or just biking around until I found the house with all my friends bikes out front. Facebook was the dumbest thing ever and I hated it, my parents actually got on it first. We were the first class at my middle school to be issued laptops by the school district... yeah that only lasted one year, everyday there was always some kid with a broken laptop that they dropped down the stairs or something, they ended that program and I don't think they've given kids laptops ever since. Used to be on Tumblr when it was good, Snapchat came out when I was still in high school but I didn't sign up for it until I was maybe 18 just because no one I knew was on it yet. A lot of my "millennial" peers are either settling in to a career or marriage by now which I'm not ready for and my "gen z" friends are busy doing TikTok challenges and partying every night which I just don't understand (The tiktok part atleast, the partying stuff I'm just over with by now). This is a weird ass generation to be part of.
'95 dude here, born 9/9/95 (we do it DD/MM/YY not MM/DD/YY where im from but its the same coincidentally lol). anyways, I got the urge to just start writing this completely random reply to a fellow cusper from across the world, a sudden refresh the archives of a stranger's brain recalling a random memories that are absoultely uncalled for or interesting to read but anyways I'm bored at work so gonna write so that my boomer dickhead boss thinks I'm doing tasks that I automated with AI months ago and still getting paid to come to work and pretend to do shit. Enjoy the random dude's memory of 9/11/01, and some random crap at the end. I am relating to everything you said its absolutely insane. like we're the ham in between a sandwich bread slices. I have a weird hazy, kind of nostalgic memory of 9/11 I think Is the best way to describe it? I just turned 6, 2 days before. I'm from europe so I had finished school and it was still in the morning in the US when they struck the towers, So I was vibing watching dragon ball in the living room/kitchen on this small ass CRT 15" Grundig TV around 3pm, having arrived straight from school. then I heard the neighbour shouting to us and others in our street that a plane crashed in a skyscraper in the US, and to check the news. my mum rushed and changed the channel from FoxKids or what it was to the National news, I remember being so upset and bitching to change it back, I was told to zip it and behave or no playing spyro the dragon after haha. That was live and only the first plane hit. my grandma and uncle were at the house and everyone was like jesus, whoah oh my god, poor people, what a tragic accident, grandma prayed and was worried but didn't know why... anyways we watched for a few mins, I kept bitching to watch dragon ball and as soon as they were about to change it back, the 2nd plane hit. everyone just froze, grandma started crying and my uncle said something along the lines of Holy fucking jesus donkey ass balls christ in my language. and everyone stared at the TV and grandma was sobbing. I remember jumping on the kitchen counter to change the channel myself as I didn't want to see her cry. mum grabbed me and put me on the sofa told me to play on the PS1 in the other room, my uncle came over said sorry for swearing and not being able to watch dragon ball, and that can be replayed. and what was happening was a serious thing that was gonna be a historic event and as it was live they had to watch it. I remember just sitting there watching it for an hour or more, then dad came home, came to the kitchen, saw everyone glued to the tv and jokingly said "uhh, did aliens invade US or something?" Having watched indipendence day the night before, The thing I remember most is him go from calm to full on panicking when grandma reminded him her brother was there. He frantically searched to find the number and call his uncle. he emigrated in the 70's to live in NYC, couldn't reach him for hours. Grandma was panicked and it was one of the like 3 times I saw my dad straight up concerned and anxious, the other was when grandpa had a heart attack and died a few years later and when my brother was shot in the hip during the 2011 arab spring uprising after being deployed in libya as part of some nato task force during gaddafi final days. anyways went off topic lol, one memory led to another and im just writing what comes to mind, my bro's alive thankfully. anyways, Cuspers like us that saw society change drastically and forever with technology and the internet becoming a thing. I remember MSN Live or IRC, Tamagochi, Nokia 3310, the motorola razr I think it was, the shitty dial up internet taking 3 days to download games, movies and other shit from ****very legal websites***, playing outside and riding bikes around town,sharing ringtones and images with Infrared or the first version of bluetooth, having lan parties on the pc's at school playing call of duty 1/2, Discovering youtube in 2007 or 2008 when it wasn't THAT popular, Runescape and miniclip, the rise of memes, then suddenly I finished high school. and BOOM out of nowhere I'm almost 29, nearing 30. Instagram I rarely use as I end up doomscrolling & never had Tiktok installed. Now its ai and we're on another tech revolution. Bro just take me back to playing GTA san andreas on the ps2 ffs. Yeah what a weird ass generation right? thanks for your attention and patience if you read this dumpster fire mess adhd rant and may you have a nice day :)
@mrbananapsychooo we were brought up during a very specific moment in history that's hard to articulate! I appreciate your dumpsterfire adhd filled rant my friend 😁 thank you for taking the time to comment. How are you dealing with the current state of events and the encroaching 30s? I turn 29 in exactly a month so entering the last year of my 20s right now feels oddly exciting but also terrifying in a way.
Actually I think till 2002 are Zillennials. Me (2001) and my brother (2002) can relate to both generations on some things, but my younger brother (2004) can't. He even doesn't remember the VHS and he started using a smartphone being almost a child. Pd: From Latam, we can relate to a lot of americans
I was born in 2003 and I remember watching VHS and when cds started becoming really popular. And I had pretty much every game system that came out in the 2000s but the first Xbox. I watched Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney in it’s prime and pretty much would stay out every day until the street lights went out. In my personal opinion I think 2004 is the cut because I’ve seen kids born in 2005 and up and they really do act like immature technology freaks who can’t live without their phones and social media!!!
@@TheLastMillennials Well, I was almost born in 2000 (February 2001), so I studied and grew up with 2000's children. The influence is really strong because of these little differences
many data say that they start from 1992 to 1999 I born late 1993 I am zillenial but I identify more with gen z because I was always ahead of my time I wanted to be born between 2002 and 2009 or at least in the last years of the 90s in order to have the best technology, I had to grow up with it
There is disagreement about when generations start and end so of course there will be with cusps too. I have seen it start that early somewhere as well. That is interesting you wish you were born later! What's your favorite tech?
I was born in 2000 and I never felt completely related to millennials or genzs. Yeah growing up we were obsessed with percy Jackson, twilight and vampire diaries plus Harry potter. High school musical was sensational and then we were all obsessed with one direction and Justin bieber. I remember wanting to have a hair like Hannah Montana. When covid started we were all out of school pursuing different things. Most of the younger genzs were at school in that point.
I was born in 1995 and I agree, my childhood was more Millennial but my teenage years were more Gen Z but not the Gen Z we have today though so I'm definitely a Zillennial.
Yo! I was born in the earlier half of 1998, so I guess I'm more on the zoomer side of Zillennial spectrum. I think one aspect that really defines Zillenials is our relationship with the growing use of computers in everyday life. Basically all of us were born a while after the World Wide Web was invented in 1989, but a lot of us can remember a time where it wasn't, like, this omnipresent thing. I think a really clear example of this (imo) is the increased commonality of computer usage in schools Like, back in elementary school, using a computer to do work was this really rare and novel thing, and generally it wasn't used. By Middle School, we had a class in which we would spend like an hour on the PC doing word assignments and the like and getting used to working with programs for editing. By my junior and senior year of high school, they basically just started handing out computers, and about 50% of the work was done through their (much to the chagrin of the older teachers). Even before the pandemic, basically a good 70% to 80% of my college work was done and turned in on a computer. Anyways, really good video! Surprised you don't have more subs.
There is no such things as more leaning this or that based on year since generations are vague, arbitrary and differs in views. I’ve seen gen z starting as early as around 1995 and millennials ending around 00 s latest so you can choose what you feel more less if. 50/50 if so
We used to have Computer class in elementary, no internet or actual learning, just edutainment games on iMac G3s. It was kind of like mini recess, especially since the computers were in the same room as the Cafeteria and Library.
1995 for me, such an interesting perspective to have; I remember going outside and playing, but I also remember getting a cell phone and MySpace. We’re old enough to remember 9/11 & the first recession. But we also know computers better than any other generation. 😂
I am not from the US but Germany and born in 96 but most of the points raised in this video still apply. I remember 9/11 and that it was a significant event without realising the extent of it’s significance. As a European the financial crisis was extended to the 2010 European debt crisis which was a strong influence on my study choices. Regarding the pop culture references I would say about 60% apply or at least I know of them being big for friends of mine (such as the twilight series)
Born 2000 and I always find it confusin' cause the range of the Millennial and Gen Z bars change, we're old enough to remember the VCR era but too young to remember 9/11.
I'm a Zillennial, however it's frustrating when people ask me whether I'm a Millennial or a Gen Z, if I tell them I'm a Zillennial they wouldn't even know what that is. So it's hard for me to answer that. If we go by age I might fall into the Millennial category (born in mid 94) but if we go by experiences I'd consider myself a Gen Z, I relate way more to Gen Z than I do to Millennials. In 2021 when people think of Millennials they think of someone in their 30s and Gen Z in their 20s.. being in my mid 20s makes it so hard. I really wish the term Zillennial was more popular and official since there are many of us. I'd say anyone born between 93 and 99 could fall into this category. It's so hard because if you try to be a Millennial you can easily be invalidated for stuff like not having memories from the 90s, not knowing 90s or early 2000s pop culture or not remembering 9/11 but then again if you try to be a Gen Z they can invalidate you for being "too old", for not using tik tok as much or for wearing skinny jeans. You know? it's like we are a whole different generation.
When it comes to generations, things probably are most frustrating for cuspers! It is true many are not familiar with the idea of Zillennials. Maybe in time. Thanks for sharing, I'm sure some other Zillennials can relate :)
I was born in 2010 so I’m a cusper in between GenZ and Gen alpha. So I think 2009-2014 should be it’s own micro generation called “Zalpha” because I feel 50% GenZ and 50% Gen alpha.
Born in 99, I realized I related badly with people 2-4 years younger than me and further so. What I see as a good position of the zillenial is that technology became strong but we weren't attached to the internet yet like everyone is now which has been a suckass evolution together with smartphones and especially social media I see as the downfall of our little microgeneration and who comes after us. I do mis analog life it made more sense.
I'll be 21 in March 18th. I feel like the middle child just like Gen X when it was between Gen B (Boomers) and Gen Z 2.0 play the role of oldest and youngest siblings when us from Gen X and Gen Z 1.0 as the middle child. Sometimes I would be called out as a Zoomer when I'm actually Zillenial (2001).
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The 9/11 terrorist attacks can't affect Gen Z so 1999 are definitely millennial because you had a two-year-old who died on 9/11, her name was Christine Lee Hanson. I wouldn't say most two-year-olds remember the attack but 2 year olds can remember traumatic events like 9/11 depending on how your family was acting that day because some families were panicking
@@TheLastMillennials You think if she were to somehow survive and still live to this day you think she would've remembered?
Maybe she was even younger than 2 years old if her birthday was after September.
@@TheLastMillennials The event would've been so traumatic that her brain would've blocked that memory. So I doubt that 2 year old's could've remembered that.
@@TheLastMillennials imagine tryna extend the millenial dates because you wanna be a millenial
Born in 1998 here. And most of us born between 94-99 were born before HD flat screen TVs. Wifi Internet. Smartphones/touchscreens. We remember a life of playing outside and not having to have internet to play games.
Omg! We literally called them "big screen TVS" and rich families had them first
🤔 I was born in 98 and I definitely remember having wifi internet for as long as the internet meant anything to me
Most 2000 borns fit this description as well. I’ll say I do think I have more in common with someone born in 1995 than someone born in 2005
Also this implication that kids don't play outside anymore is a total misnomer, I see kids tooling around outside all the time in my neighborhood. People have been saying that since the dawn of radio
@@JC-rl6ln you do not have the same experiences with those born in 95. You have more experiences with those born in 2005 then 95. You didn’t experience what 95 borns experience because you were just too young.
True zillennial culture is being told you're a millennial all your life then suddenly in your early adulthood being told you're actually gen z. But discovering neither side thinks you're a part of them. I was born in 99, when I mentioned being gen z to my cousins (who are like 2 and 4 years younger) they laughed in my face, saying I was definitely a millennial. All my young millennial friends Talk about me being a baby gen z. My mom swears I'm a millennial lmao. I gave up. My life isn't hinged on my generation
Definitely somethiing some Zillennials experience. It must be a little frustrating! Though that is true, your generation isn't something very important to your life.
99 is definitely gen z, just the older end. A good rule is if you don’t remember 9/11 you’re gen z.
@@hawaii3231 I think they just lean Gen z. But still zillenial.
It's crazy because I 100% relate to everything you said 😂 older people call me a millennial but im 99 so I'm definitely gen z but I only found that out recently when this whole gen thing happened. I just call myself old gen z....even if I don't want to
I was born I 2000 and I relate to a lot of what you said here. I was told that I was a millennial up until I started college.
When I started college, everyone started saying that we were apart of this new generation that can't remember life before smartphones.
Up until recently, I had a lot of generational confusion because I didn't feel like I fit in with Gen Z or Millennials. Most people also said that I wasn't a Zillennial either.
However, I truly believe that I am a Zillennial now. This video perfectly described my generational experience.
Regardless, you are totally right about life not being hinged on your generation. It really doesn't mean anything important.
Proud Zillennial/cusper here. Born in 1996. My childhood years felt more Millennial in the 00's and my teen years felt slightly more Gen Z in the early 10's but not in the same way current Gen Z culture has become. I feel like my teen years were smack bang in that limbo period between Millennial and Gen Z in the early 10's and thus I struggle to fully relate to either generation, which is why I'm a proud Zillennial. :)
Also from 1996 here. Can't relate more.
born in 1994 and I’m a zillennial
The comment i was looking for. My childhood was more like “millennial” but my teen years were like “gen z”. I was born in late 1995.
i was born in 96 too and I feel the exact same way
lol im cusper between gen z and gen alpha born in 2008
Born in 1996- I didn’t grow up with FRIENDS, but I grew up with Spongebob and Divergent. I feel weirdly old, but I also feel young.
Sounds about right!
That’s why 96 are the cuspers since it’s claimed by both
I grew up watching Friends and SpongeBob and ED and Eddy and Kim Possible and singed field I remember the 90’s my generation is 1990-2000 and I was born 1997 97 millennial here)
I born in 1996 too. My childhood is Anime Naruto, Reborn, One piece, Fairy tail is our childhood etc. and Disney series too 🤣🤣
I was born in late 1994, I was always told that I'm a Millennial but I always felt disconnected from the 80's Millennials as they're too old and in a different
Phase of life and same with post 2000's gen Z as they're too young, as a 94 born I'm definitely a Zillenial and relate to most of the things you mentioned in this video.
That makes sense!
Same here I was born in April 1995
I was born in 2008 im a zalpha (between gen z and gen alpha)
Same here, but 1993 :)
I was born in April 1998 I feel like I'm hanging on to the zillennial title by the skin of my teeth lol
You know you're a Zillennial if you remember the slang terms, 'da bomb', and 'da bomb diggity' in the 2000's. That is pure, unadulterated nostalgia for Zillennials and 00's kids right there! :)
2000s kids are early 2000 born kids. Then yes
Da bomb diggity
Born in 1993 and this really described everything. I was having a conversation with 80s Millennials and we really did not have the same childhoods, and some major childhood movies were a mismatch between us. How ever talking to gen z makes me feel like a dinosaur.
Nice! Glad you can relate :)
Dinosaur 🤣🤣🤣 totally relatable. Also if I talk to someone who was born in 80s I feel like I m an alien
As someone born in 1997 I find this video to be extremely accurate! You hit on most of the major themes that I see as benchmarks of my past. Thank you for helping me to better understand myself and other Zillenials ☺️
Thank you, glad you liked it :)
Same also 97!
97 here
I was born in 1996. I turned 27 a few weeks ago and I can’t relate to Older Millennials or Younger Gen Z. It’s like I’m too young for Millennials and too old for Gen Z. I also remember playing outside with my brothers and friends and I remember a time before smart phones. I also remember when smart phones and social media became popular.
Sounds like you found your place!
@@TheGenerations1I remember playing outside and shooting hoops and chillin with my friends and having Cell phones and mini 2way pagers 📟 and using Landline 📞 and I used house phones ☎️
I was born in 94' and i really think smartphones, myspace, facebook, youtube, instagram, snapchat, vine and even online gaming are really big markers for zillenials. We were the first kids to have to navigate Middle school and high school with the constant stream through out our whole day of news, school drama, internet memes, viral dances, etc. Which makes us relate heavily with zoomers however a lot of us remember a time before that where we could come home from school and not be connected to the internet like older millennials. I also think The Office is a show that a lot of Zillenials grew up on instead of older Millenials who would say Friends was their show.
Good points!
That's bullshit I remember the show friends and that '70s Show show clearly
And I remember sex and the city but I wasn't a fan of that show, really my parents wouldn't let me watch that show because sex was in the title but for some reason they didn't care about me watching other shows 😂
@@foreverandforever5118 I never said anything about remembering Friends. Friends aired from 94-04 So Zillenials weren’t the target audience at age 12 and younger. But The Office was airing when I was in Middleschool and through out highschool. I watched friends for the first time a couple years ago.
@@LJ_S1K ok I remember when the office first came out so I understand what you're saying 👍
I'm 1998 and I love this video. My sister is 1995 and she says I'm not gen z and I say she isn't a millennial. Zillennials unite!
Neat! Zillennial siblings :)
@@TheGenerations1 I'm 94 My brother is 97 I told him he was Gen Z and he yelled at me NO! I'm a millenial, Then I showed him the stats and he was like Well what are we, And I said I just say Zillenial I thought I coined the term ahaha I said it YEARS ago but Now i realize its an obvious term just didn't think people would also make it a thing on their own , Now I know how collective trends can spawn without ever hearing about it, We both Can't relate to either gen, He says his 22 year old friends seem so Insane to him with social media and there hype personas and I say millennial Just like pumpkin spice latte's and inspirational quotes with no real meaning LOL
@@jessebaldo1204 Lol! Interesting. The term does seem to be a good fit :)
@@TheGenerations1I’m Gen Y 1997
gosh, her explaining the definition of zillennials makes me feel old x0. the good days of being a kid in the 2000s and a teen in the 2010s.
#95
Why do people (not even in their 30's yet) constanly say they feel old ? Do you even know the meaning of the word old?
Yea wow what a good set of years
@@fruff30 wait until you turn 25. You will start to realize you aren't so young anymore
@@deiluxx 25 is really young. Wait until you turn 40 you will start to realize....well you'll see what I mean.
@@deiluxx bro, I'm 25 I'm still physically active and matureness still the same whe I was 20
I dated someone several years ago who was born in 1997 I’m from 1994 some people criticized me for it “what do you have in common with someone 3 years younger?”
Me: pretty much everything....
That's funny! And that makes sense since you were both Zillennials.
I'm not in range but I dated a couple of years younger in the past and found some things in common as well :)
That's basically a senior in high school dating a freshman I can relate
@@TheLastMillennials exactly... it’s really not otherworldly society can be odd.
My gf is from 1998 and I’m from 1994. We’re 4 years apart and we have a lot in common despite her being a gen z and me being a zillennial. Almost every show I’ve watched growing up, the bands etc.. she may have been younger but we vibe on the nostalgia. :)
Guess what, I met her when she was 19 and I was 23. I’m turning 27 this year and she’s turning 23. So dating someone who’s younger isn’t as crazy as some people make it out to be.
@@matt-603 you both are zillennials
Me as someone born in 1998 I felt always in this bucle stuck between Millenials and Gen Z and for one i was too young and for the other one i was too old so I'm glad finally I'm part of Zillenial, I love our generation we should speak out our generation!!!
That’s true. We never had a voice
ya zillennials is an era for sure, id say 93/94- 98/99
@@chadwellington2524yessir but genz and zennials nobody care fr because look someone who was born in 04 will be 54 and someone who was born in 98 will be 61 lol you ain’t no difference with it
Zillennial culture is growing up
Millennial as a little kid and Gen Z as a teenager, I was born in 1997 and I'm a Zillennial, my kid years were more Millennial while my teen years were more Gen Z so this fits very well.
April '97 born here. This was a great video! The only thing I would have stressed more in the social media section is the popularity of Tumblr. In addition to Facebook, Tumblr was HUGE during my teen years (specifically from 2010-2014). I feel like a lot of Zillennial culture was (and still is) a direct result of Tumblr (aesthetics, humor, discourse, etc.).
Glad you liked it :) And thanks for the input, good to know!
You're 24 now wow
Yes!
You're 5 months older then me
I watched Tumblr take over the Internet. It won. Its ideas and sense of humor spread to Twitter and now TikTok. I would argue it's for the worse. A lot of crazy, unhinged beliefs were prevalent on Tumblr, and now they're repeated in 10 second clips on TikTok.
I was struggling to finds my generation to where i fits on, i am 25 born in 1997, but after i figuring out how my childhood compared to those who were born on 2000's and my teenage years was, i realized that i was growing up between the completing culture of Millennials,early culture of Gen-Z & up to wild generation of Gen-Z. I am Zillennial♥️
Glad you found your place! 😀
Zellenials are the cool ones. Ipod nano, first iphone, early pre boomer pre politics facebook, OG ad-free youtube, actual pop music, mainstream alternative music still existed, DS, black ops zombies, guitar hero, dreamworks best movies, the list goes on
You literally described the culture of my childhood from elementary school to high school years
Facts
Totally what I grew up with being born in 2001. I’m also happy I grew up a little before social media took off too...so I still had a creative childhood playing outside unlike nowadays where kids started getting smartphones by age 10.
I'm a millennial by definition and around the time I turned 18 everyone was like "woah millenials are in their 30s now".
Exactly and I was like what but I barely 18....now we are 26....close to 30 but not yet!
@@sofiabravo1994 Exactly this! I'm also 26 and feel a world away from the Millennials born in the early '90s and '80s!
Same here 26, could never relate to millennials
I remember when they classified us as the youngest Millenials and then making a name for Gen-Z
@Sadia Sharmeen because you weren't born yet, how can you relate to something before your time, that doesn't make any sense. Where as you can for the following years ahead as you are alive duh
i also remember when people started to switch from film cameras to digital ones, which was amazing at first. we also used these projectores a lot where you had to put in like the cars of the picures? and it would switch... been some time, im born 1999
I thought about mentioning cameras/photos also! It's hard to decide what to include. Disposables were also quite popular during the time we were shifting between film and digital.
you talking about the disney projector picture things? the red ones?
I have a few years on you (end of 1992) but remember getting my first digital camera at age 11 in 2004 and although it was a piece of crap, I took pictures of everything with it... most of my 12th birthday money went to a new 3.2 megapixel Canon PowerShot A75 several months later, the fact that thing could hold like 500 pictures at quality just as good as a film camera blew my little mind. Also I remember being kind of sad that they made cameras that were designed to be used to take only 20-30 pictures and then be discarded...
August 16, 2023 2:34 am
I was born in 1996 so I'm firmly in the zillennial camp. I remember feeling this way back in 2016 before this discussion became mainstream. I'm too young to be a 90s kid (meaning actually growing up in the 90s) but too old to be a 2010s kid aka the kids born after 2000.
Glad you can relate :)
Same. also born in 1996. I have one true year of 90s childhood (age 3 in 1999) so I'm definitely a 00s kid
Yeah I think those of us born in the mid to late 90s are definitely more so 2000s kids than 90s kids, I was born in 1995 and I barely remember anything about the 90s. But the 2000s were the prime years of my childhood.
I was born at the beginning of '95, my husband was born in '90 and there's surprisingly alot we don't have in common in terms of cultural shared experience / memories (pop culture, world events, etc) just from those 5 years' difference. I have friends who were born in the '80s and I struggle to relate to them, they're "too old" in terms of their time growing up vs my own. My friends born '94 to '99 I completely relate to all of them and their memories and experiences. I think I'm perhaps a Zillenial lol.
Sound like a Zillennial to me! Thanks for this information :) It lines up with some things I've seen but good to hear from others
@Sadia Sharmeen that’s because you’re extremely young, once you get past your 20s, generational difference of 3 years isn’t going to matter. A 33 and 30 year old is a lot different from a 6th grader and 9th grader
In 92 and find the same with my sister from 89.
I think the emergence of the internet, and how early some of us got on it... Really influenced these shared experiences and differences. I was ok the internet in like 98 already, getting geekd up. My sister and older brother wasn't. There's no way my 39yr old brother and i are the same generation. The vast majority of my closest friends are from 92-98 age range.
I also was only 8 yrs old during 911 and the only thing I remember is watching it in class... The rest of the event is a haze.
I often call myself zillenial
I just found this video. You hit the nail on the head with this one.
I was born in 96’ I'm 27 and I could never relate to the younger Gen-Z 22-23 or younger. I’ve always felt disconnected from Millennials or Gen-Z.
I remember vaguely my moms reaction to 9/11, I remember the Great Recession of 2007/2008, other events during the 00s like the televised invasion of Iraq, etc.
I played outside most of the time I didn’t grow up with internet until we got it in 2010-2011.
Im experiencing adulthood rn, paying bills, rent, car note, & wrapping up my degree in college.
Great video! Accuracy is 💯
Thank you, I'm glad it seems correct and you connect with it! 😄
I also didn’t get access to the internet until I was in middle school.
Born in 2000 and feel much more like a Zellenial than a part of Gen Z. Watched Kim Possible, Cory in the House, Thats so Raven, etc I remember only using VHS as a little kid and then transitioning to CDs, still had organized hazing clubs in High School haha, I remember when they made it a law for kids to wear helmets on bikes, smoking indoors at restaurants, some of my friends had flip phones, got a smartphone when I was 14. I'm also from a smaller town so I think it would make sense for people where I grew up to experience these changes slightly later.
There are a lot of things that can factor into someone's experience! Your location and whatnot probably do play a role.
@@TheGenerations1 Location definitely, I am 03 but I was born in Croatia that was actually struck by a really bad war in the 90's, so we were kinda late with everything,most people born there from 99-03 would probably relate more to being a zillennial then pure genZ
@@saranikolinacehic615 That makes sense, thanks for sharing!
I was born in 2000 and before I heard this generation, I used to describe myself as younger millennial or older genz, and towards 2010 I also grew up with high school musical hannah montana Victorius, i carly, serials I used msn, my first smart phone was in 2015, before that I was using BlackBerry. I really think this is the generation that defines us best, we're in the middle 😂
@@Kaan8937 Glad you can relate :)
It’s interesting to note that the term Gen Z hasn’t existed for very long, so people who were born in the late 90s spent their entire childhoods and teens only knowing the term millennial and being considered a millennial. It’s jarring to suddenly have people saying you’re gen z, especially when you only identify with some of the things of that generation. Zillenial makes perfect sense to me. Born 1998.
Definitely!
exactly! I’m ‘04 and was told I was a millennial when I was young and had even remembered searching on google for my generation and getting the result that I am the last year of millennial.
all of a sudden it changed and now I am gen z but I don’t connect with gen z as much and feel kinda the odd one out.
My one grandma born in 1945 said something like that with Baby Boomers, she grew up being considered a Baby Boomer and told her birthyear was the first year of the baby boom and still thinks of herself as one, but now is classified as part of the Silent Generation (what used to be divided up into War Babies and Depression Babies).
Born in 1996, I definitely relate to the whole "I don't fit in a generation" thing. I think those of us born in the 1996-1998 range especially get that.
This is a really well-made video, wow. Born in 1998 and you nailed my childhood down to a T.
Thank you, glad it seems accurate :)
Saaaame!
@@qut22vp83 :)
Holy crap same!!! All of the media mentioned I’m familiar with! Those were all apart of my childhood and teenage hood. Except for the music. I’m more of a cinematic music kind of person. Like Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Howard Shore, etc.
Your gen z
Born in October 1999 and I relate to this so much.
1. I was 2 years old so I don’t remember 9/11 but I remember hearing the theory that it was an inside job a couple years after. The only closest thing for me as a kid was Hurricane Katrina & the Recession of 2008.
2. I remember using VHS tapes to watch movies and how they were promoting Blueray like crazy.
3. I was a big fan of the Emo style & music (although in Da Club was my jam, I heard it on the radio) as a little kid but I was young & whenever I passed by my local Hot Topic was to scared as it was so dark in there.
4. I remember going from the school computer lab to using tablets in class.
5. I remember seeing the transition from flip phones to iPhones and start Cyberbullying turning into toxic part of Cancel Culture. Also early TH-cam was the best along with Poptropica.
Cool, thanks for the comment! Yeah, there was some competition with DVDs and Blu-ray for a bit and then streaming came along as well. Lol at being scared of Hot Topic. I hadn't heard of Poptropica (I think). Looks interesting!
“Now on DVD & Blu-Ray!!!!”
@@TheLastMillennials you arent a millennial, you are zillenial, you have no memories of early 2000's.. 94-99 is zillenial
@@chadwellington2524 Generation Y/Millennials
the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, comprising primarily the children of the baby boomers and typically perceived as increasingly familiar with digital and electronic technology. 83.1 million people or more than a quarter of the U.S. population, can be considered Millennials by most definitions. The younger millennials were arguably the last generation to have an internet-free childhood. The generation's size exceeds that of the 75.4 million baby boomers.
Generation Z/Zoomers
the generation born in the 2000s and 2010s, comprising primarily the children of the Gen X'ers and typically been raised with screens, smartphones and are the most tech savvy, very much influenced by vloggers and internet celebs.
@@TheLastMillennials just be a zillenial like you are.. yu say you wre born 97, millennials had VHS, you had DVD, millenials had gameboy color, you had DS and other handheld devices, millenials remember late 90s and early 2000s zillenials dont really and remember more mid 2000's/late 2000's, different tv shows/movies, millennials had dismans, zillenials had ipods/mp3, millennials remember 9/11 and millennium year, zillenials dont
November 1997, just turned 25! This is amazing! I could watch content like this all day!
wow, thanks! I am thinking of making some more Zillennial content
Born in 94. Definitely a Zillenial here!
Cool! Thanks for the comment :)
Same here
1994 ❤️
What makes you say that? I was born in 1994 and sont feel like a "zillennial" at all.
1995 here
Born in 1995 so I definitely got to grow up with VHS, DVD, the original Xbox, the Xbox 360, the Suite Life of Zach and Cody, and the Great Recession...I also remember going to Blockbuster and Hollywood Video and Netflix originally being a DVD/Blu-Ray mail service first BEFORE a streaming service.
Me too 97 here
Born in ‘97 and everything you said zillennials watched I did in fact watch
Cool, glad you could connect with it!
@@TheGenerations1 you forgot amanda show 😪 and shia labeouf even stevens
@@TheGenerations1 and don't forget Sister, Sister but overall the video is good 👍
@@TheLastMillennials I wasn't sure how many shows to include haha Those also ran a tad earlier so I think many Zillennials would have watched re-runs moreso (just depends) but they are good shows :) I watched all of them, just recently re-watched Sister Sister actually! And thank you
@@TheGenerations1 yeah, sister sister ended in the 90s so it was reruns but the OGs remember Drake bell and josh peck was on amanda show before Drake and josh cameout in 2004 when I was 7 or 8
1993 baby here. growing up I had two younger siblings who are unquestionably zillennials and most of my friends were a year or more younger than me. I definitely related more to your description of this micro generation than zoomers or millennials.
I was born in 2000 and I've always considered myself part of Gen Z but in a different way than someone born in a year like 2005. I can remember things like VCRs, CD players, renting DVDs, floppy disks, even stuff like toy commercials with singing in them. But on the other hand, while i remember before the internet was ubiquitous in our everyday lives, I don't remember a world from before the internet existed. 2000 birth years may also be the last ones to know what Saturday morning cartoons are. A few networks like CBS, ABC, and FOX showed cartoons on Saturday mornings. Although I can't relate to older generations like Millennials and Gen X who only got to see cartoons on Saturday morning. I'm thankful that I finished high school before COVID and got to experience the first 1 3/4 years of my college life before COVID as well. The fear I felt in spring 2020 was like the fear I felt in 2009 of the H1N1 pandemic all over again.
Thanks for sharing! I think that makes a lot of sense.
Interesting. I was born in late 2000 and graduated in 2019. Although covid messed up HS for the class of 2020, it also messed up college for us. I feel no different from my 2001-2003 born peers. I consider myself to be early gen z. Many of the pop culture things mentioned in this video I vaguely remember, but didn't engage in that much.
Well, the Internet existed from the 1960s, but I guess what you actually mean is when it started being used in most households which is probably around the mid-90s, when the Web took off.
@@gnu_andrew True, it was invented in 1968. And most people probably had access to it starting around 1996 (from what I was told there was a few years time period where most people could only use the internet at school or at the library) but I meant as a kid in the 00s, the internet was just another thing to do. I meant that for example I didn't have 1000 pictures of me posted to social media back then by my parents (social media didn't even exist at the time, it was just social networking and mostly used by teenagers) and most things didn't require an internet connection or cell phone to use.
As a 97 zillennial, I don’t have a vivid memory of 9/11 although I was born/alive when it occurred, my childhood was primarily absent of technology, although not to the same degree as millennials who had Walkmen and tapes. I remember the iPod nano being huge as well as movie rental stores such as blockbusters. Flip phones where common among people until their mid- later half of high school when smart phones first started coming out. Instagram, tumblr, vine, Snapchat, lime wire and TH-cam where all massive forms of entertainment with some of the memorable OG videos being: Charlee the unicorn, salad fingers, don’t hug me I’m scared, college humour etc. Hannah Montana, Kim possible, suit life of Zach and Cody, living life with Derek and that so raven where ALWAYS on
Thanks for sharing!
‘97. The ULTIMATE mindfuck. We remember TOO much to be gen z but not quite a millennial. I remember pokemon and gameboy lol
‘94-‘97 is a weird gap for sure I know for damn sure I’m not a millennial and sure as hell not gen z
🤣😂
Honestly guys to anyone over 45+ anyone in their teens or 20s or even 30s are Millenials.
You think 1997 is a mindfuck? Try being born in the dead center of the 1990s (MID 95 at that) and not even being considered a 90s kid much less a definitive Millennial or Zoomer.
In reality though I guess I’ll just be a Millenial.
@@lucasjohnstone6419Aren’t Zillennials Young Millennials and older Gen Z? Hence Zillenial because young Millennials and older Gens have things in common.
My sisters were both millennial, about 8 years apart. I was born 97. I basically was around their millennial stuff like a lot VHS and music, MySpace, and a bunch of other things. But when they moved out and I got older I started to become increasingly influenced by the gen z cultural output. Especially the over use of technology and isolation.
That makes sense!
I had MySpace in 2008
Born in 1999, on paper I'm a Gen Z but I consider myself a Zillennial because I didn't grew up with the internet as a kid as it was more popular with adults than kids when I was growing up so smartphones, social media and technology in general became a thing to me when I was a teenager so I can relate a lot to Zillennial culture.
2001 here and I honestly relate to pretty much all of the characteristics of zillennials. Grew up with shows like drake and josh zoey 101 suit life of zack and Cody but also and Hannah Montana wizards of waverly place. I feel like I have a very similar childhood to Zillennials but I’m not sure tbh. The definition is 1995-1998 but other says it’s till 2000 or 2002. Literally everything you mentioned I would check all of the boxes though.
You're only a zillennial if you were alive for 9/11, late 2001 and 2002 are just early gen z that relate to late millennials or zillennials. Core gen z starts in 2003 or 2004
@@TheLastMillennials I’m unsure if that counts for me I didn’t grow up in the U.S so I don’t see that as the dividing factor. It also depends on where you’ve grown up
Thanks for the comment! Definitions do seem to vary so I tried to just report on some of the birth year ranges currently used rather than try to choose any myself while also covering other things which seem to be a part of the Zillennial experience.
Within the U.S. I do think it would make sense that Zillennials were alive for 9/11 (like the Last Millennials said) but outside of it things could be different (or if you have a different perspective on birth years). And it doesn't take away from relating to aspects of it I suppose :) Kind of like those circles from Reddit.
Edit: I do seem to be getting a number of 01 borns who say they relate, though it seems!
@@TheLastMillennials I relate to millennials 95-99 babies
2000 born here and I definitely relate to this! I don't think I fit with either millenials or gen z. I grew up watching That's so Raven, Kim Possible, Suite life of Zack and Cody and Suite life on deck
Real zillennials only like OG zack and coby not deck
2004 and I remember those shows too
I never related to the old 90's kids but also never related to the young TikTok/Fortnite kids that are still a part of gen Z for some reason, but I do relate to Zillennials. So can I consider myself a Zillennial, despite the Zillennial generation being often exclusive to people born in the 90's? But I'm born in *2001!* And I don't find myself often relating to people born in 2003 or after. But instead relate to people mostly born between 1996-2002. I personally think the Zillennial birth years should end on 2002.
Same mate
Sameeee
2001 too bro!!!!
Yess
Same
94 Zillennial here, this is incredibly accurate. My older sisters are elder millennials and our tastes/ experiences couldn’t be any more different.
By 2008 or 2009,...I was almost phrasing out of kiddy tv shows...I was literally watching Degrassi. One of the best explanations!!!
Oh yes, I probably could have mentioned more of those shows people transitioned into, Degrassi is a good example, thanks :)
I loved Degrassi.
I was born in 1994 but I remember the transition from vhs to dvd being quite fast 😂
It was!
For real it was like a blur!😳😳😳
For forget the dvr lol
I was born in 2001, meaning I am 20 now. I think I am a zillennial. I don't see how I could be considered Gen Z when they are teenagers. My family owned a VCR and DVD player. But VCRs were a huge part in my childhood before that. I loved Kim Possible, Thats so Raven, Sweet Life of Zach and Zoey AND on deck, hannah montana was a big one, and wizards of wavily place. I had a sliding keyboard phone when I was 9 or 10.
Thanks for the input and glad you relate to some things. There are certain years that when people do identify with it I would say there is no doubt they are, but outside of that, I don't want to tell anyone they are or are not a Zillennial (maybe if they are from way outside of the suggested ranges).
One thing to note is that people in certain years are grouped into the Millennial generation OR Generation Z but year ranges vary and it depends on where you look. People who fall into those disputed years/years at the beginning or end don't always relate to either generation, so we have Zillennials.
I would like to agree with you but unfortunately people will only see us 2001 borns as gen z
@@TheGenerations1 You should do a video on Gen Z kids born in 2000s that grew up on Elsagate in the early-mid 2010s on TH-cam kids
@@breezydylz5286 bc you are gen Z if you were born after 2000 lmao
You are gen z, your expierence and stuff you watched doesn’t change the fact that you were born in the 2000s. In ten-15 years no one will car about the age difference of 1995-2005
You really nailed the whole term for the Zillenials!
I’m ‘97 {the true spearhead of GenZ}! I know good & well that I’m not a millennial, but I can’t ignore the fact that I have so much more in common with them {late millennials} than I do the true core of GenZ! I knew how to WORK a VHS! I was a huge fan of Hunger Games & Twilight {read all them book!📚😉✨}. I would say the main animes for us were Naruto/Naruto Shippuden and One Piece. Throw in Attack on Titan as well! I remember in the third grade, we had Tamagotchis, plus I had those rexlace plastic lacing! My first cellular device was a BlackBerry {with the whole keyboard}. The whole era of skinny jeans started when I was in the sixth grade, and I still feel that they are in style!!! And when I was also in middle school emo style was the THING!!! Not to mention Facebook was popping too! Twitter was also mentioned but I didn’t get that until my freshman year of high school! {2011}
Sounds about right, thank you :)
Born in June 1998, and you nailed my childhood
Cool, glad to hear it!
I was born 1999, I remember a life before before smartphones and flat screen TVs. I got my first smartphone at around 14-15.
My sister was born in 93 too so I know that is the case :)
Born in October '93 and I definitely feel like this applies to me
Same here man I was also born in October 93
@@demonslayer-ds9vo what day?? I'm October 5
@@FeyerMusic October 25
September 93
millennial (1981~1992)
(the former 1981~1986 / the latter 1987~1992)
zillennial (1993~1998)
gen z (1999~2010)
(the former 1999~2004 / the latter 2005~2010)
It's a very useful video
To tie up the current generation,
It's ideal to be defined like this
In fact, zillennial was born in 1993-1998
It's being categorized
15 years is also too long
Thanks!
Born late 92 and feel like a zillenial
no nos van a dejar tan lejos de la generacion X cuando muchos nacimos de esa generacion aun siendo muy jovenes aquellos X
en una epoca modernista y globalista no puede existir una generacion mas corta que la del silencio que fueron de 10 años eso es imposible ahi se ve el engaño gigantesco es una generacion inventada y reacomodada a la misma ala que pertenecemos que es la millenaials
Born 99 and I relate way more with Zillennials than Gen Z
According to most web sources the most popular Zillenial range is 1993-1998
That is a popular range and I mentioned it when I talked about Deon Smit!
I was born in '93, does that mean I am the first Zillenial?
@@athenamackay5832 Some people will say yes, some will say no! Haha sorry
Add 1999
@@dorrisldn9651 every generation is give or take a year or so-- so yes, if you relate, 99 can be included as well.
I was born in 2000 and this was an absolutely perfect description of the things that I grew up with. Most people consider my birth year pure gen z but I often feel quite out of place in Gen Z. I am really glad that you made this video. This really cleared up a lot of generational confusion for me. I know for sure that I am Zillennial now.
Glad you liked it Mary!
I'm not quite sure you fit into the Zillennial category, but a lot of early 2000s borns like you clearly share many of the same experiences, like my little sister born in 03 who still remembers these shows, had vhs tapes, grew up with crt televisions, and remember when the internet wasn't everywhere. Perhaps you are cuspers OF the cusp itself. Generations are so confusing. We are simply the young people of the world, longing for our shot at changing it.
@@aguy7848 Yes. Definitely. Everything in this video applies to people my age. I'm not really sure what you could call people my age but this video definitely describes my experience well. I guess it makes sense because people my age are closer in age to the cusp than we are to middle gen z. (depending on what you consider gen z.)
It almost feels like those born from 1997-2003 are apart of our own mini-cohort.
I recently heard a term that may apply to your age group: Elder Z. Not sure if you like that term, but it's one I found.
@@maryelizamoore7870 I like to call those of us born from 97-03 the pre-tiktok genz
Born in '97 and yeah, you nailed it! I remember bingeing ATLA in middle school by auto recording the series on the DVR xp
Yay! Thanks
Born in 1995. I never knew that zillennial is one of the rare topics in any generation.
I was born in 2000. I resonated with all this info and loved that you acknowledged that upbringing, class, environment, etc. can influence your experiences. It seems very well researched! :)
Thank you Alex :)
I was born in late 93, honestly i consider anyone in my generation as being in high school when I was. So for me it would be 1989-1992 when I was a freshman. Then 1994-1997 when I was a senior.
For sure! I was born in ‘97, so when you were a Senior in high school, I was a Freshman.
I agree! I'm late 90s but personally I feel I'm a mix. I am closer to 2000s than I am to you and I feel I link more to 2000s babies than an early 90s baby but still link? Gosh it's confusing ahahaj
Born in 2001, I consider my birthyear to be the last of the Zillennial cusp. I draw the line because we graduated before the pandemic and had some adult experience in a pre-COVID world (it makes a big difference, the world may be open again but people are far less friendly than they were in 2019). Our childhoods were shaped both by pop culture trends in traditional media and online media, but we remember a world before social media. We were the last group to not have to worry about our parents putting our baby photos on the internet for all to see (my parents wouldn't have done that anyway, but I mean as a general trend).
It is bothering me that Zillenial goes until '99 for many. I was born in '01 (in Germany) and had an relatively internet-free childhood, I played outside, I watched films on VHS, our camera also went on VHS, I had my first mobile phone when I was around 10 years old and it was a button phone. I can remember renting films in the video store, etc. The outfits and music were all more 90s. In addition, I was always in the same class with people who were born in '99, '00 and '01, which is why the way we behaved and how we were perceived back then was the same. I grew up like my brother, who was born in '98. Even with people after 2002-2003, I can no longer identify myself. It's a strange feeling not to be understood that I'm not a clear Gen-Z. My way of life is Gen-Y but my year of birth is more Gen-Z? For '97 - '01 maybe also '02 there should be a generation of its own. If you were born in these years, you understand that the children from 2003 or maybe only from 2004 behave differently than people who were born before.
It's definitely difficult to set parameters on these things when each year typically just varies slightly from the next!
Even though it’s mainly categorized for people 1994 to 1998, you could always identify with either one depending on which you relate to. I was talking with my twin brother about this type of stuff the other day, our childhood sounds extremely similar to yours! I’m an 01. Haha Glad there’s others that also feel this way...FYI I’m glad I had somewhat of a childhood without social media I played outside and had so much imagination without being glued to smartphones at 10 or 11. I also didn’t get my first smartphone until 2013.
I don't think 2003 is any different from 2002
I was born in 1999 and I grew in the 2000s before social media and iPhones were invented. I grew up watching old Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, BET and MTV shows with my older siblings. I used to be obsessed with Hannah Montana, High School Musical, The Cheetah Girls, That's So Raven, etc. And I miss watching 106 & Park and MTV airing music videos. I wish I could go back to the good times but I gotta move forward. Still a proud Zillenial.
Cool, thanks for sharing :)
same, 02
As someone born in 02, I consider myself and other early 2000s as zillennials as well since all remember 2000s-early 2010s stuff and grew up with 90s and 2000s technology such as VHS.
You were 6 in 2008. It doesn't matter what you consider yourself to be. You missed out a majority of the early to mid 00s. You're a late 00s-early 10s kid at best.
@@activelyinactiveat best? 2002 what does that even mean? If 2002 is at best 00/10 kid then ehat is 2001 because it's only a year difrenece
@@HelloIdkwhatname
Yes. A late 00s kid too.
I’ve been saying I don’t feel like I belong to a generation lately and someone told me this term. It makes a lot of sense. (Born in 94)
Glad you can relate!
Honestly, before I found some Zillenials talking about their experience online, I thought that I was the only one saying certain things. I thought that I was from a parallel universe because I remembered both Hey Arnold and Icarly and everything in between. Yet that makes perfect sense because the last episode of Hey Arnold was only four years before the first episode of Icarly. In a way we've maybe labeled things from the past into a hole to the point that it doesn't even match the reality. I was born in late 97. I do have a somewhat better memory than average because I've always been a deeply sentimental person. I also remember a time when stores sold VHS. (Along side DVD which was the main medium at that point and was phased out in my early childhood) We were renting DVDs in middle school and this was seen as utterly normal. Btw this was in a suburb in the US.
I've always felt confused and disconnected from this whole "generation" thing, I don't feel like I solely belong to a generation and just in my own thing, that was until you made this video! This video spoke to me on a personal level, it's like we're finally understood and out of this generational purgatory! I was born in March 2000 and it's the range of years that's really all over the place in this regard. For context of geographical location I'm British.
Thanks, glad it helped :)
Haha I'm born in March 2000 in Britain too, and I completely agree with this comment
I prefer to define people by what decade they where born it it feels more accurate.
@@belstar1128No because in reality it is not a question of decade besides in the 19th century people did not worry about it, people born in 1999 and people born in 2001 grew up with the same things and yet they are not not from the same decade
While a person born in 1992 for example has not experienced the same things as a person born in 1999 and yet they are from the same decade, it is not as simple
@@Guapo54 Yea but its better than comparing someone born in 1980 with someone from 1997.like when i went to school the kids born in 1990 were still at the same school .when i was a few years older and about to graduate there were kids born in 1999 in the same school .but people born in 1980 were graduating high school when i was entering kindergarten .
If the majority of your childhood (ages 3-13) was in the 2000s, you’re probably a Zillennial. This pretty much qualifies 1992-2001. 92-94 lean more Millennial, 95-97 are right in the middle, and 98-01 lean more Gen Z.
I agree
Childhood or biological child is considered between birth and puberty childhood is generally under 12. 13 is usually early adolescent/coming of age. I don’t see how 92 93 and maybe 94 ish can be considered zillennial since I usually don’t see cutoffs for millennials and z going that early. I would say 95 to 2000 is more zillennial or 1994 ish to 2001ish. I guess you can say and assume 95/96 lean millennial, 1997/1998 middle, and after 98 leaning z but then again I think the whole leaning this or that is stupid because these generation stuff is arbitrary especially in view point. Anyone born in the zillennial range can decide for themselves who they feel more, less, equal too. Antonio ranges are created by demographers all having different views so their is not widely excepted one between who comes up with them but your free to cherry pick for yourself 95,00,829780 whatever. Overlapping makes sense.
Hi, I know this is an old comment but I wholeheartedly agree. The microgeneration is much larger than people would like to consider and with every generation it's always going to be give or take a few years even within transition periods. I always explain the Zillenials that lean more Millennial, etc., this exact same way.
@@justinmoore3217 5 years is logically not a wide enough range to be a generational transition period. The transitional period starts AROUND (because it's never a set in stone year obviously that makes no sense) 1993. It's so strange to me how people will try to make it just a few years shorter as if someone born in 93 would not have the same upbringing as someone born in like 95, lol. Things take time, they don't just shut off the baby valve after a particular year then start going: "Raise all these babies from now on completely different than the ones born a year or two before them!" Lol.
agreed. i'm late 92 so people generally say "ew, core/late millennial" but i just. . .can't relate to them. ~millennials~ are a foreign species to me, for multiple reasons, and i can never see myself in their shoes when people do studies on millennials and how their attitudes are.
in the end, most laymen's hard year opinions are gatekeeping the cultural identities they feel connected to.
2000 baby but tended to be on the "older" side with my personality
ive always noticed that theres this micro/cusp going on because even though my sibling is only 2 years younger than me and we are both "gen z" there's this huge discrepancy on what we identify with and relate to in this regard.
I would still consider myself an early gen z even though i relate to almost all of the points being brought up in the video because even in the zillenial bubble i would be on the young side. There are just a few things I remember being different about the class only a year or two above mine.
I find it hard to identify with the core gen z (14-18) in terms of social media usage but i find it even harder to relate to proper core millennials.
Pretty strange how rapid society is changing that we are seeing this ripple effect in real time of worldview and experiences.
Hi Juli! Makes sense, the world has been changing a lot in this time. Just out of curiosity, what is an example of something you feel is different from your sibling?
@@TheGenerations1 Hi! Thanks for your question. I actually think it’s quite interesting how small things can make such a difference. I will be using my sibling as a primary example but will be keeping in mind the differences I observed between both of our friend groups and classmates as well. For context, my sibling has just become a legal adult and I am only a few months away from the drinking age in the US. I no longer live in the states and have been able to legally drink for 5 years now, whereas my sibling has not left.
The biggest thing I feel is that we had a very different experience with technology as a whole.
I can clearly remember a time in our childhood that we used VHS, Cassette tapes, CD’s, a CRT TV and had limited time on a desktop computer (only educational games). These memories are mostly from a time before we moved (2006) when I was 6 and they were 4, which are not clear to my sibling at all. Tech advanced drastically as we (our parents) shifted to DVD/Blu-Ray, Smart phones, flat screens, laptops, iPods/iTunes and received our first consoles (Wii and PS2). I was watching (2008-2016) Kim Possible, SpongeBob, ATLA, Drake & Josh, H2O, Sweet Life of Zack and Cody and On Deck but also iCarly, Phineas and Ferb, Adventure Time , Steven Universe, Supernatural, Sherlock, South Park and Big Bang Theory. I was reading (2010-2014) Divergent, Maze Runner, Percy Jackson, Eragon, Hunger Games, and had gotten into online public writing forums like Wattpad by 2014.
I received my first phone in middle school, a Samsung with a slide keyboard, to communicate to our parents as I was going to a school farther away for the 1st time. My sibling only received their 1st phone starting middle school as well. By that time, most people had a smartphone, Vine was brand new, Instagram was exploding, Facebook had been around for a decade, and Twitter and Snapchat were not far behind the others. TH-cam was beginning to be accepted as a job.
My sibling got an iPhone 6 and I upgraded to a Galaxy S5 (2013-2014), but our parents discouraged social media use. I believe that my personal reluctance to engage in social media as I moved into HS strengthened the feelings of disconnect between myself and my siblings age group.
Nowadays, most people my age that I know are less likely to use TikTok and Snapchat but rather Twitter and Reddit. TikTok only became popular after I had already left for university. Both age groups are on the internet almost constantly, the definitely use Instagram and TH-cam, possibly Discord, and have very similar tastes in music. Neither use Facebook if only to have a page for University. I personally do not have, TikTok or Twitter and rarely use anything other than YT. I use IG and Snap for communication with friends and do not post.
Outside of tech, the social norms amongst teens changed drastically between 2014 and 2016.
The year I entered High School vs. The year my sibling did. Vaping had become a social norm, recreational use of cannabis in my state was legalized, Kpop broke into the global sphere, the 2016 election occurred and political division was apparent.
This was what my sibling started their HS experience with and I believe it made a significant difference. The pandemic destroyed my sibling’s Senior year of HS and Freshman year of college, whereas it is affecting my internships, job prospects and my final year of Uni. I have to enter the job market in August. My sibling will finally be able to live on campus (they were unable to move out of our parents house), experience college life and have an Uni class in person.
This difference feels staggering to me but please let me know what you think.
I feel so old and so young at the same time. A cusp of a cusp. 😂
@@Juli-zg7sj Hi Juli, I just typed out a really long reply to you and then accidentally clicked out ugh! So I'm just going to say thank you for your thorough response :) I like hearing more insight from people of different birth years so I can better understand things as well. I actually didn't think about the shift away from desktop computers. That is interesting. And the cannabis and vaping culture shift does seem pretty significant. I think you do seem to have a fair bit in common with many Zillennials! It's good to hear about these details.
This
It never made sense to have 15 year spans. Like 1985-2000.. the difference between someone born in the mid 80s compared to the mid to late 90s is quite remarkable
I always have felt very “Zillennial”. Dec 2000 here (just turned 21!). I feel like my cultural humor includes lots of elements from the 90s because my Millennial sister handed down a lot of her movies and stuff to me as a kid.
I am a zillennial born in May 1998. I don’t remember 9/11 event but I remember all the War Propaganda and the first troops returning in 2003 because my aunt was in the War, 2004 Olympics, 2005 Hurricane Katrina, 6/6/06 the movie the Omen came out, 2007 the iPhone was released, then the 2008 Olympics and Stock Market Crash because of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac going bankrupt, then Obama becoming President, the a mini Pandemic of H1N1, 2010s was middle school/high school years. Which all centered around mass school shootings, North Korea Nuclear Threats, 2014 a Meteor hit in Russia. Just so much physical calamity on a macro level scale but nothing on a microscopic scale affecting the macro scale as whole i.e. COVID-19 Pandemic. And nothing like H1N1 which was more of localized micro epidemics on a macro scale. This pandemic is worse because everyone and everything was affected.
Yes sounds like a very "in between" experience. And yes the pandemic has had impacts on such a huge scale
This is such a great, thorough video for 13 mins. I love how you touched on the recession and other factors such as geography and age differences. I was born in 1993. My parents were hurt terribly by the recession. They brought their house right when the recession hit, they both lost their jobs, and we lost insurance. Money was really tight and I remember there was always constant worry about gas prices. I remember going without new clothes and not as much food. I graduated in 2011 in San Francisco. The economy was still pretty rough but I was in San Francisco and it was, and still is absolutely terrible out there. I struggled until 2015. The only reason why things got better is because I moved out of the Bay Area.
Not sure if I'm a zillennial. I don't relate at all with Gen Z.
Thank you for such an amazing video!
Thank you, Hannah and thanks for sharing! And the economy was defintely still rough in 2011. Not specificially San Francisco, but I've lived in the Bay Area a few time as well and am familiar with it. It's often a struggle there because when you lose your job, everything is so expensive! And it seems it's not so uncommon to lose it.
Some '93ers identify as Zillennials and some feel the Millennial label alone is more correct (though you can also be both). Up to you, glad you enjoyed the video :)
Born in 92. Beginning of the Zillinnial .
Thank you! I was born in Nov 1997, and i relate to this 100%
I'm glad, thanks for the comment!
I was born in 2000 and I definitely consider myself a zillenial. My childhood was in the 2000s and I had the quintessential zillenial 2000s experience. We are constantly grouped with people born in like 2006 for example even though they barely even remember the 2000s. They had their childhood in the 2010s while I entered elementary school in 2005 before they where even born and I am a 2000s kid, it is a stark contrast in terms of experiences. My first vague memories where from late 2002 so I can also remember the early 2000s. It kinda pisses me off that we are gatekept by neckbeards on reddit sometimes just for being born in 00. They will even say things like "1999 is pure zillenial while 2000 is pure Z" -_-. they act like we grew up drastically different from someone born in 1998 or 1999 which is just ridiculous. We literally grew up with the same exact things. We fall into the gen z/y cusp as well since cuspers are typically born 3 years before a generation and 3 years after I think right? The pew research gen z range and almost all other gen z ranges start gen z in 1997 so the cusp would include those born between 1997-2000. Plus before gen z became a thing the millennial range used to include 2000 and I was told I was a millennial while growing up. The U.S census still classifies me as a millennial too. We have all the zillenial traits like being born under clinton, born in the 20th century, we became teens in the early 2010s and graduated H.S in the 2010s, we where all alive when 9/11 occured, etc... Sure I can't remember 9/11 but I was still alive and walking when it happened. Most late 90s babies can't remember it either. Regardless of what labels people put on us I am a zillenial and proud Y2K baby, I love my birth year and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
It is tricky because for many things it is more of a gradual change!
same here 02
@@cutiedopo17 nah you’re both Gen Z
@@labased2539 Nope, zillennials. Gen Z starts in 95 so ofc anyone 95-2010/11 is Z. But we are zillennials due to being close in age with millennials and relating to all the same stuff.
@@cutiedopo17 Sorry you’re Gen-Z, as much as you wouldn’t like to be. Anyone born after 9/11 doesn’t count as a Zillennial My sister was born in 03 and she’s nothing like the people in my age group lol. I only ever hang out with people born in 1996-1999 since we were all together during the elementary, middle, & high school. Most people born during the mid to later 90s that I know have kids, wrapping up college like myself, have their own places, established a career, etc. I don’t know anyone born in 2002 tbh nor have I ever talked to anyone born around that time.
born in 95 in non usa and almost like 85% resonated with me..nickolodeon , cartoon network was my life,9/11 had heard about it but din't realise it's gravity similar event happened that marked us happened here in my coutry..avtaar , bit of hannah montana , few other shows, jimmy neutron,music became more important since my highschool still listedned to it though,linkin park , shakira tinsy bit, taylor during her early days like love story ..some of lifetime best experiences were those..young adult about to start my working life may be in next 12 month but man i think all of us enjoyed these points you said.
Thanks for the comment! Glad to see some non-USA people can relate as well.
I relate to millenials more than gen z, they're like whole another kind of people to me. Born early 1997.
Kim Possible was Disney... Representing March of 1995 here!
I got my first cell phone, a Samsung Rant, with the slide out keyboard, when I was 13, a few months before I turned 14. Those phones were amazing. I first got social media account on Facebook, a few months later in May of 2009 when I was 14. I didn't get my first smartphone until my Freshman year of College.
@@ThePhl4ever Oh sorry did I put Kim Possible with Nickelodeon? I wasn't originally going to include it so maybe that's how things got mixed up. Glad some of this resonated with you :)
I definitely relate to this, being born in late '95. The defining feature of millennials is that they came of age or joined college / the workforce right around the height of the 2008 recession, but I was still in middle school at the time and only experienced it through the anxieties of my parents as they saw their income lowered during those years. However, I also ended up going to an expensive private college and struggled to get a career in the field I studied which also seems to be the millennial experience whereas Gen Z seems to be more cautious of going to college or do it cheaper. I grew up on Kim Possible and know what her beeper tone was even though I didn't fully understand what a "beeper" or pager was until later in life. I also knew of dial-up but didn't grow up on it. I also grew up with a corded wall phone in the house and didn't get my first cell phone (an LG Chocolate slide out keyboard) until 7th grade and didn't get my first smartphone until early mid-high school.
Yes, quite an accurate representation of what I think of as the Zillennial experience! Thanks for sharing
Completely agree! November 1995 baby here. I grew up on S Club, Mary Kate and then when I reached 13 I was obsessed with Hannah Montana haha
I was born in 95, a true Zilliennial 😁 no wonder i could relate to things from both generations (millennials & GenZ) at times
Definitely! It can be a great thing
Xennials: 1978-1983
(Forbes Website)
Millennials: Around 1984-1992
Zennials: 1993-1998
(The Black Sheep Agency Website)
Generation Z: Around 1999-2007
Zalphas: Around 2008-2013
Generation Alpha: Around 2014-2022
I was born in 1995, I identify as a Zennial. 🙂
@@BlackFrostMusic Thanks for sharing!
I’m 1993-1998 so I was born 1997 so ima Millennial I don’t fit the gen z at all I’m too old to be Gen Z ima Zillennial By itself watch 90’s movies 🎥
@@zymeerwhitman8761 I'm late 90s and I feel more Gen z than millenial. My friends who are early 2000s we are legit the same and everyone else older than me says I'm not a true millenial, I'm a gen z ahaha. I think it depends
I was born in 1996 and this is really accurate
Cool, glad to hear it, Anna :)
Where’s my chemical romance in the emo shout out! They were my idols as a young emo kid! Lol almost everyone in my generation who was into their emo phase, listened to them. Great video btw, I relate.
Ah yes, I definitely could have gone on about music a bit more. MCR was big for sure among certain groups and thank you :)
1993✌🏼
I grew up with siblings born in the 80s and a younger sibling born in 1999 so I grew up with literally ALL the TV shows mentioned. But it’s different when it comes to events. I was 7 when 9/11 happened and remember my 3rd grade class being cancelled that day (which is weird bc I lived in LA). I honestly didn’t even know the housing market crashed in 2008 (I was 14 then) ngl I found out about it 3 years ago. When it comes to socials MySpace and Facebook was taboo because I was “too young” to have one when they came out but that didn’t stop me 💅🏼 vine(rip) sc tiktok I use all of them. I def feel strung in between the two generations so I guess that makes me zillennial..
Makes sense, almost like on the cusp of being on the cusp haha!
I love the fact that you showed that specific Venm Diagram at 8:31 because that to me is very accurate since i was born in late 1996
Glad you like it!
@@TheGenerations1 it's accurate since it falls under 3 categories which is millenial, Zennial, and Gen Z since it is the cusp
Apparently, zillennials were born between 1992 and 1998. I finally feel like my tiny generation has a name and is being recognized! I’m too young to remember the Walkman but too old to have watched Wizards of Waverley.
I would say zillenial is more 94 to 2000 or 2001 because 92-93 are usually considered millennial
@@Hsasummer 92-93 is everything on this video to a T. They were under 18 when the recession happened, were too young to remember how big Y2K was, won’t remember the 90s, we’re little kids during 9/11 and won’t know the true extent of it but may remember it. Graduated in the 2010s, and had smartphones in high school
It is 1992-2004
@@whiteipod2000 Kids born in 92-93 dont remember the 90s? Thats a stretch..
They remember the late 90s when cassette tapes were out and courage the cowardly dog was on @@gsly6081
Can't believe it took me 3 years to find this video.
Glad you found it now!
I loved the first two Zenon movies. I wish Disney would make merchandise for those movies.
True! I think they were pretty popular!
1995 born, I identify more with being a cusper than a millennial. I remember 9/11 mainly because we got sent home early from school and I just thought it was strange because all my mother told me was that some bad guys did something in New York and we live in western Canada.... Didn't make much sense at the time. We had computers and dial up internet in my house because my dad's always been an early adopter of different tech, no matter what it is. That sound will forever be engrained in my memory. I even remember ALWAYS having a computer in my room starting at maybe 4 years old, I just never used it because I didn't really know how and thought it was boring. I was probably 9 or 10 before I really started getting into computers, had a Myspace, Nexopia account, used to play Runescape, Habbo Hotel and Neopets. My first phone was a Samsung flip at 13/14 but I only had one friend with one so I'd find out where everyone was by calling their house and asking their parents, or just biking around until I found the house with all my friends bikes out front. Facebook was the dumbest thing ever and I hated it, my parents actually got on it first. We were the first class at my middle school to be issued laptops by the school district... yeah that only lasted one year, everyday there was always some kid with a broken laptop that they dropped down the stairs or something, they ended that program and I don't think they've given kids laptops ever since. Used to be on Tumblr when it was good, Snapchat came out when I was still in high school but I didn't sign up for it until I was maybe 18 just because no one I knew was on it yet. A lot of my "millennial" peers are either settling in to a career or marriage by now which I'm not ready for and my "gen z" friends are busy doing TikTok challenges and partying every night which I just don't understand (The tiktok part atleast, the partying stuff I'm just over with by now). This is a weird ass generation to be part of.
'95 dude here, born 9/9/95 (we do it DD/MM/YY not MM/DD/YY where im from but its the same coincidentally lol). anyways, I got the urge to just start writing this completely random reply to a fellow cusper from across the world, a sudden refresh the archives of a stranger's brain recalling a random memories that are absoultely uncalled for or interesting to read but anyways I'm bored at work so gonna write so that my boomer dickhead boss thinks I'm doing tasks that I automated with AI months ago and still getting paid to come to work and pretend to do shit. Enjoy the random dude's memory of 9/11/01, and some random crap at the end. I am relating to everything you said its absolutely insane. like we're the ham in between a sandwich bread slices.
I have a weird hazy, kind of nostalgic memory of 9/11 I think Is the best way to describe it? I just turned 6, 2 days before. I'm from europe so I had finished school and it was still in the morning in the US when they struck the towers, So I was vibing watching dragon ball in the living room/kitchen on this small ass CRT 15" Grundig TV around 3pm, having arrived straight from school. then I heard the neighbour shouting to us and others in our street that a plane crashed in a skyscraper in the US, and to check the news. my mum rushed and changed the channel from FoxKids or what it was to the National news, I remember being so upset and bitching to change it back, I was told to zip it and behave or no playing spyro the dragon after haha. That was live and only the first plane hit. my grandma and uncle were at the house and everyone was like jesus, whoah oh my god, poor people, what a tragic accident, grandma prayed and was worried but didn't know why... anyways we watched for a few mins, I kept bitching to watch dragon ball and as soon as they were about to change it back, the 2nd plane hit. everyone just froze, grandma started crying and my uncle said something along the lines of Holy fucking jesus donkey ass balls christ in my language. and everyone stared at the TV and grandma was sobbing. I remember jumping on the kitchen counter to change the channel myself as I didn't want to see her cry. mum grabbed me and put me on the sofa told me to play on the PS1 in the other room, my uncle came over said sorry for swearing and not being able to watch dragon ball, and that can be replayed. and what was happening was a serious thing that was gonna be a historic event and as it was live they had to watch it. I remember just sitting there watching it for an hour or more, then dad came home, came to the kitchen, saw everyone glued to the tv and jokingly said "uhh, did aliens invade US or something?" Having watched indipendence day the night before, The thing I remember most is him go from calm to full on panicking when grandma reminded him her brother was there. He frantically searched to find the number and call his uncle. he emigrated in the 70's to live in NYC, couldn't reach him for hours. Grandma was panicked and it was one of the like 3 times I saw my dad straight up concerned and anxious, the other was when grandpa had a heart attack and died a few years later and when my brother was shot in the hip during the 2011 arab spring uprising after being deployed in libya as part of some nato task force during gaddafi final days. anyways went off topic lol, one memory led to another and im just writing what comes to mind, my bro's alive thankfully. anyways, Cuspers like us that saw society change drastically and forever with technology and the internet becoming a thing. I remember MSN Live or IRC, Tamagochi, Nokia 3310, the motorola razr I think it was, the shitty dial up internet taking 3 days to download games, movies and other shit from ****very legal websites***, playing outside and riding bikes around town,sharing ringtones and images with Infrared or the first version of bluetooth, having lan parties on the pc's at school playing call of duty 1/2, Discovering youtube in 2007 or 2008 when it wasn't THAT popular, Runescape and miniclip, the rise of memes, then suddenly I finished high school. and BOOM out of nowhere I'm almost 29, nearing 30. Instagram I rarely use as I end up doomscrolling & never had Tiktok installed. Now its ai and we're on another tech revolution. Bro just take me back to playing GTA san andreas on the ps2 ffs. Yeah what a weird ass generation right? thanks for your attention and patience if you read this dumpster fire mess adhd rant and may you have a nice day :)
@mrbananapsychooo we were brought up during a very specific moment in history that's hard to articulate! I appreciate your dumpsterfire adhd filled rant my friend 😁 thank you for taking the time to comment. How are you dealing with the current state of events and the encroaching 30s? I turn 29 in exactly a month so entering the last year of my 20s right now feels oddly exciting but also terrifying in a way.
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Actually I think till 2002 are Zillennials. Me (2001) and my brother (2002) can relate to both generations on some things, but my younger brother (2004) can't. He even doesn't remember the VHS and he started using a smartphone being almost a child.
Pd: From Latam, we can relate to a lot of americans
I was born in 2003 and I remember watching VHS and when cds started becoming really popular. And I had pretty much every game system that came out in the 2000s but the first Xbox. I watched Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney in it’s prime and pretty much would stay out every day until the street lights went out.
In my personal opinion I think 2004 is the cut because I’ve seen kids born in 2005 and up and they really do act like immature technology freaks who can’t live without their phones and social media!!!
Hell no, 2000 is barely zillennial so you guys need to stop 😂
@@SantoSaint1 you're not a early 2000s kid and you're not a zillennial. You were like 1 or 2 when TH-cam first came out and PlayStation 3
@@TheLastMillennials Well, I was almost born in 2000 (February 2001), so I studied and grew up with 2000's children. The influence is really strong because of these little differences
@@SantoSaint1 Hmmm, I don't think so. You're a teenager yet, but I think it's cool that you grew up with these influences
many data say that they start from 1992 to 1999 I born late 1993 I am zillenial but I identify more with gen z because I was always ahead of my time I wanted to be born between 2002 and 2009 or at least in the last years of the 90s in order to have the best technology, I had to grow up with it
There is disagreement about when generations start and end so of course there will be with cusps too. I have seen it start that early somewhere as well. That is interesting you wish you were born later! What's your favorite tech?
those 2009 songs tho... brings me back
I was born in 2000 and I never felt completely related to millennials or genzs. Yeah growing up we were obsessed with percy Jackson, twilight and vampire diaries plus Harry potter. High school musical was sensational and then we were all obsessed with one direction and Justin bieber. I remember wanting to have a hair like Hannah Montana. When covid started we were all out of school pursuing different things. Most of the younger genzs were at school in that point.
I was born in 1995 and I agree, my childhood was more Millennial but my teenage years were more Gen Z but not the Gen Z we have today though so I'm definitely a Zillennial.
Yo! I was born in the earlier half of 1998, so I guess I'm more on the zoomer side of Zillennial spectrum.
I think one aspect that really defines Zillenials is our relationship with the growing use of computers in everyday life. Basically all of us were born a while after the World Wide Web was invented in 1989, but a lot of us can remember a time where it wasn't, like, this omnipresent thing. I think a really clear example of this (imo) is the increased commonality of computer usage in schools
Like, back in elementary school, using a computer to do work was this really rare and novel thing, and generally it wasn't used. By Middle School, we had a class in which we would spend like an hour on the PC doing word assignments and the like and getting used to working with programs for editing. By my junior and senior year of high school, they basically just started handing out computers, and about 50% of the work was done through their (much to the chagrin of the older teachers).
Even before the pandemic, basically a good 70% to 80% of my college work was done and turned in on a computer.
Anyways, really good video! Surprised you don't have more subs.
Thanks for providing more insight regarding what you feel are the relevant parts of being a Zillennial! And thank you :)
There is no such things as more leaning this or that based on year since generations are vague, arbitrary and differs in views. I’ve seen gen z starting as early as around 1995 and millennials ending around 00 s latest so you can choose what you feel more less if. 50/50 if so
We used to have Computer class in elementary, no internet or actual learning, just edutainment games on iMac G3s. It was kind of like mini recess, especially since the computers were in the same room as the Cafeteria and Library.
1995 for me, such an interesting perspective to have; I remember going outside and playing, but I also remember getting a cell phone and MySpace. We’re old enough to remember 9/11 & the first recession. But we also know computers better than any other generation. 😂
good content. i've always related to both generations being born in 00
Thank you!
I am not from the US but Germany and born in 96 but most of the points raised in this video still apply. I remember 9/11 and that it was a significant event without realising the extent of it’s significance. As a European the financial crisis was extended to the 2010 European debt crisis which was a strong influence on my study choices. Regarding the pop culture references I would say about 60% apply or at least I know of them being big for friends of mine (such as the twilight series)
Thank you for providing your perspective from Germany! Interesting to know :)
Born 2000 and I always find it confusin' cause the range of the Millennial and Gen Z bars change, we're old enough to remember the VCR era but too young to remember 9/11.
For sure!
I'm a Zillennial, however it's frustrating when people ask me whether I'm a Millennial or a Gen Z, if I tell them I'm a Zillennial they wouldn't even know what that is. So it's hard for me to answer that. If we go by age I might fall into the Millennial category (born in mid 94) but if we go by experiences I'd consider myself a Gen Z, I relate way more to Gen Z than I do to Millennials. In 2021 when people think of Millennials they think of someone in their 30s and Gen Z in their 20s.. being in my mid 20s makes it so hard. I really wish the term Zillennial was more popular and official since there are many of us. I'd say anyone born between 93 and 99 could fall into this category. It's so hard because if you try to be a Millennial you can easily be invalidated for stuff like not having memories from the 90s, not knowing 90s or early 2000s pop culture or not remembering 9/11 but then again if you try to be a Gen Z they can invalidate you for being "too old", for not using tik tok as much or for wearing skinny jeans. You know? it's like we are a whole different generation.
When it comes to generations, things probably are most frustrating for cuspers! It is true many are not familiar with the idea of Zillennials. Maybe in time. Thanks for sharing, I'm sure some other Zillennials can relate :)
I was born in 2010 so I’m a cusper in between GenZ and Gen alpha. So I think 2009-2014 should be it’s own micro generation called
“Zalpha” because I feel 50% GenZ and 50% Gen alpha.
It just might be! We already seem to be mentioning/talking about Alpha and therefore Zalpha earlier than we did Gen Z
Very true indeed
2007-2012 makes more sense
Born in 99, I realized I related badly with people 2-4 years younger than me and further so.
What I see as a good position of the zillenial is that technology became strong but we weren't attached to the internet yet like everyone is now which has been a suckass evolution together with smartphones and especially social media I see as the downfall of our little microgeneration and who comes after us. I do mis analog life it made more sense.
I'll be 21 in March 18th. I feel like the middle child just like Gen X when it was between Gen B (Boomers) and Gen Z 2.0 play the role of oldest and youngest siblings when us from Gen X and Gen Z 1.0 as the middle child. Sometimes I would be called out as a Zoomer when I'm actually Zillenial (2001).