Gen Alpha-focused marketing must be mobile-forward. During the pandemic, Gen Alphas became more reliant than ever on mobile devices for education, socializing, and entertainment—and they never looked back. Eighty percent of US internet users ages 0–11 will be tablet users this year, and almost 30% will be smartphone users, per our forecasts.
Digital video is Gen Alpha’s top online pastime and should be marketers’ go-to format. Among the 36.2 million Gen Alpha internet users in the US, digital video is the most prevalent activity by far (81.4%), followed distantly by digital gaming, per our forecasts.