Wow, I don’t spend nearly this amount on alcohol

Considering half of Gen Z isn't even legal drinking age yet, this isn't too surprising.

"Fading", more like jumped off a cliff.

There is no safe amount of alcohol to drink.

Everyone is broke.

They watched their parents make asses of themselves while drunk, and today everyone has a video camera in their hand.

Because they’re weak.

In all seriousness, income has stayed about the same in nominal terms, but the cost of living has gone way up even between millennials and gen z. So really income has gone down and booze is much more of a luxury.

Normalize it for age. How much did GenX spend at 22 vs GenZ? It could be similar, but it’s not clear. Of course old people have more disposable income once the mortgage is paid off and GenZ can’t get a mortage, just an expensive rental.

There’s a big drop off in drinking overall and it’s a good thing. Yet genZ is back on nicotine.

Nobody has healthcare, housing is unaffordable, we pay for everything with our tax dollars but all the profits go to corrupt pedofiles, Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison are turning the country into a mass surveillance prison for us to live in, there’s no laws for the rich, the earth is dying because the pedofile class doesn’t give a fuck about anything except doing as much evil as possible, there’s a genocide going on and 95% of American politicians are giving away unlimited amounts of our tax dollars to fund it and for the genocidal country to have universal healthcare and free college and a $400 monthly payment per child, the same politicians want to make it illegal to talk about or boycott Israel for their crimes, Trump has the nuclear codes, a secret police force is disappearing people and shooting people who are exercising their first amendment rights women’s rights are being stripped away and a lot of the boys and men are cheering…..I could go on and on but the reason is there’s nothing to celebrate

It’s because they can barely pay rent.

lol this thread not realizing it's a shitpost, half of gen z have not make it to drinking age and this data could be years old

Other drugs are cheaper, and readily available.

https://northjerseyrecovery.com/why-gen-z-is-drinking-less-but-using-more-drugs/

Half of gen Z can't legally drink and 75% of them are broke?

On July 1, 2024, the census estimates of the number of each generation of drinking age, if I'm reading this Excel spreadsheet correctly:

Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012, but as of 2024 the only legal drinking age was those born between 1997 and 2003): 31.3 million

Millennial (born between 1981 and 1996): 74.1 million

Gen X (born between 1965 and 1980): 65.6 million

Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964): 66.9 million

So assuming that 20-somethings have less money to spend on expensive alcohol, and recognizing that Gen Z has less than half the drinking age population as the other generations, it's not surprising for that generation to spend less on alcohol, even if their habits weren't different than the older generations.

Now, their habits actually are different, so that might stretch things further. But a better way to present the data would be adjusted per capita. And maybe looking at historical data about when prior generations were the same age.

Marijuana legalization has to be a big part of it

Because we're broke

Gen Z here. Tastes like shit

Bevlcause half of Gen Z is under 21 and the rest is broke?

We're less social, drinks in public spaces have gotten too expensive, weed

This needs to be per capita, not total

Have you seen the price of a beer now? Each night at the pub ends up being $100+

Gen Z hasn't been 21 or older for as long as the other groups, thus they haven't spent as much on booze yet.

Millennial here. Pressure was there to drink when growing up. College everyone was boozing. You were weird if you didn't booze.

Times are different now and the pressure is off. I think this will be huge, plus weed is a way better vice. Hangover is basically zero, no long term effects with heavy use, and generally a fun time.

Rather debate the moon's creation than drag Becky out to the car again and hope she doesn't puke in my car.

I would assume it’s because most of them are still children.

Alcohol costs money. Middle class is dead. Probably will see a lot more people making homemade things.

I know this is a shitpost but I've noticed that since the covid lockdown, a lot of my Gen-X friends and colleagues have quit drinking. Not a majority, but enough for me to notice. The boomers I know never slowed down...at all. Has anyone else noticed a drop in alcohol consumption within your social circles?

Most Gen Z-ers can't legally buy alcohol yet.
And illegal consumption doesn't make it into the statistic.

I suspect that smoking weed has replaced a lot of drinking for much of GenZ.

Poor.

IDK Im an older millenial and pretty much stopped drinking a decade ago. Never had a problem, but I just got too busy going back to school and working full time. Then I started noticing how many people I knew who were using it as a crutch to get through the week. Others were amazed when I said I couldn't remember the last time I drank. It just started to really turn me off drinking once I noticed how seemingly everyone had a terrible relationship with alcohol.

Now I drink again but not much. i buy a small box of wine to make a recipe every now and then and will drink the leftover glass or two. In the summer I feel a beer goes well with yard work but i buy a sixpack or two all summer and probably have leftovers come fall. Ocassionally I'll go out and have a beer with people. All in all maybe $100-$200 a year but probably less

My mom and dad and myself and my younger brother are all alcoholics. Two of us have recovered, two of us have not.

My youngest brother is on the spectrum and refuses to touch alcohol at all because he's watched it destroy lives and steal souls.

That's how this chart plays out in my family., ymmv.

Sure a per capita (18+) comparison would be more useful than NET expenditure? It might be lower but there are too many possible variables that aren't accounted for.

For example the graph below seems to indicate younger audiences drink dramatically less beer and wine than older generations, but dramatically more Hard Seltzers than Baby Boomers.

Cocktails are $20 a pop. Hell, mocktails are like $15 a pop and they don't contain alcohol.

Is Gen Z even allowed to drink yet?

Poorest generation spends the least on a luxury.

Why spend on alcohol when I can buy more books, games, travel the world or join a sports club instead of damaging my own body and end up paying more with hospital bills later in life?

Internet and games. Stay inside sober and have fun - including chatting with possible partners - instead of going out drinking trying to get laid.

/GenX who did the drinking variant. Gen Z has it better.

Many Gen Z are under 21