{"id":4450,"date":"2024-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/develop-blog-edubirdie-com.dev.prokit.me\/blog\/gen-z-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:00:00","slug":"gen-z-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edubirdie.com\/blog\/gen-z-olympics","title":{"rendered":"Study Reveals that 61% of Gen Z doesn\u2019t care about the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"gen z doesn't care about olympics\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/blog.site\/images\/gen%20z%20olympics_1721908377.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the moment we have many things in common with Ancient Greece, but the most important thing that immediately comes to mind is the Olympic Games. Does Gen Z even know about this ancient tradition that&#8217;s still kicking today? With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games starting, we ran a survey to get their take.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Key findings<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>61% of Gen Z were not interested in the Olympics, even though they knew about it.<\/li>\n<li>88% never watched a single piece from the Games and heard about it only on social media.<\/li>\n<li>23% were interested in the performances of the sportsmen from their local state only.<\/li>\n<li>54% think that the Olympics are archaic but still an important part of the world\u2019s culture.<\/li>\n<li>31% responded that the Olympics might as well be canceled, and they wouldn&#8217;t notice.<\/li>\n<li>39% said that the amount of sports included in the program should be reviewed.<\/li>\n<li>32% think that e-sport should be added to the Olympic program.<\/li>\n<li>71% think that the Paralympic Games are not getting enough attention compared to the original Olympics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Methodology:<\/strong> To create this study, researchers from EduBirdie surveyed 2,000 people in the Generation Z demographic. 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