17 days ago
Nine in 10 Gen Zs have friends they now communicate with exclusively through memes
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 29 Sept 2026, 08:05 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Nine in 10 Gen Zs have friends they now communicate with exclusively through memes”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Nearly nine in 10 Gen Zs have friends they now communicate with exclusively through online memes - and rarely or never see them in real life.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Scotsman
Nine in 10 Gen Zs have friends they now communicate with exclusively through memes
- Picked up by Yorkshire Post
Nine in 10 Gen Zs have friends they now communicate with exclusively through memes
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.