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title: "Gen Y are Content Creators"
date: 2005-11-03
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Gen Y are Content Creators

This what it’s all about:

> “Fully half of all teens and 57% of teens who use the internet could be considered Content Creators. They have created a blog or webpage, posted original artwork, photography, stories or videos online or remixed online content into their own new creations.”

That finding is from the Pew Internet & American Life Project Report: [Teen Content Creators and Consumers](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315001522/http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/166/report_display.asp).

This is the current generation of kids – read/write Web babies. They’re being brought up as creators and not just consumers. Oh I love the Web…

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gen_y_are_conte.php))*