{"id":24015,"date":"2025-01-17T15:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=24015"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:06:53","slug":"im-gen-z-emmerdale-fan-8-things-thatll-encourage-more-soap-viewers-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/im-gen-z-emmerdale-fan-8-things-thatll-encourage-more-soap-viewers-age\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m a Gen Z Emmerdale fan – 8 things that’ll encourage more soap viewers my age"},"content":{"rendered":"

With times ever changing, soaps are trying to constantly modernise themselves to appeal to younger viewers.<\/p>

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As a Gen Z Emmerdale<\/a> fan myself, I love tuning into the village drama every weekday. But, most of my friends my age have never even watched an episode.<\/p>\n

So, with this in mind, here are eight things the soap could do to bring in younger viewers.<\/p>\n

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There aren\u2019t enough teens and young adults in the village (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Emmerdale young viewers: 1. Bring in more young characters<\/h2>\n

Currently there are a lack of younger characters in the village, and the ones that are in the soap aren\u2019t being focused on as much as they could be.<\/p>\n

We have April who has gone missing, and we have Jacob who is busy training to be a medical student<\/a>. But, more focus could definitely be put on bringing in more teens and young adults and showing them hang out with their mates and having a good time.<\/p>

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