{"id":24406,"date":"2026-08-16T07:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/gen-z-flocks-to-birdtok-as-birding-takes-flight-its-a-craving-for-something-real\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:37:31","slug":"gen-z-flocks-to-birdtok-as-birding-takes-flight-its-a-craving-for-something-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/gen-z-flocks-to-birdtok-as-birding-takes-flight-its-a-craving-for-something-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z flocks to BirdTok as birding takes flight: \u2018It\u2019s a craving for something real\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media and Shazam-like birdsong apps drawing young people to hobby as they seek a gentler connection to the outside world<\/p>\n

Sorry Elon, but they\u2019re not your kind of tweets. Social media users are flocking to TikTok to join a burgeoning trend for birding videos as the hobby attracts a younger demographic.<\/p>\n

With the internet ever more cluttered with polarising, shouty and AI content, evidence is emerging of Britons preferring a gentler, more melodic window on the world in the shape of footage of the nation\u2019s feathered friends.<\/p>\n

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\nSocial media and Shazam-like birdsong apps drawing young people to hobby as they seek a gentler connection to the outside world
\nSorry Elon, but they\u2019re not your kind of tweets. Social media users are flocking to TikTok to join a burgeoning trend for birding videos as the hobby attracts a younger demographic.
\nWith the internet ever more cluttered with polarising, shouty and AI content, evidence is emerging of Britons preferring a gentler, more melodic window on the world in the shape of footage of the nation\u2019s feathered friends. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Social media and Shazam-like birdsong apps drawing young people to hobby as they seek a gentler connection to the outside world Sorry Elon, but they\u2019re not your kind of tweets. Social media users are flocking to TikTok to join a burgeoning trend for birding videos as the hobby attracts a younger demographic. With the internet …<\/p>\n

Gen Z flocks to BirdTok as birding takes flight: \u2018It\u2019s a craving for something real\u2019<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24406"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}