YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics.

Interesting topic but one I suspect most of us are in line with.  There are exceptions to the age-related audiophile phenomenon. 

About 6 years ago, my daughter (now age 36) told me she was interested in vinyl.  Her first endeavor in audio was asking me to help her at age 30 put together a very modest system for listening so I did.  I gave her a pair of ZU Omen bookshelf speakers I had lying around, and bought her a small EL84 based integrated, gave her a Vincent phono preamp and she bought a low-end Rega turntable.  She was hooked...  When I recently retired and moved to a small cottage, I had no room for my vinyl collection and digital, so I gave her many of my jazz albums as she found that genre of music to her enjoyment and liking.  Now, she has ~ 75% of my vinyl and has broadened her listening to small ensembles, male and female vocalists and is really enjoying it.  2 years ago, she upgraded from her little integrated to a Pass-Labs XP-12 and Musical Fidelity power amp and immediately could tell the difference and improvement in sound.  Her next move will be a better phono preamp and turntable.  At this point, she wants to keep on this path, but she does have an interest in digital streaming.  So there are some "kids" out there who may carry the torch in Audiophiledom forward as we fade back in the halls of listening...  

It’s cultural, as many comments say. Many 65+ were the buyers back in the 70s and 80s of higher end gear because we valued music, rock, jazz, blues, in a time when music was a leading cultural, social, even political art form. Not just physical media, we also put FM radio on the map: the receiver was integral. And we were in our 20s and 30s then. Some also still have hundreds if not thousands of books on shelves as well because up until about 1972, or maybe later, many writers had the same allure. We went to lots of movies too. Values, as far as the arts go, have changed generationally. Not just content, what bands people like, but the place music has in people’s lives. For many years, maybe since the 90s, with these huge stadium shows, it has been social, a gathering place, an event, not just GD and U2 and Bruce, but all sorts from rap to country to Swift, as opposed to a man and his stereo in his room. My kids laugh at me and my records, although my son in law was happy to get a cast off TT and speakers from me, maybe because he’s a musician, but more likely because times are tight and he would never spend the dough we did at that age for stuff.

Well I guess I’m 2 for 2!  I collect antique clocks and own way too many audio systems. Two declining hobbies. At 74 I’ll just continue to enjoy both. 

I'm shocked that no teens are watching videos about five figure adult luxury indulgences.

It's a hobby that appeals to older gentlemen with spare cash. Relax..everyone gets old some time.

@dr-boop 

It's a hobby that appeals to older gentlemen with spare cash. Relax..everyone gets old some time.

Agreed, the concern is that once the current batch of older gentleman kick the bucket there doesn’t seem to be another batch in the pipeline to replace them.