When most people think of ViacomCBS, they think of television and popular channels like MTV, Nickelodean and Comedy Central. But ViacomCBS is a lot more than that, and includes ViacomCBS Global Insights, which encompasses corporate and consumer research and insights revealing trends about people’s behavior all over the world. And in its newest report, Beyond 2020: Global Youth – Voices & Futures the team explored how the events of 2020 are shaping young people’s beliefs, attitudes and even plans for the future.

With all the challenges that 2020 has packed into 10 months – from an ongoing pandemic, to racial tensions and protests around the world, to environmental disasters like floods and fires – there has been more than enough to cause disruption and uncertainty for the world’s youth. To learn more about how young people aged 16-24 are reacting and responding to the dynamic shifts, the team at