Japan is one of the countries most incredible in the world. This not only because it has delivered one of the richest cultures of all, but its news is so impressive and bizarre that it goes viral. And a fact that has surprised is a study carried out on young people to find out what they wanted to be when they grow up. More precisely what impacted is when the younger children were asked. And it is that they prefer to dedicate themselves to being VTubers before doctors and other more normal professions.
The VTubers in Japan are a boom that affects the youngest
The survey was conducted at the beginning of 2025 in Japan through the portal Nifty Kids where more than 2300 (2313 to be exact) children were surveyed. Among the age ranges, they found boys from 1st to 6th grade as well as adolescents from 7th to 9th grade. The question was simple: What do you want to be when you grow up?, and the surprise on the part of the pollsters could not have been more evident. More than 4% of the boys wanted to be VTubers, many more than the 3.5% who wanted to be doctors. These were the official numbers:
- School teacher – 6.5%
- Illustrator – 5.8%
- Utaite (singers) – 5.2%
- VTuber – 4.6%
- Actor/Actress/Model – 4.3%
- Youtuber – 3.5%
- Medical – 3.5%
- Idol – 3.5%
- Musician – 3.4%
- Nursery teacher and official – 3.2% each
Although the youngest of Japan They prefer the best known positions, such as school teacher or even illustrator, the trend of new jobs is visible. Not only the position of vTuber surprising, but also have the idea of becoming youtubers or idols.
Although the younger ones want to be vTubers, the teens have the clearest ideas
And although the little ones dream of VTubers about other types of professions more common in Japan, these answers change when they are made to young adults. This can be seen in those high school students from 7th to 9th grade, where we see the great change in their future decisions:
- teacher (9.5%)
- Pharmacist (6.4%)
- public official (5.3%)
- Musician (4.8%)
- Voice actor/actress (4.3%)
As you can see, when they become more adults, ideas change a lot and jobs such as that of vTuber or youtuber disappears from the equation. Adolescents opt for more frequent races and that do not usually get out of the rule, only when talking about musicians or actors can it be a little more different. Also, another point to understand why in Japan So many guys want to be vtubers is that the survey was conducted in 81% to girls. And considering that the most popular VTubers are women, it can affect your final choice.
