Subtitles, Closed Captioning Popular Among Young Viewers
... Even high-end AVsound systems can find the dialogue playing second fiddle to sound effects. The end result is more people than ever using subtitles. The Preply survey, conducted in May, reports Fox 13, found “members of Gen Z — which are often defined as those born between 1997 and 2012 — were much more likely to be frequent subtitle users (70 percent) compared to older viewers,” while “millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, were also more likely (53 percent) to use the feature than the average respondent. But older people, such as Gen X and Baby Boomers, were the groups least likely to frequently use subtitles.” ...
https://www.etcentric.org/subtitles-closed-captioning-popular-among-young-viewers/
Source - https://www.wsj.com/articles/cant-hear-what-actors-are-saying-on-tv-its-not-you-probably-11669400315
