艾媒咨询 | 为体验与身份买单——2026年新生代市场消费者需求调研报告

近年来，新生代消费群体持续受益于体验经济、社交媒介、圈层文化与悦己消费的全方位赋能，其消费逻辑已从单一的商品功能满足延伸至身份表达、情绪价值、社交参与与沉浸体验等多场景融合。全球领先的新经济产业第三方数据挖掘和分析机构iiMedia Research（艾媒咨询）最新发布的《为体验与身份买单——2026年新生代市场消费者需求调研报告》数据显示，2020年中国体验经济市场规模为3.22万亿元，2025年升至19.67万亿元，预计2035年将达59.66万亿元。体验经济持续扩容，为新生代“为体验与身份买单”提供了坚实的市场基础。
2026年中国新生代消费者愿大额投入的消费场景中，数码产品以58.70%居首，健身/运动装备与课程（35.09%）和护肤/美妆/医美（33.54%）紧随其后，而收藏品仅占8.39%。在线下体验项目中，轻运动（骑行、飞盘、徒步、攀岩等）每季度至少消费一次的比例最高（28.64%），短途出行/城市微旅行“从未体验过”的比例最低（8.82%），而主题乐园/研学、手工DIY体验的月度高频消费占比均超过26%，密室/剧本杀及演唱会/音乐节的月度消费占比亦在21%以上。新生代消费呈现出“高频轻体验日常化、重体验文娱分层化”的鲜明特征。
艾媒咨询分析师认为，新生代消费者已从“浅层打卡”转向“高频沉浸”，追求兼具社交属性、情绪价值与身体参与的复合型体验，其中轻运动与短途出行正成为日常化刚需，而重体验、强叙事的文娱项目则呈现明显的分层消费特征。建议商家一方面将产品设计为“轻量化+社交化”组合，例如推出周末短途运动社群套餐或主题化徒步路线；另一方面利用高频场景带动低频项目，如以手工DIY工作坊搭配展览门票、剧本杀与城市漫步联票，并通过会员订阅制锁定每月复购意愿较强的核心客群。
In recent years, the new generation of consumers has continuously benefited from comprehensive empowerment driven by the experience economy, social media, niche culture, and self-care consumption. Their consumption logic has evolved from merely fulfilling product functionality to encompassing multiple integrated scenarios, including identity expression, emotional value, social participation, and immersive experiences. According to data from iiMedia Research—a globally leading third-party data mining and analysis firm for the new economy sector—titled "Paying for Experience and Identity: 2026 Market Consumer Demand Research Report for the New Generation of Consumers," the size of China's experience economy market reached 3.22 trillion yuan in 2020, rose to 19.67 trillion yuan in 2025, and is projected to reach 59.66 trillion yuan by 2035. The ongoing expansion of the experience economy has provided a solid market foundation for this new generation of consumers to "pay for experience and identity."
In 2026, among consumption scenarios where China's new-generation consumers are willing to make substantial expenditures, digital products led with 58.70%, followed by fitness/sports equipment and courses (35.09%) and skincare/beauty/medical aesthetics (33.54%), while collectibles accounted for only 8.39%. Among offline experience activities, light sports (cycling, frisbee, hiking, rock climbing, etc.) showed the highest proportion of participants who engaged in them at least once per quarter (28.64%), whereas short-distance travel/city micro-trips had the lowest proportion of those who "had never experienced them" (8.82%). In contrast, thematic parks/educational tours and DIY craft experiences each accounted for over 26% of monthly high-frequency consumption, while escape rooms/role-playing games and concerts/musical festivals also exceeded 21% in monthly consumption share. The consumption patterns of the new generation of consumers are characterized by two distinct trends: "high-frequency, low-experience, everyday activities" and "high-experience, narrative-driven entertainment offerings with clear segmentation."
Analysts at iiMedia Research observe that this demographic has shifted from "superficial check-ins" to "high-frequency immersive experiences," seeking composite experiences that combine social attributes, emotional value, and physical engagement. Among these, light exercise and short-distance travel are becoming essential daily necessities, while high-experience, narrative-driven entertainment offerings exhibit pronounced segmentation in consumer demand. Merchants are advised to, on one hand, design products as a combination of "lightweight features + socialization," such as launching weekend short-distance sports community packages or themed hiking routes; and, on the other hand, leverage high-frequency scenarios to drive engagement with low-frequency offerings—for example, pairing DIY workshops with exhibition tickets, or bundling role-playing games with urban strolls—while utilizing membership subscription models to lock in core customer segments with strong monthly repurchase intent.