Everyone has money advice. Who should young investors listen to?
Advice everywhere
Sebi’s Investor Survey 2025 offers useful perspective. Among surveyed investors, 59% cited friends, family and colleagues as sources of information on securities-market products, while 56% cited financial influencers on social media. Online investment communities, including Telegram, WhatsApp, Reddit and Facebook groups, were used by 34%; financial professionals were cited by about 25%. These figures cover investors generally, not Gen Z alone. Even so, they reveal the environment in which today’s young investors are learning to make financial decisions.
