Youth purpose has important implications for behavior and well-being, yet there is limited information about the types of purpose that young people pursue. The current study contributes insight into the content of purpose through a survey of 316 adolescents and young adults. Analyses of responses revealed that young people rated their purposes as most strongly related to supporting their family (37%), improving lives (25%), creating, designing, or inventing something that makes a difference in the world (13%), and serving a higher power (11%). Open-ended purpose descriptions varied considerably in terms of the number of purposes reported (0-7) and the scope of each purpose (e.g., making people smile, achieving world peace). There were also age differences such that young adults (ages 18-29) tended to describe purposes in more concrete, realistic terms than adolescents (ages 13-18). We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding and promoting youth purpose.