A video app made for kids only
YouTube Kids was created to give kids a more inclusive environment filled with family-friendly videos on all different topics, igniting your kids’ inner creativity and fun. Parents and caregivers can guide the journey as your children discover new and exciting interests along the way. Learn more at youtube.com/kidsA safer online experience for kids
We work hard to keep YouTube Kids videos family friendly and use a combination of automated filters created by our engineering teams, human review, and feedback from parents to protect our younger online users. But no system is perfect and inappropriate videos can creep in, so we’re constantly improving our security measures and introducing more features to help parents create the right experience for their families.
Personalize your child’s experience with parental controls
Limit screen time: Set a time limit on how long your children can watch and help encourage them to move from watching to working.
Keep up with what they’re watching: Just check out the Watch It Again page and you’ll always know what they’ve seen and the latest interests they’re exploring.
Ban: Don’t like the video? Block the entire video or channel, and you will never watch it again.
Reporting: You can always alert us of inappropriate content by flagging a video for our review. Flagged videos are reviewed 24/7.
Create unique individual experiences like your children
Create up to eight kids’ profiles, each with their own viewing preferences, video recommendations, and settings. Choose from ‘Approved Content Only’ mode or select an age group for your child, ‘Preschool’, ‘Younger’ or ‘Older’.
Select the Approved Content Only mode if you want to pick out the videos, channels, and/or groups that you’ve approved your child to watch. In this mode, children will not be able to search for videos. A ‘Preschool’ mode designed for children ages 4 and under with videos that promote creativity, fun, learning and exploration. The Younger Mode allows children ages 5 to 8 to explore their interests in a variety of topics including songs, animations, and crafts. While Older mode gives kids ages 9 and up the opportunity to research and explore additional content such as popular music and game videos for kids.
All kinds of videos for all kinds of kids
Our library is full of family-friendly videos on all different topics, igniting your children’s inner creativity and fun. It’s everything from their favorite shows and music to learning how to build a model volcano (or make slime ЁЯШЙ and everything in between.
Other important information:
Parental preparation is essential to ensuring the best possible experience for your child.
YouTube Kids contains paid ads to make the app free. Your child may also watch videos with commercial content from YouTube creators that are not paid ads. The Privacy Notice for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link describes our privacy practices when your child uses YouTube Kids with their Google Account. When your child uses the YouTube Kids app without being signed into their Google Account, the YouTube Kids Privacy Notice will apply.
