Age suitability
The Publisher rates this 14+. We rate it 15+.
The publisher's age listing reflects submitted content disclosures. Our age signal reads the same surface against four posture areas — moderation, privacy, security, and youth protection — based on public evidence.
Publisher says
14+Source: Publisher listing, retrieved 2026-05-06
Rooted Reality finds
15+Based on public-evidence signals reviewed across four posture areas
Why we land where we do
- 1Privacy. limited public disclosures for ages 15-17; expect to do extra reading of the surface's own documents before relying on it.
- 2Youth protection. moderate public disclosures for ages 15-17; read the evidence list below before deciding how this surface fits your household.
- 3Moderation. stronger public disclosures for ages 15-17; the source list shows the documents the score is built on.
Published content rulesWhat is allowed; what is not
Stronger78 / 100
Abuse-report responseTime-to-action and outcomes after a report
Stronger78 / 100
Transparency reportingVolumes, removals, appeals over time
Stronger78 / 100
Data collection noticeWhat is gathered from a session
Limited30 / 100
Training-data opt-outWhether session content feeds the model
Limited30 / 100
Third-party sharingWho else can see the prompts
Limited30 / 100
Account protectionMFA, device review, recovery flows
Stronger80 / 100
Disclosure and vulnerability programHow issues get reported and fixed
Stronger80 / 100
Teen-account defaultsReduced content for accounts under 18
Moderate55 / 100
Age-aware content limitsPersona, image-generation, and content gates
Moderate55 / 100
How peers stack up on age suitability
Same age signal, same evidence rubric, applied to surfaces a household is likely to encounter side by side.
SurfaceListedRR findsDelta
Evidence reviewed
10 of 10 signals
Evidence list is pending review
Confidence
Pending
Confidence published with the next reviewed update
Reviewed against
YouTube · ages 15-17
Posture can change between reviews
Posture evidence
10 cited sources · medium confidence
Public sources Rooted Reality reviewed when scoring this variant against rr-posture-v1.1. Each source fires one or more rubric patterns visible below the title.
Official terms of service
Official transparency report
Regulatory consent decree
Official help center
- Google account 2-step verification
Two-factor authentication available; encryption in transit and at rest documented across Google services.
- TWO_FACTOR_AVAILABLE
- ENCRYPTION_IN_TRANSIT
- ENCRYPTION_AT_REST
Source dated 2026-05-06
- YouTube Kids platform
Dedicated youth-facing platform with parental supervision tools and content controls.
- PARENTAL_SUPERVISION_TOOLS
Source dated 2026-05-06
- Supervised experiences on YouTube (Family Link)
Parental supervision tools for youth accounts via Family Link.
- PARENTAL_SUPERVISION_TOOLS
- TEEN_ACCOUNT_DEFAULTS
Source dated 2026-05-06
Official security documentation
Evidence used
No public evidence published yet.
Detailed evidence sources will appear here as version-level reviews are published. The posture signals above reflect the public disclosures Rooted Reality has reviewed for this product.
Limits of this review
This page reflects what YouTube publishes and what Rooted Reality has reviewed. It does not assess internal compliance programs, undisclosed safeguards, or behavior beyond publicly documented evidence. Posture can change between reviews, and individual households may experience the surface differently depending on settings, account type, and version.
How to read this page. Rooted Reality summarizes what publishers publicly disclose, on a fixed rubric, so households can compare like to like. The age signal is a reading aid — not an endorsement, not a ranking, not a guarantee. Posture changes when policies, defaults, or product behavior change; the date above is when this surface was last reviewed.
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