Set your channel or video'south audience

As a YouTube creator, you are required to ready future and existing videos as made for kids or not. Even creators who don't make content for kids need to set their audience. This will help ensure that we offer the advisable features on your content.

To assist you comply, there are fabricated for kids audience settings on YouTube Studio. You tin can gear up your audience:

  • At the aqueduct level, which will set all of your future and existing content as made for kids or not.
  • Or, at the video level. If you choose this option, you'll need to set each existing and future video as fabricated for kids or non.

Note:

  • To set your audience as made for kids, you'll need to do so in YouTube Studio. Y'all won't exist able to do so in Creator Studio Classic.
  • We'll make the audience pick tool bachelor to third-party applications and the YouTube API Services in the virtually futurity. For now, please apply YouTube Studio to upload made for kids content.

Of import: Why every creator must set their audience

These changes are required equally part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and NY Attorney General, and will help y'all comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other applicative laws. Regardless of your location, we require you lot to tell us whether or not your videos are made for kids. If you fail to ready your audience accurately, y'all may face compliance bug with the FTC or other authorities, and we may have action on your YouTube account. Learn more about the FTC's enforcement of COPPA.

A few notes:

  • We utilise machine learning to help u.s. identify videos that are clearly directed to immature audiences. We trust y'all to gear up your audience accurately, but we may override your audience setting choice in cases of error or abuse.
  • Do not rely on our systems to set up your audience for you because our systems may not identify content that the FTC or other authorities consider to be made for kids.
  • If you need help determining whether or not your content is made for kids, check out this Help Center article or consult legal counsel.
  • Videos that you ready as "made for kids" are more likely to be recommended aslope other kids' videos.
  • If you've already set your audition for your video and YouTube detects fault or abuse, you may run into your video set as "Set to Made for Kids". You won't be able to change your audience setting. If you lot recollect we made a mistake, you can appeal.

Set your channel's audition

Simplify your workflow by selecting a channel setting.This setting will affect existing and future videos. If you choose not to select a aqueduct setting, you lot'll be required to identify each video on your channel that's made for kids. Settings for private videos will override the channel setting.

  1. Sign in to studio.youtube.com (Web studio only).
  2. On the left carte du jour, click Settings.
  3. Click Aqueduct.
  4. Click the Avant-garde Settings tab.
  5. Under Audience, select:
    1. "Yes, set this channel as made for kids. I always upload content that'due south fabricated for kids."
    2. "No, set this channel equally not fabricated for kids. I never upload content that's fabricated for kids."
    3. "I want to review this setting for every video."
  6. Click Salve.

Set your video's audience

You can set up individual videos every bit made for kids. This is a good option if only some of your videos are fabricated for kids. If you aren't sure whether or not your content is fabricated for kids, check out this Assistance Center article.

Set your audience during upload

  1. Go to studio.youtube.com. Note: to set your audition as made for kids, you'll need to employ YouTube Studio. You won't be able to do so in Creator Studio Classic.
  2. In the upper right hand corner, click the upload icon.
  3. ClickUpload video (beta). If you don't run across this, clickUpload video.
  4. On the Basic info tab, scroll to Audience.
  5. Select:
    • "Yeah, it's fabricated for kids".
    • "No, it's non made for kids".
  6. Click Next to continue uploading your content.

Once y'all've uploaded your video, it'll be labeled every bit "Made for kids - set past you" in your Uploads list.

Update the audition setting on existing videos

You lot may detect that YouTube has already gear up some videos as "made for kids". Since you haven't had a chance notwithstanding to gear up your videos or channel equally made for kids or not, you'll exist able to practise this now:

  1. Sign in to studio.youtube.com.
  2. From the left carte, select Content.
  3. Bank check the boxes side by side to the videos you'd like to edit. Note: Yous tin select all of your videos by checking the box next to "Video" at the top of your upload list.
  4. Select Edit and thenAudience and then"Yes, it's made for kids."
  5. Select UPDATE VIDEOS.

A few notes:

  • Nosotros employ automobile learning to help united states of america identify videos that are clearly directed to young audiences. Nosotros trust you to set your audience accurately, but nosotros may override your audience setting pick in cases of fault or corruption.
  • Do not rely on our systems to ready your audience for you because our systems may not identify content that the FTC or other authorities consider to be made for kids.
  • If you lot demand assistance determining whether or non your content is made for kids, cheque out this Help Heart commodity or consult legal counsel.
  • Videos that you set up as "fabricated for kids" are more than likely to be recommended alongside other kids' videos.
  • If you lot've already set your audience for your video and YouTube detects fault or abuse, yous may see your video set equally "Prepare to Made for Kids". Yous won't exist able to change your audition setting. If you think we made a error, yous can appeal.

Set your live stream'due south audience

Set your audience when creating a live stream

If yous aren't sure whether or not your content is made for kids, cheque out this Assistance Centre article.

  1. Go to studio.youtube.com.
  2. In the upper right paw corner, click the upload icon.
  3. ClickGo live. Note: Clicking this volition send you to the Live Control Room. You won't be able to ready your live stream's audience using our Archetype live streaming tools, so you'll need to do so using the Alive Command Room.
  4. After you lot've filled out the basic data and selected a privacy setting, whorl to Audition.
  5. Select:
    • "Yes, it'southward made for kids".
    • "No, information technology'southward not made for kids".
  6. Click Next to continue setting upward your live stream.

Update the audience setting on archived alive streams

Y'all may notice that YouTube has already set some archived live streams equally "made for kids". Since you oasis't had a chance withal to ready your archived live streams as fabricated for kids or not, you lot'll be able to do this now:

  1. Sign in to studio.youtube.com.
  2. From the left menu, select Content.
  3. Click the Live tab.
  4. Check the boxes adjacent to the videos you'd like to edit. Notation: You can select all of your videos by checking the box next to "Live stream" at the top of the list.
  5. Select Edit and thenAudience and then  "Yeah, it's made for kids" if it's kids content. Or, select "No, it's not made for kids" if it isn't kids content.
  6. Select UPDATE VIDEOS.

A few notes:

  • Nosotros use machine learning to help us identify videos that are clearly directed to young audiences. We trust you lot to set your audience accurately, but we may override your audience setting choice in cases of fault or abuse.
  • Exercise not rely on our systems to set your audience for you because our systems may not identify content that the FTC or other authorities consider to exist made for kids.
  • If you need aid determining whether or not your content is made for kids, cheque out this Help Middle article or consult legal counsel.
  • Videos that you prepare as "made for kids" are more than probable to be recommended alongside other kids' videos.
  • If you've already ready your audience for your video and YouTube detects error or corruption, you may see your video prepare equally "Set to Made for Kids". You won't exist able to alter your audience setting. If you think nosotros made a fault, you tin appeal.

What happens when your content is fix as made for kids

We limit information drove and use on fabricated for kids content to comply with the law. This means nosotros need to restrict or disable certain features like comments, notifications, and others.

Most importantly, we don't serve personalized ads on kids content, as required by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other applicable laws. Non serving personalized ads on kids content may outcome in a decrease in acquirement for some creators who mark their content as made for kids. We recognize that this won't be easy for some creators, but these are important steps to accept to ensure compliance with COPPA and other applicative laws.

Read below for a listing of affected features:

If you set up a video or live stream as made for kids

Starting in January, when you set your audience as "made for kids", we'll restrict certain features to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Human action (COPPA) and other applicable laws. When this happens, the following features won't be available on individual videos or alive streams:

  • Autoplay on abode
  • Cards or end screens
  • Video watermarks
  • Channel Memberships
  • Comments
  • Donate push
  • Likes and dislikes on YouTube Music
  • Live chat or live chat donations
  • Merchandise and ticketing
  • Notification bell
  • Personalized advertising
  • Playback in the Miniplayer
  • Super Chat or Super Stickers
  • Save to playlist and Save to sentry afterwards

If you gear up your channel as made for kids

Starting in January, if your channel is fabricated for kids, your videos or live streams won't have whatsoever of the features above. Your channel besides won't have the following:

  • Channel Memberships
  • Notification bong
  • Posts
  • Stories

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are notifications, comments, and other features turned off on content set equally made for kids?

To comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and other applicable laws, we limit data collection on content designated every bit made for kids. Equally a result, certain features may be restricted or turned off on this content, including notifications and comments.

What happens if I prepare my video's audience incorrectly?

These changes are required as office of a settlement with the U.s.a. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and NY Chaser General, and will help you lot comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Human action (COPPA) and/or other applicable laws. Regardless of your location, we require yous to tell us whether or non your videos are made for kids. If you lot fail to set your audience accurately, yous may face compliance issues with the FTC or other authorities, and we may take activity on your YouTube account. Larn more about the FTC's enforcement of COPPA.

Note: Nosotros'll also use motorcar learning to help us place videos that are conspicuously directed to young audiences. We trust you to set your audience accurately, but nosotros may override your audience setting choice in cases of mistake or corruption. However, do non rely on our systems to set your audience for you lot because our systems may not identify content that the FTC or other authorities consider to exist fabricated for kids.If you don't prepare your audience as fabricated for kids accurately, you might face legal consequences or consequences on YouTube. If you need help determining whether or non your content is made for kids, cheque out this Assist Center article or consult legal counsel.

How practise I know if I've set my video'south audition correctly?

Unfortunately, nosotros're unable to provide guidance on whether yous accurately set your audition as made for kids, but the FTC has provided some guidance on what information technology means to exist child-directed (or, "fabricated for kids"). The FTC is currently considering various updates to COPPA, which may include providing more guidance on this result.

We'll besides use machine learning systems to help u.s.a. detect content that is clearly fabricated for kids. But please do not rely on our systems to set content for you lot -- like all automatic systems, it's non perfect. We may need to override your audience setting pick in cases where nosotros detect error or abuse. But in most cases, we'll rely on your audience setting to determine whether a video is made for kids.

If you don't set your audience every bit made for kids, and the FTC or other government call back it should have been, you may face legal consequences. So check out this Help Eye article or seek legal counsel if you're still unsure whether or non your content should be set as made for kids.

What do I do if YouTube says my video is made for kids, but I disagree?

If you haven't set your video's audience yet: YouTube may have set your audience for you. This is to help yous comply with COPPA and/or other applicative laws. Nevertheless, if yous disagree with how YouTube has set your content, you can still alter the video'southward audience setting in most cases. Hither'due south how:

  1. On a computer, go to studio.youtube.com.
  2. From the left card, select Content.
  3. Go to the video you'd like to edit and nether Restrictions, select Made for kids. Notation: If you have more than than one brake, you may need to hover to see Made for kids.
  4. Click Review audience setting.
  5. Under Audience, select "No, it's not made for kids."

If you lot've already set your audition for your video: and YouTube detects error or abuse, you may encounter your video gear up as "Fix to made for Kids." When this happens, yous won't exist able to change your audition setting.

Even so, we understand that we sometimes make mistakes. If y'all call up this is the case, you lot tin appeal this decision.

To kickoff an appeal on your estimator:

  1. On a computer, get to studio.youtube.com.
  2. From the left bill of fare, select Content.
  3. Become to the video that you lot want to appeal.
  4. Hover over "Set to fabricated for kids" and click Entreatment.
  5. Enter your reason for highly-seasoned and click Submit.

To start an entreatment on your phone:

  1. Open the YouTube Studio app.
  2. Tap Menu and thenVideos.
  3. In the Uploads tab, tap the video you want to entreatment.
  4. Under Restrictions, tap Set toMade for kids.
  5. Tap Entreatment and enter your reason for highly-seasoned.
  6. Tap Submit.

After you submit an entreatment

Y'all'll become an e-mail from YouTube letting you know the issue of your entreatment request. One of the following will happen:

  • If your appeal is successful, we'll remove the made for kids audience setting.
  • If your appeal is unsuccessful, the fabricated for kids audition setting will remain on your content. Going forward, please review your channel and/or individual video's audition settings. Failure to set up your audience appropriately may result in legal consequences nether COPPA and/or other laws, or consequences on the YouTube platform.

You may appeal each video but once.

Important Update for All Creators: Complying with COPPA

Was this helpful?

How tin we improve it?