Fix your aqueduct or video'southward audience

Equally a YouTube creator, you are required to set up future and existing videos equally made for kids or not. Even creators who don't make content for kids need to set their audience. This will assistance ensure that nosotros offer the appropriate features on your content.

To help y'all comply, there are made for kids audition settings on YouTube Studio. You can set your audience:

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

Note:

  • To set your audition as made for kids, you'll need to do so in YouTube Studio. You lot won't be able to do so in Creator Studio Archetype.
  • We'll make the audience selection tool bachelor to third-political party applications and the YouTube API Services in the well-nigh time to come. For now, please use YouTube Studio to upload made for kids content.

Important: Why every creator must set their audition

These changes are required as part of a settlement with the U.s. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and NY Attorney General, and volition assistance y'all comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other applicable laws. Regardless of your location, we crave yous to tell us whether or not your videos are made for kids. If you lot fail to set your audience accurately, you may face up compliance issues with the FTC or other regime, and we may take activity on your YouTube business relationship. Learn more about the FTC'due south enforcement of COPPA.

A few notes:

  • Nosotros use car learning to help us identify videos that are clearly directed to immature audiences. Nosotros trust you to gear up your audience accurately, merely nosotros may override your audience setting choice in cases of error or corruption.
  • Exercise not rely on our systems to set your audience for you considering our systems may non identify content that the FTC or other authorities consider to be made for kids.
  • If y'all need assist determining whether or not your content is made for kids, cheque out this Assist Eye article or consult legal counsel.
  • Videos that you lot ready as "made for kids" are more probable to be recommended aslope other kids' videos.
  • If y'all've already set your audience for your video and YouTube detects error or abuse, you may come across your video fix as "Set to Made for Kids". You won't exist able to change your audience setting. If you think we made a mistake, you can entreatment.

Gear up your video'south audition

You can set private videos every bit fabricated for kids. Use this pick if only some of your videos are made for kids. If you aren't sure whether or non your content is made for kids, check out this Help Center article.

Update the audience setting on existing videos

You may notice that YouTube has already set some videos every bit "made for kids". Since you lot haven't had a chance yet to set your videos as fabricated for kids or not, yous'll exist able to exercise this now:

  1. Tap Library and thenYour videos.
  2. Next to the video y'all'd like to edit, tap More and then Edit.
  3. Add together your video details.
  4. Select"Yeah, it'south made for kids" or "No, it's not made for kids" to choose your audition. If you lot aren't sure, check out this Assist Center article.
  5. Click SAVE.

Set your live stream's audience

Ready your audience when creating a alive stream

If you aren't sure whether or not your content is made for kids, check out this Help Center commodity.

  1. On mobile, prepare your live stream as yous usually would.
  2. Later on yous've filled out the basic information and selected a privacy setting, scroll to Audition.
  3. Select:
    • "Aye, information technology'south made for kids".
    • "No, it's non made for kids".
  4. Tap Next to continue setting up your alive stream.

Update the audition setting on archived live streams

When checking your archived live streams, you may notice that YouTube has already set some videos as "made for kids". Since y'all haven't had a adventure yet to ready your archived live streams as fabricated for kids or non, you lot'll be able to do this now:

  1. Open the YouTube Studio app on mobile.
  2. From the left menu, select Videos.
  3. Tap the Alive tab.
  4. Check the boxes next to the videos you'd like to edit. Annotation: You can select all of your videos by checking the box next to "Video" at the elevation of your upload list.
  5. Select Edit and then Audition and then "Yep, information technology's made for kids" if information technology's kids content. Or, select "No, information technology's not fabricated for kids" if it isn't kids content.
  6. Select UPDATE VIDEOS.

Annotation: We'll too use automobile learning to help united states of america identify videos that are clearly directed to young audiences. We trust yous to set your audience accurately, but we may override your audition setting pick in cases of error or corruption. However, do non 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 lot don't set your audition as fabricated for kids accurately, you lot might confront legal consequences or consequences on YouTube. If yous demand help determining whether or not your content is fabricated for kids, check out this Aid Heart commodity or consult legal counsel.

If yous've already set your audience for your video and YouTube detects fault or corruption, you lot may see your video fix every bit "Ready to Fabricated for Kids". Yous won't be able to alter your audience setting. If you lot recollect we made a mistake, you can appeal.

What happens when your content is set up every bit made for kids

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

Almost 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. Not serving personalized ads on kids content may consequence in a subtract in revenue for some creators who marker their content every bit made for kids. Nosotros recognize that this won't be easy for some creators, but these are important steps to take to ensure compliance with COPPA and other applicative laws.

Read below for a list of affected features:

If you gear up a video or live stream as fabricated for kids

Starting in January, when y'all set up your audition as "made for kids", nosotros'll restrict sure features to comply with the Children'southward Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and other applicable laws. When this happens, the following features won't be available on individual videos or live streams:

  • Autoplay on home
  • Cards or end screens
  • Video watermarks
  • Channel Memberships
  • Comments
  • Donate push
  • Likes and dislikes on YouTube Music
  • Alive conversation or live chat donations
  • Merchandise and ticketing
  • Notification bong
  • Personalized advertising
  • Playback in the Miniplayer
  • Super Conversation or Super Stickers
  • Save to playlist and Salvage to watch subsequently

If you set your channel as made for kids

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

  • Channel Memberships
  • Notification bell
  • Posts
  • Stories

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

These changes are required every bit 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 Human action (COPPA) and/or other applicative laws. Regardless of your location, we require you to tell us whether or not your videos are made for kids. If you neglect to fix your audience accurately, you may face compliance bug with the FTC or other authorities, and we may have action on your YouTube account. Learn more well-nigh the FTC's enforcement of COPPA.

Note: Nosotros'll besides apply machine learning to help us identify videos that are clearly directed to young audiences. We trust you to set up your audience accurately, merely nosotros may override your audition setting pick in cases of mistake or abuse. Nevertheless, do not rely on our systems to fix 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 don't set your audition every bit made for kids accurately, you might face legal consequences or consequences on YouTube. If you need help determining whether or not your content is made for kids, bank check out this Help Heart article or consult legal counsel.

How do I know if I've set my video'southward audience correctly?

Unfortunately, we're unable to provide guidance on whether you accurately set your audition as made for kids, merely the FTC has provided some guidance on what it ways to be kid-directed (or, "made for kids"). The FTC is currently considering diverse updates to COPPA, which may include providing more guidance on this consequence.

We'll also utilise automobile learning systems to help united states find content that is clearly fabricated for kids. But delight do not rely on our systems to ready content for you lot -- like all automated systems, it's non perfect. We may need to override your audience setting choice in cases where we notice error or corruption. Simply in most cases, we'll rely on your audience setting to determine whether a video is made for kids.

If yous don't ready your audience as made for kids, and the FTC or other authorities think it should take been, y'all may face legal consequences. So check out this Help Center article or seek legal counsel if you lot're still unsure whether or not your content should be set every bit made for kids.

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

If you haven't prepare your video's audience yet: YouTube may have prepare your audience for you. This is to help you comply with COPPA and/or other applicative laws. However, if you lot disagree with how YouTube has prepare your content, you can all the same change the video's audience setting in near cases. Here'due south how:

  1. On a computer, go to studio.youtube.com.
  2. From the left menu, select Content.
  3. Become to the video you lot'd like to edit and under Restrictions, select Made for kids. Notation: If yous have more than i restriction, you may need to hover to run into Made for kids.
  4. Click Review audience setting.
  5. Under Audition, select "No, it's non made for kids."

If you've already prepare your audition for your video: and YouTube detects error or abuse, you may run across your video set as "Ready to fabricated for Kids." When this happens, you won't exist able to change your audience setting.

However, we understand that we sometimes make mistakes. If you remember this is the case, you lot tin can appeal this decision.

To get-go an appeal on your reckoner:

  1. On a estimator, become to studio.youtube.com.
  2. From the left menu, select Content.
  3. Get to the video that you desire to entreatment.
  4. Hover over "Fix to made for kids" and click Entreatment.
  5. Enter your reason for highly-seasoned and click Submit.

To start an entreatment on your phone:

  1. Open up the YouTube Studio app.
  2. Tap Bill of fare and thenVideos.
  3. In the Uploads tab, tap the video you desire to appeal.
  4. Under Restrictions, tap Prepare toMade for kids.
  5. Tap Appeal and enter your reason for appealing.
  6. Tap Submit.

Later y'all submit an appeal

You'll get an email from YouTube letting you know the result of your appeal asking. I 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 made for kids audience setting volition remain on your content. Going forward, delight review your channel and/or individual video'southward audition settings. Failure to set your audience appropriately may result in legal consequences under COPPA and/or other laws, or consequences on the YouTube platform.

You may appeal each video only in one case.

Important Update for All Creators: Complying with COPPA

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