YouTube Kids

Contains ads
4.2
3.05M reviews
500M+
Downloads
Expert Approved
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Inspire your children to uncover their unique interests
Help your children explore video content that they love and that parents trust, in an app made just for children. With easy navigation tools and a suite of features, you can help your children spend time online uncovering new interests, unleashing their imagination and building their confidence in their own unique world.

Help your children grow at their own pace
Your children are unique, so they should only see content that they're ready to explore. Decide what videos will help them make the most of their time online, then personalise individual profiles using custom content filters as they grow.

– Help your youngest children learn their ABCs, nurture their curiosity and more in 'Preschool' mode.
– Expand your children's interests to songs, cartoons or DIY crafts in 'Younger' mode.
– Give your older children the freedom to search popular music and gaming videos in 'Older' mode.
– Or, hand-pick the videos, channels and collections that your children can see in 'Approved content only' mode.

Rewatch videos and bond over favourites
Quickly find your children's favourite videos and the content that you've shared with them in the 'Watch it again' tab.

Shape your children's viewing experience with parental controls
Parental control features help you limit what your children watch, and better guide their viewing experience. Our blocking process aims to help keep videos on YouTube Kids family-friendly and safe – but each family's preferences are unique. Don't like a video or channel, or see inappropriate content? Flag it for our team to review.

Set a screen-time limit
Encourage your children to take a break in between exploring content. Use the 'Timer' feature to freeze the app when screen time is up so that your children can apply their new skills to the real world.

See important information
– Parental setup is needed to ensure the best experience for your family.
– Children may see commercial content from YouTube creators that are not paid ads.
– See the Privacy Notice for Google Accounts managed with Family Link for information on our privacy practices for signing in with a Google Account.
– If your children use the app without signing in with their Google Account, the YouTube Kids Privacy Notice applies.
Updated on
17 Jul 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
Committed to follow the Play Families policy
Independent security review

Ratings and reviews

4.2
2.54M reviews
Aliana Seusy
24 March 2025
Love this for my 4 and 8 year olds. Has settings for parental controls (time limits, video types, history, ect) and I can easily set a pass code and timer. Also, you sign in with your YouTube account, but nothing on there goes into your history. Great app. Would like for there to be a better way to block videos or categories of videos. And to show only certain videos. If you have kids ages 4 to 10 this app is perfect.
3,999 people found this review helpful
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T J
23 March 2025
you can randomly disable the whitelist feature when you refuse to moderate your platform. YTK went from a curated whitelist to showing anything and everything. My version of the app I manage my kids devices from still shows the whitelist setting in enabled but their version on their devices no longer has the setting and the content shown reflects that.
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A Google user
26 October 2018
My kiddos do not get much screen time (and that's not judging those who do). I downloaded this for a dance recital rehearsal to go along with activity bags I made for the girls. Seven and half hours is a long time for kids to sit in between numbers and waiting their turn so I wanted a bunch of different things to avoid the "I'm bored" dilemma. Every time I'd check on the kids and they had the app on there was really inappropriate content. Either included in the video or linked in the similar videos. That speaks more for the video makers than the app developers though. I feel there has to be a different way of filtering content in the videos before they are added to the app for kids to view.
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What's new

Bug fixes and stability improvements