Average Rating by Parents & Educators

They rate this title iffy for age 13 and up.

They give it four stars

Based on 65 reviews

Average Rating by Kids

They rate this title iffy for age 7 and up.

They give it four stars

Based on 317 reviews

Ratings at a Glance

62% of parents say it has language their kids can't use
59% of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate
51% of parents feel user generated content is iffy
46% of parents don't think the messages are positive
43% of parents say it's too violent
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Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say

  1. I rate this title on for age 9 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • User content is age appropriate

    Good videos

    You can find just about anything on it

  2. Parent Reviewer
    I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message
    • User content isn't age appropriate

  3. Parent Reviewer
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 3.0

    would recommend to use only when together and one can overlook content.

  4. I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue
    • User content is age appropriate

    perfecy for all ages

    Youtube makes happy

  5. I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 5.0

    Youtube is great

    If they can read and not look watch porn, there fine!

  6. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • User content is age appropriate

    The main reviewer is an idiot

    Reviewing this site is pretty dumb, the material on this site is whatever the other users wish to put up with the exception of nudity. There's nothing to stop users from using profanity but there is a profanity guard available in video options so that isn't a problem. There's pedophiles on the site so don't let your children run a blog.

  7. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Maryland
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages

    On For 17

    I would give this an on for 17 unsupervised. Great informative tool for help on their site!

  8. I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages

    Dangerous if not causeuse!

    Many videos are very bad, but many music videos and TV shows are on there that your child could watch without worry.

  9. Parent Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages

    i love youtube very much

  10. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title off for age 10 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational

    Profanity is everywhere

    indiscriminate use of profanity in the comments is unexceptable. Profane comments are not policed or removed .

  11. I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    a bit of EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    it's hard to know wether it's inapropriet or not for sertane ages sense there are so many different types of videos. If your child is under the age of 17 keep an eye on what they see, do and watch on youtube. because in youtube theres a bit of everything : bad language, fighting, drinking, smoking EVERYTHING!

  12. I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

  13. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

  14. I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    No.

    Youtube should be a restricted site for anyone under the age of 18! They have users that swear a lot, people drinking and smoking, access to brainwashing documentaries like Zeitgeist: The greatest story ever sold, many users are atheist, and there are so many porn videos, anyone could view if they fake their age. Teenagers these days are so out of control.

  15. I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • User content is age appropriate

    Can't lump YouTube into One Category

    It's too difficult to lump YouTube into one category. It is a video tool, with lots of choices. Sure, there are things my kids aren't allowed to watch there, but there are plenty of videos that have merit. I would not want to outright censor their usage, but be mindful about what they are choosing.

  16. I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 5.0

    love it

  17. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Safety is an issue

    good for 11 year-olds +

    It has some crude videos about violence and sex, but some videos are age appropriate for 9 year olds as long as they use the site responsibly and know what;s appropriate for them to watch.

  18. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Safety is an issue

    good for 11 year-olds +

    It has some crude videos about violence and sex, but some videos are age appropriate for 9 year olds as long as they use the site responsibly and know what;s appropriate for them to watch.

  19. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Utah
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    Use with caution, discretion, and in your presence! I block it on my kids computers.

    As a mother Youtube is blocked in our home except on MY computer. If my 11 year old wishes to view it she must come to me. There are many great things on Youtube but it isn't very well moderated and nearly anything goes but full out hard core porn and nudity. But the comments are just about a total free for all. So, if you don't care how many times your kids see the F word, then by all means let them go. If you don't care if they hear it, see videos that are offensive to many adults, violence, hatred etc. then let them go. While they will find the warm fuzzy cute videos (we love them) they will also find some horrific things....I have many times! and why would I allow my kids to watch it without my knowledge....NOT! Must weigh the entertainment factor with the negative... they can be entertained elsewhere without the trash. However as I said, I'm there often.....but I know what i'm looking for and don't go looking randomly.

  20. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in Massachusetts
    I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    There no way to restrict what you kids a watching

    Although there are appropriate video's to watch for kids. There are highly inappropriate video's as well and if your kids aren't supervised who knows what they're watching.

  21. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in Massachusetts
    I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • User content is age appropriate

    The melting pot

    YouTube is a great site for viewing, but with a 12-year old, I won't let him browse it without me sitting right next to him. My biggest concern is the swears that a significant number of the comments include. As far as the videos itself go, the quality varies a lot, but there are some absolute gems on YouTube (especially the singer/songwriters).

  22. I rate this title off for age 15 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Negative message
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    For No one.

    This website is THE most dangerous website for kids. Most videos give kids ALL the wrong messages. I give this advice too ALL parents DO NOT allow you're children on this website, and you yourself limit the using of this website.

  23. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it 3.0

  24. I rate this title off for age 13 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue
    • User content is age appropriate

    NOW THERES YOUTBE MOLBILE!!!!

    kids can take there phones to school take a video and upload it straight toyoutube wichmeans they might be tempted to put thee phones under a stall someones in and and take a video and upload it to youtube wich would be porn and loss of privacy

  25. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

 

Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say

  1. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • User content is age appropriate

    It Depends...

    You can find just about everything on here. Children under 10 should always be supervised while on here if they are allowed on at all. It just depends on what you want to look for. If you are doing a search for something, always be very specific and leave out any words that could possibly lead to seeing something bad.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • User content is age appropriate

    It Depends...

    You can find just about everything on here. Children under 10 should always be supervised while on here if they are allowed on at all. It just depends on what you want to look for. If you are doing a search for something, always be very specific and leave out any words that could possibly lead to seeing something bad.

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue
    • User content is age appropriate

    fun for the whole family but make sure the videos are appropriate

    I love Youtube, but since it has all kinds of videos there can be language, some violence, and the best videos (in my opinion) almost never have "good" messages, but there can be great educational, fun, family friendly videos too.

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    Video watching site can be good, but parents should be cautioned.

    I like YouTube, but you can run into bad things. You can find videos with violence or strong language, and some times even porn. But some videos don't have anything bad in them. I rate this site OFF for 7 and under, IFFY for 8-14, and ON for 15 and older.

  5. I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational

    Youtube

    It's a pretty good website where you can share your thoughts and creativity, or just the things you like.

  6. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    Good Site! Watch Sex

    It's not that bad, unless you run into a sexy video. It's fine.Someone calls himself Boob instead of Bob.

  7. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    Not good

    i hate Youtube.

  8. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    I rate this title on for age 16 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Safety is an issue

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational

    I like it because it doesn't have bad thing on the web site.

  9. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    Youtube

    I love Youtube. I have a Youtube and it's really fun, you can rate, comment and subscribe to people.

  10. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational

    I would say, watch any video as long as someone you know has seen it and gave it a thumbs up. I have a Youtube account and as long as you are being careful of what your watching, it will be fine. You can also watch 'how to' videos to learn stuff on Youtube

  11. Kid Reviewer Age 9
    I rate this title off for age 9 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    funny but evil

    it is so funny when they curse to me it is but it is horrible but funny..

  12. Kid Reviewer Age 9
    I rate this title off for age 9 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    funny but evil

    it is so funny when they curse to me it is but it is horrible but funny..

  13. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational

    A Mature Community

    Not at all suitable for younger kids. People can post virtually anything on YouTube, even illegal, although there are measures taken to remove such content. Some videos can be educational. By searching for one particular video, you can come up with incredibly horrible videos. Filled with cursing, and/or inappropriate content. You can find good videos, and it can be entertaining, but don't rely on moderators to take away all the bad content, with a community this big, unless every submission is moderated, there's a whole lot of bad things that can get through.

  14. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue
    • User content is age appropriate

    love it lets u upload i even have a account andyouaskwhy so ya lol

  15. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    I rate this title on for age 3 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • User content is age appropriate

    a video for everyone!

    ok this has bad stuff like vilonce bad language and a bunch of bad stuff but it has stuff for the youngest of kids to the oldest of adults and you can only be 18 or older to watch bad videos or else youtube will block the video so it gots every thing from funny videos tv shows news and almost a video for everything u can watch this with the youngest of kids but be careful because they put stuff little kids cant see but is ok for older kids youtube is mostly for everyone but be careful!

  16. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Safety is an issue

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • User content is age appropriate

    just ask your parents to look at it first and if parents are reading this then look at it!

    well it can get very dirty with language,sometimes violence,and other things. i dont think kids under 12 should use it because people on youtube like "shanedawsonTV" makes very dirty videos sometimes and "forrestfire101" can get pretty dirty. if you look at those channels you will see what i mean.

  17. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • User content is age appropriate

    Very good website

    I love this website! This is like one of the best websites! Plus, it's world wide. You can chat with other people from around the world. But if kids become a member of this website, then there parents need to become members to so they can be friends with there kids.

  18. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational

    Unsupervised, this site is not for anyone under 18. Supervised, this site is iffy for ages 14+.

    Unsupervised, this site is not suitable for anyone under 18. I have run into R-rated videos (from either swearing or drug content), and many PG-13 videos that push the content. Supersived, this site would be iffy for ages 14+.

  19. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title on for age 12 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages

    YouTube is basically a mix of everything you can think of. Highlights encourages creativity can find great, funny videos Non-highlights Bad content - usually cussing, which is very offensive to some people Cyber-bullying Porn... if you have an account. Also, a growing trend for weird people is "screamers," which are seemingly pointless videos, usually about 15 seconds long, but at the last second, a scary picture or startling sound pops up. In the end, it's all about the maturity of the person logging on. Sadly, the iffy videos are usually flaunted and the good videos are tucked away deep into the bowels of YouTube.

  20. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • User content is age appropriate

    Brilliant, Just Be Careful

    It is a brilliant site and it's free and legal. Almost anything can be found there - which is good and bad. But videos can be flagged so people under 18 can't view them. You can lie about your age but it's likely that the people it would offend, mainly under 10's won't understand it and leave it. If you don't want to end up on youtube don't let your friends video you. Simple :) Language can be a problem and sex references. So basically it is great for over 13's you understand that if they don't like it thet can simply switch the video off and understand how to flag videos that offend them. You don't usually get violent videos or sex one unless yo type that in specifically. So as long as your carefull youtube is a great site for over 13's and under but only if their parents know what they're watching and if it's bad thay can simply say don't use youtube. :)

  21. I rate this title on for age 9 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • User content is age appropriate

    AWESOME!

    I love YouTube, I'm TheAriel249. I am so pleased with this website. There are violent things on it but its a great site.

  22. I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 0.0

  23. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Kentucky
    I rate this title on for age 15 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue
    • User content is age appropriate

    Fine but visitor beware,

    I would be VERY careful about what you look up on YouTube, Sometimes it can be VERY BAD,

  24. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue
    • User content is age appropriate

    Good for all kids ages 10+

    YouTube is a very popular website that many people use and much of it is appropriate but unfourtunately, alot of it is not, because it is user generated alot of them have bad language, some with sexual content and not all of them send out a positive message,but on the positive side there are many many appropriate videos of pets, music, and many more age appropriate stuff so I think it's okay for kids ages 10+

  25. I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Safety is an issue
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    Horrable website

    Do not let your kids get on youtube. It can be very, very, very bad for your kids.

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