Video comments for supervised pre-teens

Comments are an important part of the YouTube experience, even for pre-teens (kids under 13 or the relevant age in their country or region). Pre-teens with a supervised account set to the “Most of YouTube” or “Explore more” content setting can read but not write comments.

This read-only experience gives pre-teens the chance to add context to what they’re watching and feel like part of the YouTube community.

For added safety, the comment experience for pre-teen supervised accounts also includes:

• Stricter comment filters for younger audiences.
• The removal of comments with links that would direct kids to third-party websites.
• Messages that appear while your child is watching YouTube, reminding them that comments are opinions and giving them best practices for communication on digital platforms.
• Hidden comments on Made for Kids content.

If you don’t want your pre-teen to have access to comments, you can switch to the “Explore” content setting. However, that will limit the videos they can see on YouTube.