Age restriction cuts audience and ads
YouTube may show the video to fewer people.
Reduced reachHow serious: Worth fixingYouTubeOther
About to post? A full check of your video looks for this in what's shown, what's said and the caption, with a plain fix.
Check a video freeWhat triggers it
Any content that gets age-restricted (sexual suggestiveness, graphic violence, vulgar language, gambling, firearms use, cannabis or vape promotion, self-harm topics and similar).
What YouTube says
“Age-restricted videos are not viewable to users who are under 18 years of age or signed out.”
How to fix it
Remove the trigger that would age-restrict the video, or accept that it will reach fewer people and earn less.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: looked at for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Sounds other than speech, such as music, aren't checked.
Related YouTube rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what YouTube publishes; it isn't legal advice.