Massive shake-up coming to YouTube — starting **July 22, 2025**, the platform is **raising the minimum livestreaming age from 13 to 16**. The days of solo streaming teens are numbered.
Gamers, vloggers, and aspiring creators under 16 will **no longer be able to go live without adult supervision**. If you're between 13–15, you're going to need an adult **on screen** with you — or your stream could be shut down, chat disabled, or worse, your account slapped with a restriction.
🎮 This hits especially hard for young gaming creators who built their channels going live after school.
📵 No adult? No livestream. No chat. No visibility.
Here’s why it matters:
• Live content from minors will now be tightly regulated
• Adult-managed accounts will become the norm for young creators
• YouTube’s algorithm is facing serious scrutiny — accused of funneling kids into harmful content
🇦🇺 This move comes right after Australia and France put **major pressure** on Google to act.
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner sounded the alarm last week, accusing YouTube of being the most harmful platform for kids — even more than TikTok or X.
The data?
Nearly **40% of kids aged 10–16** say they’ve seen harmful content on YouTube. That’s a red flag lawmakers can’t ignore.
💥 YouTube’s answer? Clamp down. Tighten the rules. And try to dodge inclusion in sweeping under-16 bans that are already shutting down access to other platforms.
🔥 This is the biggest live content policy shift since the dawn of streaming culture.
If you're a young creator or building a brand with Gen Z, the rules just changed — and fast.
👇 Sound off:
• Is this a win for safety or a blow to creative freedom?
• Will young talent now migrate to lesser-known platforms?
• Can YouTube stay dominant if creators start looking elsewhere?
2025’s heating up, and the content war just got real. Stay sharp.
Stay streamed. Stay safe. 🎥📵
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