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YouTube for Kids 2026: Start a Gaming or Vlog Channel Safely
840 students
YouTube for Kids 2026: Start a Gaming or Vlog Channel Safely
A parent-friendly guide to setting up, growing and protecting a kid's YouTube gaming or vlogging channel.
Created byAndrew Murray
Last updated 1/2023
English
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What you'll learn
- Set up a YouTube channel for a kid safely, following YouTube's age rules and COPPA
- Pick a niche and find video ideas people actually want to watch
- Fix the YouTube Studio settings most kids get wrong
- Make more engaging videos and use free music and footage that won't get flagged
- Optimize titles, descriptions and older videos to get more views
- Understand what it takes to get monetized, and why buying subscribers is a bad idea
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Course content
5 sections • 25 lectures • 58m total length
Requirements
- No YouTube experience needed. A YouTube account is not required, but if you have one, that's fantastic.
Description
Hey parents. If your kid has ever said "I want to be a YouTuber," this course is for you both.
It walks your child through starting and growing a gaming or vlogging channel, step by step, with safety built in from the first lesson. Most of the examples use gaming channels, but the lessons work for any kind of channel.
I've run a monetized YouTube channel myself, and my son runs his own YouTube soccer show. So I've seen this from both sides: as a creator and as a parent.
Before you start: the rules for young creators
Under 13: YouTube doesn't let kids under 13 run their own channel. A parent can set up a supervised account through Google Family Link, or run the channel from their own account. The minimum age is higher in some countries, like 16 in Germany and Ireland.
13 to 17: Teens can have their own channel with a parent's permission.
Making money: You must be 18 to sign up for AdSense. Younger creators can only be paid through a parent or guardian's approved AdSense account.
Live streaming: YouTube now requires creators to be 16 to live stream on their own.
The course covers internet safety and COPPA (the "made for kids" setting) early on, so you can make the right choices together.
What's inside
Getting started: Why your child wants a channel, creator vs consumer, picking a niche, internet safety, and setting up and customizing the channel.
Settings most kids get wrong: The YouTube Studio settings that help videos get found.
Making great videos: Finding video ideas, editing for watch time, free channel art, and where to find free music and footage that won't get the channel flagged.
Growing the channel: Using YouTube search suggestions to find popular topics, free tools to optimize videos, writing better descriptions, and updating older videos.
Monetization: What it takes to join the YouTube Partner Program, and why buying subscribers is a bad idea.
Printables: Three printable packs your child can work through.
Who this is for
Parents whose kids want to start a YouTube channel safely
Kids and teens (with a parent's help) who want to grow a gaming or vlogging channel
Homeschool families looking for a creative, hands-on project
Starting a channel teaches kids planning, writing, editing and marketing, and it's a lot more fun than homework. Let's get started.
Who this course is for:
- Parents whose kids want to start a YouTube channel safely
- Kids and teens, with a parent's help, who want to grow a gaming or vlogging channel