YouTube's Community Guidelines

When you use YouTube, you join a community of people from all over the world. The guidelines below help keep YouTube fun and enjoyable for everyone.

If you see content that you think violates these guidelines, use the flagging feature to submit it for review by our YouTube staff. 

	Best practices for creators Here are some common-sense rules that'll help you understand our policies and steer clear of trouble. The importance of context Creator influence on YouTube Best practices for content with children
	Spam & deceptive practices The YouTube Community is one that's built on trust. Content that intends to scam, mislead, spam, or defraud other users isn't allowed on YouTube.  Spam, deceptive practices & scams Impersonation Links in your content  Fake engagement  Other policies
	Sensitive content We hope to protect viewers, creators, and especially minors. That's why we've got rules around keeping children safe, sex & nudity, and self harm. Learn what's allowed on YouTube and what to do if you see content that doesn't follow these policies.  Nudity and sexual content  Custom thumbnails  Child safety Self harm
	Violent or dangerous content Hate speech, predatory behavior, graphic violence, malicious attacks, and content that promotes harmful or dangerous behavior isn't allowed on YouTube.   Harmful or dangerous content Violent or graphic content  Violent criminal organizations  Hate speech  Harassment and cyberbullying
	Regulated goods Certain goods can't be sold on YouTube. Find out what's allowed—and what isn't.  Regulated goods Content featuring firearms

Please take these rules seriously. If a YouTube creator’s on- and/or off-platform behavior harms our users, community, employees or ecosystem, we may respond based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the egregiousness of their actions and whether a pattern of harmful behavior exists. Our response will range from suspending a creator’s privileges to account termination.