YouTube safety checker
Check a YouTube video for gambling, sexual content, violence and bullying before your child watches.
YouTube safety checker FAQs
Yes. Nona analyzes YouTube videos for you and shows you the concerns it finds. Paste a video link, choose what to check, and get quotes with links to the flagged moments. You can go straight to those parts without watching the whole video yourself.
Paste the YouTube video link into Nona and select the concerns that matter to your family. Review the flagged quotes and open the linked moments to hear them in context. Use what you find to decide whether the video is appropriate for your child’s age.
Yes. Nona’s free YouTube safety checker lets parents check a video by pasting its link. Choose your filters and read the results on this page. You don’t need an account, a YouTube login or an app download.
Nona checks for gambling, explicit sexual content, violence, drugs and alcohol, hate and bullying, and dangerous challenges. Choose the topics you want checked before you submit the video. Each flagged result includes a quote and a link to that moment.
Yes. Select the gambling filter to check for content that promotes betting websites, online casinos or other gambling. Nona looks at what the YouTuber says about gambling, including whether they encourage viewers to take part.
Yes. The sexual content filter checks for explicit sexual comments, descriptions and requests for sexual contact. Nona considers the context, so neutral discussions about health or consent are treated differently from explicit sexual content.
Yes. Select violence to check for graphic descriptions, real threats or encouragement of real-world harm. Select hate and bullying to check for hateful attacks, targeted abuse and encouragement of harassment. You can use both filters on the same video.
Yes. You can check public YouTube videos and Shorts. Paste the link to one video at a time. Channel links, playlists and live broadcasts aren’t supported.
Yes. You can submit long YouTube videos, including podcasts and gaming videos. There’s no set video-length cutoff. The results link to flagged moments so you can review those parts first.
Yes. You only need the public YouTube video link. Open Nona on your own phone or computer and paste it into the checker. You don’t need your child’s password or access to their YouTube account.
No. Nona checks YouTube videos and shows you what it finds. It doesn’t block videos or change your child’s YouTube settings. You can use the results to decide what your child can watch and what to discuss with them.
With a Nona subscription, choose the YouTube channels your child watches. Nona analyzes videos for you and emails you what it finds, daily or weekly.