Homescreen video categories on YouTube Kids

At the top of the YouTube Kids homescreen, you can find videos to watch by selecting the category you’re interested in. Video categories include:

• Shows: kid-friendly shows from popular YouTube creators, family media networks, and new and nostalgic characters.
• Music: nursery rhymes, kid-friendly covers, dance tutorials, and sing-alongs.
• Learning: content to promote fun, active learning. This includes everything from ABCs and 123s, to science experiments, to language learning.
• Explore: content that inspires children to explore the world around them, develop new hobbies, and explore topics they're interested in.
• Gaming: content featuring kids' favorite video games and gamers. This category is only shown when you've selected the Older content setting for your child.
• Shared: all of the channels and videos on YouTube that you’ve shared with your child. This category only shows if you’ve shared content with them from YouTube. Shared will disappear if you unshare or block all previously shared content.

These categories may change depending on the content setting you have selected for your child. You may also see categories that are only available for special events, such as “Reading” to celebrate Reading Month.

We use a mix of algorithms and human review to select the videos in these categories.

If your child has watched a few videos on YouTube Kids, your child may notice recommended videos in these categories and a Recommended videos category . This category will feature recommendations based on viewing and search history. Recommended videos may also include Watch it again videos and shared content. Learn more about Recommended videos and Watch it again.