YouTube Kids-Safe Faceless Channel: COPPA-Friendly Playbook

Launch a faceless YouTube Kids channel without risking COPPA strikes. Safe topics, AI narration settings, and monetization that works without personalized ads.

Positioning & Topics

• Safe niches: bedtime stories, gentle science explainers, safety tips, alphabet/number basics.
• Avoid: horror, shock, violence, medical claims, heavy product pushes.

Voice, Visuals, and Tone

• Voice: AI narration with soft tone, speed 0.95–1.0, volume around -14 LUFS.
• Visuals: simple illustrations, soft colors, no brand logos or real faces.
• Music: royalty-free, low volume; no lyrics that could be misread as instructions.

Upload Settings (Critical)

• Mark “Yes, it’s made for kids”. This disables personalized ads but keeps non-personalized.
• Disable comments and info cards; end screen can promote other Kids-safe videos.
• Location-neutral metadata; avoid collecting emails/links to non-Kids sites.

Content Checklist

• No calls to “buy” or “link in bio” for kids; use neutral CTAs like “Watch the next story”.
• No external links to tracking pixels; landing pages must be cookie-light and kid-safe.
• No identifiable minors, schools, or addresses in visuals or narration.

Monetization without Personalization

• Brand sponsorships with kid-safe products (educational apps, books, toys with clear compliance).
• Channel memberships with longer versions/bonus stories for parents managing accounts.
• Downloadable coloring pages/printables hosted on a kids-compliant page.

Quality Signals for YouTube Kids

• Clear episode numbering and titles; consistent thumbnails with calm colors.
• Captions accurate and synced; simple vocabulary at target age level.
• Short intros (<2 seconds) and immediate topic reveal to keep retention.

Pre-Publish QA

• Audio: no spikes/clipping; background music below narration.
• Visuals: no licensed characters unless you own rights; no platform logos.
• Metadata: “made for kids” on, comments off, description free of outbound links to adult web.