Parental Guidance
Last updated: October 9, 2025
This guide is intended to help parents keep their children safe. Please read this guide carefully if you intend to watch Vimeo with your kids or upload any content featuring them.
Vimeo Accounts
Vimeo is not intended for use by children. Individuals who are under 16 years or the age of majority in their country/state/province (whichever is greater) may not create an account with us. If you learn that your child has created a Vimeo account, please contact us using this web form or email us so we can take appropriate action.
Viewing Vimeo Videos
We understand that some parents may want to watch videos on Vimeo with their children. That’s OK! Be sure, however, to stay present at all times and to sign off from your account (or better yet, turn off or remove the device you used) when done. Don’t share your credentials or allow your kids to use your account when you’re not around.
To further keep the viewing experience safe, we recommend that you create an account and set the content filter to “All Audiences” in the “Viewing Preferences” tab within “Account Settings.” See this article for more information. Please note that ratings are set by the people uploading the videos and so we cannot guarantee that people will set them appropriately. If you see content that hasn’t been appropriately rated, you may flag it (you can read more about how to flag a video below). Alternatively, you can ensure that videos are appropriate by watching them yourself and then viewing them with your children.
Uploading Videos Featuring Your Children
Some parents may wish to upload home videos with their children. If you choose to do so, we strongly recommend that you keep these private or limit distribution to family members and friends. See this article on managing video privacy controls. Please note that we don’t allow users to upload content featuring child nudity, as defined in our Community Guidelines. This helps protect children and reduce the possibility of others misusing it.
Before posting videos that include children, consider whether they might want that content shared later in life. Even when uploaded privately, personal videos can sometimes be downloaded or shared beyond your intended audience.
Resources for Talking to Your Children about Online Safety
We encourage you to educate yourself on how to keep your children safe online and speak to your children about how to keep safe. While the Internet and digital technologies offer tremendous opportunities to learn and discover, they also create risks, especially for children. Many parents are behind their children when it comes to the latest developments around the Internet and digital technologies, and not knowing how to talk about these issues puts you at a disadvantage.
Here are some resources to learn more about online risks and how to keep online experiences safe and positive for your kids:
Common Sense Media rates movies, TV shows and more to help parents make safer choices about the entertainment their children are exposed to. They offer resources and tools, and provide advice to support families that are raising children in the digital age.
ConsumerNotice.org is a consumer advocacy website that, among other things, provides reliable health and safety information, including on digital security. They offer useful information for parents on how to talk to their children about Internet safety.
The Family Online Safety Institute is an international, non-profit organization which works to make the online world safer for kids and their families. Their Good Digital Parenting resources provide tools for parents to confidently navigate the online world with their families.
Internet.matters.org is a not-for-profit organisation that offers tools, support and tips to empower parents and carers to keep children safe in the digital world and help them benefit from connected technology and the internet safely and smartly.
NetSmartz is the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)'s online safety education program. It provides free videos, activities and resources to help teach families to be safer online and help children become more aware of potential online risks.
Reporting Misconduct
We do not allow content or conduct that could exploit, harm, or endanger children. If you come across content or activity that you believe violates our rules, please report it to us immediately.
To report a video
Click the Flag icon below the video player
To report a comment
Open the comment section, click on the three-dot menu next to the comment, and select Report comment
To report a user
Open their profile page and click the Flag icon in the bottom left-hand corner
You can also report videos and users using this form.
For more information on what content and conduct are not acceptable on Vimeo, please see our Community Guidelines. You can read more about reporting abuse and violations here.