The company adds that 19% of seven-to-nine-year-olds in the UK are playing Roblox, some way behind YouTube (43%) but ahead of TV brands like CBBC (11%), Nickelodeon (10%) and Cartoon Network (8%). Its data, based on an annual survey of 20,000 British children, suggests that 24% of 10- to 12-year-olds here are on Roblox – more than on TikTok (13%) and Snapchat (20%) and nearly as popular as Instagram (25%). In the UK alone, there are around 1.5 million children playing Roblox, according to research firm Kids Insights. Roblox doesn’t split its 100 million figure between children and adults, though it does say that 40% of them are women and girls. Roblox isn’t a new thing: it officially launched in 2006, and has been growing steadily ever since. Social features are also key to its appeal, including the ability to add friends and chat to them while playing. The simplest comparison is to YouTube: a huge library of “user-generated content”, but in this case the content is games rather than videos.Ĭhildren (and adults) download the Roblox application for computers, games consoles, smartphones or tablets and use it to browse and play its catalogue of games.

'As with any community, there are a small number of bad actors who attempt to undermine the rules, and we continue to evolve our platform and policies to combat this challenge,' the spokesperson said.įast Company's report is based on four months of interviews with 46 different sources - 24 of whom were Roblox players, including 13 Roblox condo operators - and an analysis of 30 different Discord servers.It’s not a single game, but rather a collection of more than 50m games, all created by its community of players. The Roblox spokesperson added that its platform moderators take 'swift action (typically within minutes) to address any content or developer that violates terms of use.' 'Any channel with adult material is required to be restricted for users under 18.'ĭiscord users must enter their birthdays to enter adult channels, the spokesperson said, and 'any user who is found to have lied to gain access to those channels will be banned from Discord.' The company encourages 'any parent who believes their child has been exposed to inappropriate content' to contact Discord. 'No parent should have to worry that their child is seeing inappropriate content and we empathize with the challenges that families face in protecting their children online,' a Discord spokesperson told FOX Business in a statement.

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