Khan Academy
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ScreenMyYouTuber — analysis performed by AI, published by us.
At a glance for parents
Nothing that stood out. This is an AI assessment of the sample, not a safety guarantee.
- Age guidance
- Younger. Read the age guidance and reasoning before choosing for your child.
- Concerns found
- Commercial pressure (Low).
- Sample size
- 10 videos reviewed for age suitability and risk areas; 100 of 100 collected videos screened for harmful or misleading content. See coverage.
- Review date
- · Full review. Channels can change after a review.
- What could not be checked
- Spoken content was available for 0 of 10 reviewed videos. The model reads text and still images; it does not watch video or listen to audio. Read this review’s limitations.
How to check a channel before your child watches · Understanding Elsagate screening
Channel analysis summary
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational channel providing instructional videos across a wide range of academic subjects, including mathematics, physics, and computer science. The content is structured as formal lessons, often aligned with specific curricula like AP Physics or 6th-grade math, focusing on problem-solving and conceptual explanations.
What this channel covers
Covers Maths and Science — mostly by saying how and why things work, or giving practice, rather than only saying what they are.
In the sample we reviewed closely, some topics were explained or practised, not only named. We have not heard the videos to confirm how far that goes.
- average rate of change and concavity explains Connecting average rates of change with the concavity of a graph | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- derivatives and tangent lines explains Relating derivative to tangent line, 2019 Calculus AB free response 6a,b | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- graphical scale and function detail explains Missing function detail when zoomed out | AP®︎/College Calculus AB | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- isosceles trapezoid base angles explains Proof: Base angles of isosceles trapezoids (on YouTube, new tab)
- marginal and effective tax rates explains Marginal and effective tax rates | Financial mathematics (TX TEKS) | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- accumulation functions practises Using accumulation functions 2015 AP Calculus AB BC 1a | AP®︎/College Calculus AB | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- average velocity practises Finding average velocity 2015 AP Calculus AB BC 3d | AP®︎/College Calculus AB | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- bond purchase price practises Calculating total purchase price of bonds | Financial mathematics (TX TEKS) | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- cost vs career comparison practises Cost vs career comparison | Careers and education | Financial mathematics (TX TEKS) | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- data set regression models practises Constructing models of data sets using technology and regressions | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- exponential functions for investing practises Calculating and graphing exponential functions for investing | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- exponential functions from tables practises Constructing exponential functions from tables | AP®︎/College Precalculus | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- graphing polar functions practises Graphing polar functions | AP®︎/College Precalculus | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- implicit differentiation practises Applying implicit differentiation, 2023 Calculus AB free response 6a | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- linear approximation of polar functions practises Estimating the value of a polar function with linear approximation | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- logarithmic functions from tables practises Constructing logarithmic functions from tables | AP®︎/College Precalculus | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- parameterizing implicit functions practises Parameterizing implicitly defined functions | AP®︎/College Precalculus | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- parametric planar motion rate of change practises Finding average rate of change of parametric planar motion functions over an interval | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- ROI of education practises ROI of education | Careers and education | Financial mathematics (TX TEKS) | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- sinusoidal function transformations practises Graphing sinusoidal functions with transformations | AP®︎/College Precalculus | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- tax on interest practises Calculating tax on interest | Taxes and tax forms | Financial mathematics (TX TEKS) | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- TVM solver for financial independence practises Calculating savings for financial independence (using TVM solver) | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- employment vocabulary Employment vocabulary | Employment | Financial mathematics (TX TEKS) | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- polar function graph characteristics Describing characteristics of polar function graphs | AP®︎/College Precalculus | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
- trophic levels explains Trophic levels | Middle school biology | Khan Academy (on YouTube, new tab)
What YouTube reports
YouTube's own figures for this channel, as collected when we looked. Nothing here is a finding of ours.
- Channel created
- 9,480,000
- Subscribers
- 9,506
- Videos published
- 2,250,448,456
- Total views
- English
- Audio language the uploader declared
- Not reported
- Audience the uploader declared
A made-for-children marking is the uploader's own answer to a question about advertising and data collection — not a judgement by anyone that the content suits a child, and nobody checks it against the videos.
What the recent uploads show
Counted from the 100 most recent uploads we fetched when we looked. Where YouTube does not report a figure for a video, that video is left out of the count rather than assumed — so some totals below are smaller than 100.
- Most recent upload
- 52
- Published in the last 90 days
- 13/42
- Run 180 seconds or less
- 6:24
- Typical length
Uploads marked made for children 5 of the 42 uploads that carry the label.
About the channel
What kind of channel this is. These describe it rather than warn about it, so they carry no severity colour.
- Consistency High The channel consistently maintains a focus on academic instruction across all sampled videos.
Does well Clear alignment with academic standards Step-by-step problem solving Free access to educational resources
Age guidance
younger
The content ranges from 6th-grade mathematics to college-level AP Physics. It is entirely academic, devoid of mature themes, and designed for students, making it suitable for children from primary school through high school.
Age guidance is our reading of the sample, not a rating and not a certification.
What we found
1 of 11 risk areas were assessed, worst first. A finding is an observation with evidence behind it, not an accusation.
What this review covers
Harmful or misleading content · every video
- 100
- Videos screened
- 0
- Flagged
- 0
- Of those, presentation mismatches
Age suitability and risk areas · a sample
- 10
- Videos reviewed
- 0
- Spoken content examined
What this review could not see
- We could not access what is said in 10 of 10 videos we looked at; findings for those rest on titles, descriptions, and thumbnail images.
The model reads text and still images. It does not watch video or listen to audio. Full methodology.
What we looked at
Automated screening checked all 100 of this channel's videos for harmful content and for videos presenting themselves as something they are not, and flagged none. The age band and risk areas above are a separate reading of 10 of those videos. We do not have what is said in any of those, so every finding rests on how a video presents itself rather than on what it contains.
Flag reasons are AI observations, published as produced — read them alongside the video, not instead of it. How screening and sampling work
The videos behind the findings
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Adding and subtracting significant figures | Science Toolkit | Khan Academy
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Potential energy and conservative forces (part 4) | AP Physics | Khan Academy
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Rigid transformations of parallel lines
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Potential energy and conservative forces (part 2) | AP Physics | Khan Academy
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Motion as a function of time: Resistive force example (part 2) | AP Physics | Khan Academy
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Program a Python paint battle! #computerscience #robotics
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Introduction to AP Physics C: Mechanics | Khan Academy
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Equal and equivalent expressions
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Using volume for missing side length (mixed numbers) | Khan Academy
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Labeling axes to fit data sets | 6th grade math (Illustrative Math-aligned) | Khan Academy
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