Which apps are covered by Australia's social media ban?

The plain answer

From 10 December 2025, the law requires age-restricted platforms to stop under-16s holding accounts. eSafety assessed ten platforms before that date, more have self-assessed since, and the list is deliberately not fixed.

eSafety says plainly it “will not be considering every service” and focuses on those with the most Australian users under 16. The lists below include the services eSafety has assessed or that platforms have self-assessed; they are not a list of all online services.

Age-restricted: eSafety's assessment

These ten services were assessed by eSafety as age-restricted, as at 21 November 2025.

Also age-restricted: the platforms' self-assessments

These services told eSafety that they meet the conditions for an age-restricted social media platform.

Match, Yubo and BigoLive told eSafety they meet the conditions and that they will keep enforcing their own 18-plus minimum.

Considered by eSafety and not age-restricted

Not assessed by eSafety

Fortnite, Minecraft and AI companion apps appear on neither eSafety list. They have not been assessed by eSafety; that is not the same as eSafety deciding they are exempt or not age-restricted.

• Fortnite
• Minecraft
• AI companion apps

For what the law leaves outside its reach, read what the social media ban doesn't cover.