Who plays Roblox now: the ages Roblox reports

Mostly minors. Of Roblox users who had checked their age by the end of June 2026, 35% were under 13, 38% were 13 to 17 and 27% were 18 or older. Only 57% of daily users had checked. In April 2026, Roblox named US adults aged 18 to 34 its fastest-growing group.

Those figures come from Roblox's own letters to shareholders, filed with the SEC. This page lines up every quarter since late 2023, with the source of each number. It also says what the numbers can't tell you.

How old are most Roblox players?

Most are under 18. Roblox began asking players to check their age in late 2025, and it now reports the ages of those who did. It has done so in three letters so far.

This split covers only players who checked their age. By June 2026 that was 57% of daily users, so 43% aren't in it. Roblox itself says the mix may not match everyone on Roblox.

That's about three in four checked players under 18: 73% in January and June, 74% in March. The biggest single group is 13 to 17, not young kids.

Check rates vary by country. In the US and Australia, more than 70% of daily users had checked by June. Take-up is lower where local rules need a parent's consent for the face check, Roblox says.

Roblox also calls these numbers estimates, built on limited information and on methods that are still changing. It says the mix may shift as more players check.

What percentage of Roblox players are over 18?

27% of those who checked, as of June 2026. In the US it was about one in three, going by Roblox's letter of 30 July 2026.

The share across all players is probably a little higher. Under-18s check more often than users overall: 60% of them had checked by June, against 57% of everyone. That leaves only about half of adults checked. On our math from Roblox's rounded numbers, adults would be about 30% of all daily users, somewhere from 29% to 32%.

That math leans on Roblox's own count of its under-18s. The letter doesn't say how Roblox counts the ones who never checked, so treat 30% as a rough guide.

How many adults play Roblox?

Roughly 19 million a day, counting only adults who checked. Roblox averaged 123 million daily users in the second quarter of 2026. 57% of that is about 70 million checked players, and 27% of those is roughly 19 million adults. Adults who never checked come on top of that.

Do more adults play Roblox than kids?

No. Among players who checked, under-18s outnumber adults almost three to one. But in the US, adults are growing much faster than players in the US and Canada overall.

Growth is against the same quarter a year earlier. The adult figures are Roblox's estimates: it applies the checked players' age mix to those who never checked.

Adults also spend more. In the US, players 18 and over "monetize over 50% higher" than under-18s, both 2026 letters say.

Roblox wants more of them. Its letter of 30 July 2026 puts the world's gaming market at about $200 billion a year, with players 18 and over making up roughly 80% of the spending. It calls a bigger older audience central to its goal of a 10% share of that market.

It's paying for it, too. Since 8 June 2026, creators get a 42% higher cash-out rate on eligible spending by checked US players 18 or older: $0.0054 per earned Robux, against the standard $0.0038. Our guide to earning Robux by making things explains how cashing out works.

Roblox also sees room to grow. In February 2026, it said it reaches fewer than 10% of US adults aged 18 to 34 on a given day.

Is the Roblox population growing?

It grew fast until the third quarter of 2025, then shrank. Daily users peaked at 151.5 million that quarter. By the second quarter of 2026 they were down to 123 million.

Before the age checks, Roblox's charts split players only at 13, mostly using the birthday each player typed in. Every quarter since late 2023:

Daily users come from each quarter's SEC release or letter. The age columns come from page 7 of Roblox's investor deck of 30 October 2025. Its deck of 31 July 2025 shows the same numbers for the quarters both cover. The share is our math, and it matches the 62% and 64% Roblox printed for the first half of 2025.

The 13-and-over group grew faster than the under-13s in every one of those eight quarters. In the third quarter of 2025 it grew 89% in a year, against 44%. Hours played by the older group rose 107%, against 67%.

Roblox's annual reports show the same shift in round numbers: 42% of daily users were under 13 in 2023, and about 40% in 2024.

Three cautions come with the table. From the third quarter of 2025, Roblox used age checks and other data where it had them, and typed-in birthdays only as a fallback. It then skipped age data for the fourth quarter of 2025 while it switched to age checks. And it says the new checked numbers can't be directly compared with the old ones. The checks also showed a younger player base than the typed-in birthdays had.

Roblox gave three reasons for the slowdown in early 2026. Growth was up against the huge gains of 2025, and Russia banned Roblox in December 2025. The age checks also cut off chat for players who hadn't checked, and slowed new sign-ups. Roblox was allowed back in Russia in June 2026.

What is the average age of Roblox players?

Roblox's filings don't give one. We searched 35 Roblox filings and investor decks from late 2023 to mid-2026, and none gives an average or median age. Roblox reports groups instead.

The groups still show where the middle sits. With 35% of checked players under 13 and 38% aged 13 to 17, the middle checked player is a teenager between 13 and 17.

Some statistics pages print a split into five bands, from under 9 to 25 and over. We couldn't find those bands in any of the 35 Roblox documents, and the pages that print them don't name a Roblox document.

Who plays Roblox more, girls or boys?

Roblox's filings don't say. They report age, not sex.

Roblox does collect the data. Its annual reports say its user figures rely partly on details players give, "such as age or gender." And its dashboard for creators shows a game's owner the age, gender, country and language of their own players. But none of the filings we read gives a split for Roblox as a whole.

Pages that print one disagree with each other. One says 53% male and 39% female, another 51% and 44%, and neither names a Roblox document. So if you've heard that older men are driving the growth, Roblox's own numbers can't confirm it. They show adults growing, not whether they're men or women.

How does the Roblox age check work?

A player records a selfie video in the app, and software estimates their age. Players 13 and over can show a government photo ID instead. Roblox's vendor, Persona, runs the face check, and Roblox says the images and video are deleted after processing.

The check puts each player in one of six groups: 5 to 8, 9 to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18 to 20, and 21 and over. By default, players chat with their own group and the ones next to it. Age-based chat is built to keep adults and children under 16 apart. Checked players 13 and over can still chat across groups with people they know, added as Trusted Connections.

Checking is optional, but players who skip it can't chat at all. Roblox made the check a condition for chat in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands in early December 2025, and worldwide in early January 2026. By 4 August 2026, its face check had handled 338 million age-check records.

What is Roblox Select?

It's one of three account types Roblox rolled out worldwide in June 2026. Each follows a player's age:

• Roblox Kids for ages 5 to 8, with chat off unless a parent turns it on.
• Roblox Select for ages 9 to 15, with games rated for their age.
• A standard Roblox account from 16, with every game except those rated 18+, which only adults can play.

Players who haven't checked can't chat, and Roblox uses the birthday they typed in to place them in a Kids or Select account. Roblox's help page shows what each age group can do.

Is the Roblox age check accurate?

It's tested, but not perfect. Persona's age estimates were off by 1.4 years on average for players under 18, in testing by the UK's Age Check Certification Scheme.

Roblox admits the gaps. Its 2025 annual report says players have at times got around its systems, and its checks have put some users in the wrong age group. A parent can check by mistake on a child's account, and an account can be handed to a younger sibling.

That's why Roblox keeps watching behavior, such as who a player connects with and when they play. When that doesn't fit the age on file, it asks for a new check. Its system reads close to two billion account records a day.

One more limit matters for the numbers on this page. Roblox's letters warn that the split may not represent everyone on the platform. Its own engineers go further: users who complete stronger age checks "differ systematically from the broader population," they write. And Roblox's user figures haven't been checked by an outside party either, its annual report says.

Are there free Robux apps for kids?

There's no free Robux app: Roblox's help centre calls every offer of free Robux a scam. Some reward apps do list Roblox gift cards you earn with your time. Swagbucks priced a $10 card at 1,000 of its points on 22 September 2026, and Freecash offers them for testing games. With most Roblox players under 18, the first question is whether an app will take you at all.

We build PaysFair, an earning app that competes with the apps below, so check their numbers yourself. PaysFair is for people 16 and over.

Set that against Roblox's numbers. The 35% of checked players who are under 13 are too young for all four. The 38% aged 13 to 17 can use Swagbucks, and from 16 also Freecash, and PrizeRebel with a parent's permission. Our guide to earning a Roblox gift card with surveys shows what each app charges for a card.

Adults can use the first three, and Google Opinion Rewards is for users over 18. On the survey side, people who are hard to find cost buyers more. One large survey exchange's pricing guide for buyers says a niche, hard-to-reach target "may require higher CPIs," a higher cost per interview. It also says a lower share of people who qualify "typically means higher costs."

We don't promise what any survey pays. Our page on why surveys disqualify you explains the screening, and our guide to free Robux scams shows what to avoid.