Content ratings on HBO Max

Content ratings can help you make informed streaming decisions for you and your family.

Ratings are set by HBO Max or by local content rating organizations.
HBO Max has a dedicated team that reviews content and works with local organizations to set the most appropriate rating for each country.
HBO Max includes content descriptors, when appropriate and necessary.
Ratings may vary by country.

Where can I find ratings in HBO Max?

Content ratings appear throughout HBO Max. Here's some of the places you'll find ratings:

On the title's description and more info screen
In the upper corner when you first start watching something
After commercial breaks and when you restart an episode or movie
In search results
In the video player
On the Home screen

Content ratings

HBO Max uses German youth protection ratings in accordance with the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Human Dignity and Minors in Broadcasting and Telemedia and the Youth Protection Act (Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag und Jugendschutzgesetz) in selected European countries to classify content for different age groups.

HBO Max uses the Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM) rating system in select European countries to classify content for different age groups.

0: Suitable for all ages
6: Suitable for children aged 6 and older
12: Suitable for children aged 12 and older
16: Suitable for children aged 16 and older
18: Suitable only for adults

TV series ratings: The ratings on a TV series details screen are the highest maturity rating for an episode in the series.

Ratings and traveling

Content ratings are based on your physical location. If you travel to a country with a different content rating system, shows and movies may be rated differently.

Set ratings for a profile

You can create a Kids profile that limits what content is available to your child and what content they can watch. When you edit a Kids profile, you can choose from the following rating groups:

Little Kids (0): Content is designed for the youngest viewers.
Big Kids (6): Content may include mild fantasy or comedic violence. Contains little or no strong language or sexual content.
Pre-teens (12): Content may contain mild language, suggestive dialogue, sexual situations, and/or moderate violence.
Teens (12): Content may contain coarse language, suggestive dialogue, sexual situations, and/or intense violence.

By default, a new Kids profile is set to Pre-teens (12). When you set ratings for a profile, that profile can only find and watch episodes and movies at or below the ratings you selected.

Ratings can also be set for an Adult profile. By default, a new Adult profile can watch all content ratings.

To change ratings for a profile, you need to Edit the profile.