Common Sense Media
| Company type | Nonprofit organization |
|---|---|
| Genre |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | James P. Steyer (CEO) |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Revenue | US$25,452,329 (2018) |
| Total assets | 40,776,663 United States dollar (2022) |
| Website | commonsensemedia |
Common Sense Media (CSM) is an American nonprofit organization that reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children. It also funds research on the role of media in the lives of children and advocates publicly for child-friendly policies and laws regarding media and education.
Founded by Jim Steyer in 2003, CSM reviews and allows users to review media for adults and children. It has reviews of books, films, television shows, video games, apps, websites, podcasts, and YouTube channels and rates them in terms of age-appropriate educational content, such as "positive role models", "positive messages", diverse representation, "violence and scariness", "sexual content", "language", "consumerism" and more, for families and caregivers making media choices for their children. It has also developed a set of ratings to evaluate apps, games, and websites used in a learning environment.
By 2020, the organization's ratings and reviews reached more than 100 million households and its digital citizenship curriculum is taught by more than one million teachers in the U.S. and other countries.