The Helm community · interest media

A community built around what you love.

Helm is an online community organized by interests, not outrage. You pick what you love, your feed follows it, and the people you meet are into the same things you are. No ads, no data sales, family-safe by design, and the audience you build here is yours to keep.

The Helm mascot family together in the family-safe Helm community
Our promises, in plain English

What Helm stands for.

These aren't marketing lines. They're how the platform is built, and they hold on every page, every post, every live.

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You own your audience

The people who follow you are yours, not a rented list a platform can throttle or take away. No pay-to-reach, ever.

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You control your algorithm

You choose your interests across a 37-interest taxonomy, and the feed follows what you love. Prefer chronological? That's one tap.

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No ads. No data sales.

Your feed is your feed, and your data is your data. Helm doesn't sell either one. Full stop.

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Family-safe by design

COPPA-safe Kids & Teens accounts, parental controls, and allowlist DM safety are built into the platform, not bolted on. See Helm for families.

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Moderated with care

Real moderation and clear community guidelines keep this a place you'd hand your kid. Details on our Safety page.

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American made & run

Helm is 100% American made and American run. The people building this community live in it, too.

Interest media, in practice

Find your people by interest.

What is interest media? It's social media organized around what you love instead of what makes you angry. On Helm, interest-based communities form naturally: you pick your interests, the feed follows them, and the people beside you actually share them.

Your feed, your call

The feed follows what you love.

Pick your interests from a 37-interest taxonomy and Helm's recommendations match content to them: short video, photos, Stash, podcasts, and long form. Want zero algorithm? Switch to chronological any time.

  • You choose your interests; the feed obeys them
  • Interest-matched recommendations, or chronological on demand
  • Every content type in one home: video, photos, Stash, podcasts, long form
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Safety is the foundation

A community you'd hand your kid.

What makes Helm a family-safe community? Safety is in the architecture: COPPA-safe Kids & Teens accounts, parental controls, allowlist DMs, and platform-wide moderation under clear community guidelines that apply to everyone.

  • Moderation plus clear, published community guidelines
  • COPPA-safe Kids & Teens accounts with parental controls
  • Allowlist DM safety, approvals queue, and family-only Live
Visit the Safety page
Community standards
Built in, on by default
Family-safe by design
Kids & Teens accounts, parent approvals
Who can DM
Family onlyFamily + approved
Moderation on every report
Reviewed under community guidelines
No ads. No data sales.
There is no off switch because there is no switch
Honest answers

Questions people ask.

What is interest media?
Interest media is social media organized around what you love instead of what keeps you scrolling. On Helm, you pick your interests, the feed follows them, and you own your audience instead of renting it from a corporate platform. Helm is the first interest media platform.
What makes Helm a family-safe community?
Safety is built into the platform, not bolted on: COPPA-safe Kids & Teens accounts, parental controls with screen time and who-can-DM allowlists, an approvals queue, family-only Live, and platform-wide moderation under clear community guidelines. Read more on our Safety page.
Does Helm really run no ads and sell no data?
Correct. Helm shows no ads and sells no data. The feed exists to show you what you chose to follow, not to auction your attention.
Who builds and runs Helm?
Helm is 100% American made and American run. It's built by people who wanted an online community they could bring their own families into, and that's the standard the whole platform is held to.
Free to join

Join the community in 3 steps.

No follower minimums, no waitlist games. Pick what you love and you're in.

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Create your free account

Sign up in minutes. Choose the account type that fits you: Member, Creator, Parent, Business, Brand, or a linked Kids or Teens account.

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Pick your interests

Choose from 37 interests and your feed starts following what you love, from books and cooking to faith, fitness, and the outdoors.

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Make it yours

Post, follow, go live, and link every platform you're on from one profile. Everything you build here belongs to you.

One community, many rooms

Ways to belong.

The Helm community shows up everywhere on the platform, in whatever way you like to connect.

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Live

Go live from your browser or OBS with real-time chat, virtual gifts, moderators, and a family-only option.

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Shop

Live social shopping with approved sellers, secure checkout, and family spend-approval for kid and teen purchases.

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Podcasts

Audio and video episodes organized into shows you can follow and rate, right inside your feed.

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Families

A family dashboard with chores, meals, and a shared calendar, plus the parental controls behind every kid account.

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Leagues

Weekly leagues with profile rings that celebrate the creators your community supports.

The Crew

Creator memberships with members-only posts and lives. Subscription revenue goes to the creator.

The water's fine

Come as you are. Stay because it's yours.

Join a family-safe online community built around what you love: no ads, no data sales, real moderation, and an audience you actually own. Free to join, American made and run.

Pip and Rio, the Helm mascots, welcoming you to the Helm community