Helm for teens · safe social media for teens

Your feed. Your people. Your space.

Helm is interest media, which means the algorithm answers to you. Pick what you're into and the feed follows. Post video, photos, Stash, and podcasts. Run your own calendar and to-dos in the family hub. It's a teen social app with zero ads, zero data sales, and none of the sketchy corners.

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Why teens pick Helm

Built for you, not for advertisers.

What is interest media? It's social media where you own the experience: you choose the interests, the feed serves them, and nobody sells your attention or your data. That's the whole platform, and teen accounts get all of it with smart guardrails.

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A feed you actually chose

Pick from 29 interests and the recommendations follow what you love. Want it raw? Flip to chronological. No ads wedged between posts, ever.

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Your own corner of the family hub

Teen accounts add their own calendar events and their own to-dos. Your schedule, your list, your say, right alongside the family's.

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Safe without being babied

Allowlist DM safety means only people you and your parent approve can message you. Everything else is yours to run.

See the actual app

This is what a teen account gets you.

Not concept art. These are real Helm screens: the feed you'll scroll, the hub you'll run, and the Live you can start.

The interest-matched feed

Pick your interests. The feed follows.

Tell Helm what you're into and your For You feed builds itself around it: short video, photos, Stash takes, and podcasts, all from a 37-interest taxonomy you control. Change your interests, change your feed. Done deciding for the day? Switch to chronological.

  • Interest-matched recommendations across 29 interests
  • Every content type: video, photos, Stash, podcasts
  • Chronological option when you just want the timeline
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Teen autonomy

Your calendar. Your to-dos. Your call.

The family hub isn't just your parents' dashboard. Teen accounts add their own calendar events and keep their own to-do list, so practice, study group, and your plans show up because you put them there.

  • Add your own events to the shared family calendar
  • Run your own to-do list inside the family hub
  • Everyone stays synced without anyone micromanaging
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Nova's hub
@nova · teen account
Your events · added by you
⚽ Soccer practiceTue 4:00p
📚 Study groupSat 11:00a
Your to-dos
Finish history essay
Post match highlights
Pack for Saturday's game
Record podcast intro
You manage this list
Going Live

Go Live with a safety net.

Yes, you can go Live on Helm. The family-only Live option keeps your audience to family and approved people, so it's your show without random strangers in the chat. Same idea in DMs: allowlist safety means only approved people can ever message you.

  • Family-only Live option: no strangers in the audience
  • Real-time chat and reactions from people you know
  • Allowlist DM safety on every teen account
See how Live works
Nova & Sage 1.2kFollowing
👁 6 watching
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Iris looking good sweetie! ❤️
Grandma 👋 hi Nova
Atlas do the trick!
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Beyond the scroll

More ways to make it yours.

A teen account isn't a watered-down version of Helm. Create in every format and grow into the bigger platform as you go.

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Create in every format

Short video, photos, Stash for your best takes and book quotes, and podcasts when you've got more to say.

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Climb the Leagues

Weekly Leagues rank the platform and top tiers earn profile rings everyone can see. Fresh ladder every week.

Join a Crew

The Crew is creator memberships: members-only posts, Stash, and lives from creators you're really into, with member badges to match.

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Zero ads, zero data sales

Helm doesn't sell ads and doesn't sell your data. Your feed exists for you, not for whoever bid the most.

Fast to start

Claim your space in 3 steps.

How do teen accounts work on Helm? You sign up, a parent confirms the account, and from there the feed, the calendar, and the to-dos are yours to run.

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Sign up free

Create your account in minutes. A parent confirms teen accounts during signup, so the safety is baked in from day one.

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Pick your interests

Choose from 29 interests and your feed builds itself around what you actually care about. Change them anytime.

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Post, plan, go

Drop your first video, photo, or Stash. Add your events and to-dos to the family hub. Go Live to family and approved friends when you're ready.

Teen questions

Straight answers.

What is interest media?
Interest media is social media built around what you choose to see instead of what an advertiser pays to show you. On Helm you pick your interests, the feed matches them, and you own your audience. No ads, no data sales.
Is Helm safe social media for teens?
Yes. Teen accounts are family-safe by design: allowlist DM safety so only approved people can message you, a family-only Live option, platform-wide moderation with clear community guidelines, and no ads or data sales anywhere on Helm.
Do I get my own space in the family hub?
Yes. Teen accounts add their own calendar events and keep their own to-do list inside the family hub. Your plans show up on the shared calendar because you put them there.
Who can DM me?
Only people on your allowlist. You and your parent approve who can message you, and everyone else simply can't. That's allowlist DM safety, and it's on for every teen account.
The right account for everyone

One Helm, everyone's version.

Everyone in the house gets the account built for them, with the feed, tools, and safety that fit.

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Kids

COPPA-safe accounts for under-13s: parent-linked, allowlist DMs, and an approvals queue on everything.

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Parents

The household admin: parental controls, approvals, chores, meals, and the shared calendar in one dashboard.

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Creators

When you're ready to build something bigger: own your audience, grow with The Crew, and get paid for what you make.

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Your space is waiting.

Sign up free, pick your interests, and start posting on safe social media built for teens. A parent confirms your account during signup, and everything after that is yours.