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Fun and genuinely likable guys, but the language and adult humor make this one for teens, not little kids.
Best for ages 14+
The Try Guys are a group of adult friends who put themselves through challenges, competitions, and weird experiences, mostly with a lot of goofing off and self-deprecating humor. The tone is loose and unscripted-feeling, like watching a group chat come to life on camera. They're not trying to be edgy exactly, but they're definitely not making content with kids in mind.
Score Breakdown
KidWatch Assessment
The Try Guys are a group of adult friends who put themselves through challenges, competitions, and weird experiences, mostly with a lot of goofing off and self-deprecating humor. The tone is loose and unscripted-feeling, like watching a group chat come to life on camera. They're not trying to be edgy exactly, but they're definitely not making content with kids in mind.
Profanity pops up regularly, sometimes bleeped and sometimes not. There are also off-hand sexual jokes and innuendo woven into otherwise totally harmless segments about food or health topics. It's casual adult humor, not raunchy by cable TV standards, but probably not something you'd want an eight-year-old watching unsupervised.
That said, the channel has a genuinely warm energy. The guys are supportive of each other, they're willing to look ridiculous, and they talk openly about health stuff and personal struggles without drama. Teens who like food content or challenge videos will probably love it.
Flagged Moments from Top Videos
Multiple uncensored uses of profanity, including 'sh*t' and 'f***ing,' delivered casually mid-commentary with no bleeping.
A throwaway political insult referencing Donald Trump is dropped into an otherwise lighthearted food review, which feels out of place and could spark questions.
One of the guys makes a joke about loving chiropractor videos because they might satisfy him the way other things 'get him off,' which is clearly sexual innuendo in an otherwise tame health segment.
A casual racist comment is made implying something is less interesting because a practitioner turned out to be white rather than from China, said as a throwaway punchline.
Repeated bleeped profanity throughout the episode, used freely in casual conversation, suggesting the unbleeped language is frequent on this channel.
A passing reference to 'bad sex jokes' associated with pie is made on-camera, and one contestant jokes about his sweet-as-pie 'ass,' which is minor but consistent with the channel's adult-leaning humor style.
One of the guys casually mentions being hungover at the start of a food challenge, normalizing drinking without any acknowledgment.
What Parents Should Know
Watch a few minutes of any episode before handing it to a younger teen, since the humor can shift into adult territory without much warning.
Skip this channel for kids under 13. The humor, casual profanity, and sexual jokes are really aimed at an adult or older-teen audience.
Use the food and cooking content as a jumping-off point for conversation with teens about things like body image, health, and trying new things, since the guys talk about all of those pretty openly.
Be aware that profanity shows up across multiple videos, sometimes bleeped and sometimes not, so it's not isolated to one or two episodes.
Check the comment sections if your kid is watching, since the audience skews adult and comment threads on food and challenge content can get crude.
If your teen is a fan, it's worth watching an episode together so you get a feel for the tone and have a natural way to talk about the humor they're consuming.
Recommended for ages 14+.
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