"Can I get it? Everyone else has it."

The messaging app most UK families already use: texts, voice notes, calls and group chats, all encrypted.

Chat servers built around communities, originally for gamers.

A messaging app known for huge public groups and channels, minimal moderation, and features built for privacy.

Messaging built around photos that disappear after viewing, plus Stories, a Discover feed, the Snap Map, and an AI chatbot called My AI.

Photo and video sharing with Stories, Reels (the TikTok-style feed) and direct messages.

Once-a-day photo app: everyone gets a simultaneous two-minute prompt to post an unfiltered photo from both cameras.

Thousands of topic communities, from homework help and football clubs to genuinely dark corners.

The news-and-argument platform, now with a significant difference from every other mainstream app: adult content is officially allowed, behind labels and filters.

Visual mood-boarding: recipes, room ideas, art references, outfit planning.

Short-video app with an extremely effective recommendation feed.

The biggest video platform on earth, and for most UK children the one they use most.

Google's separate YouTube app for children, with a filtered catalogue, age bands, a timer, and no comments.

Live streaming, mostly gaming: children watch their favourite streamers play, chat scrolls alongside, and anything can happen because it is live.

Not one game but millions of user-made experiences, which is why its safety varies so much.

The battle royale game most UK children play at some point.

The creative building game that has earned its reputation as one of the better games for children: creative, calm in single player, and genuinely educational in the right mode.

The biggest first-person shooter franchise, including the free-to-play Warzone.

AI chatbot personas: users chat with characters ranging from fictional heroes to "psychologist" bots.

The general-purpose AI assistant most children now meet through homework.

Google's AI assistant, increasingly built into Android phones, Search and school Google accounts, which makes it the AI many children meet without choosing it.