# Age Estimation Check

### Age Estimation Check Overview

The Age Estimation Check uses **liveness detection** and **facial analysis** to estimate a customer’s age from a selfie.

It’s built for **age verification** and **age-gating** flows. It requires only a selfie, with no document capture.

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[Learn about the Age Estimation Checks API.](/documentation/api-reference/check-types/age-estimation-check.md)
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### Common use cases

Use Age Estimation when you need a fast, low-friction **age check**:

* **Youth safety enforcement**: Apply age threshold validation to protect minors and support platform safety controls.
* **Access control for age-restricted services**: Confirm age before granting access to restricted content, platforms, or communities.
* **Age-gating for restricted products**: Verify age eligibility for regulated goods.
* **Gaming onboarding**: Validate age requirements during registration for gaming and related services.

### Analysis performed

The Age Estimation Check applies biometric analysis to confirm **live presence** (anti-spoofing) and generate a **selfie-based age estimation**.

The diagram below outlines the key analysis categories.

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**Detailed verification checks**

<table><thead><tr><th width="205.34375">Analysis</th><th>Verifications Performed</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Authenticity Analysis</strong></td><td>Performs a liveness check (Presentation Attack Detection / anti-spoofing) to confirm the customer is physically present and not spoofed via photo, video, or deepfake.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Age Estimation</strong></td><td>Provides an estimated age (e.g., 25 years) and range prediction (e.g., 20–28 years).</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Age Validation</strong></td><td>Confirms whether the customer’s estimated age meets the required age threshold.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Liveness Scoring</strong></td><td>Returns a confidence score between 0–100%, where 100% indicates a highly reliable live presence and 0% indicates a likely spoof attempt.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Sample result

The example below shows a representative Age Estimation Check result for age estimation, threshold validation, and liveness outcomes.

Use it to see how estimated age, age-band signals, and verification findings may appear in an Age Estimation Check report.

<figure><img src="/files/kFQ0PW2441KUR807FyoK" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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### Check duration

An Age Estimation Check takes an average of **4 seconds** to complete.

### Frequently asked questions

<details>

<summary>Can I do age verification with a selfie only?</summary>

Yes.

Age Estimation Check works with a **selfie only**, so customers do not need to upload an identity document.

</details>

<details>

<summary>What is the difference between age estimation and document-based age verification?</summary>

Age estimation uses **facial analysis** to estimate whether a customer is above or below an age threshold.

Document-based age verification uses an official ID document to confirm the customer’s exact **date of birth**.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Can Age Estimation Check detect spoofing or fake selfie attempts?</summary>

Yes.

Age Estimation Check includes **liveness detection** to help detect spoofing attempts such as photos, video replays, and other fake selfie submissions.

</details>

<details>

<summary>What happens if the estimated age is close to the threshold?</summary>

You can use Age Estimation Check as a first-pass age gate, then step up to [Document Check](/documentation/product-guides/identity-verification/document-check.md) when the result is borderline or more assurance is required.

This helps balance **conversion**, **safety**, and **compliance**.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Which industries use selfie-based age estimation?</summary>

Age Estimation Check is commonly used for **gaming**, **online communities**, **age-restricted goods**, and other digital services that need a fast age gate.

</details>

### Related checks

You’ll typically run Age Estimation Check alongside:

* [Multi-Bureau Check](/documentation/product-guides/identity-verification/multi-bureau-check.md) for a data-based authoritative identity and address verification.
* [SMS Verification](/documentation/product-guides/kyc-automation-services/sms-verification.md) for OTP-based mobile number verification.
* [Face Authentication Check](/documentation/product-guides/biometric-and-liveness-verification/face-authentication-check.md) for passwordless authentication using enrolled biometrics.
* [Document Check](/documentation/product-guides/identity-verification/document-check.md) when age estimation falls below a defined threshold and documentary proof (e.g. date of birth on an ID) is required.

### Related topics

Use these docs when you’re designing the end-to-end journey:

* [Workflows](/documentation/product-guides/compliance-studio/workflows.md) to orchestrate age-gating with follow-up checks and decisions.
* [Smart Forms](/documentation/product-guides/compliance-studio/smart-forms.md) to capture declarations (for example, DOB and consent) alongside the selfie.
* [Device Intelligence](/documentation/product-guides/digital-fraud-intelligence/device-intelligence-check.md), [Email Intelligence](/documentation/product-guides/digital-fraud-intelligence/email-intelligence-check.md), and [Mobile Intelligence](/documentation/product-guides/digital-fraud-intelligence/mobile-intelligence-check.md) to add digital fraud signals to your age-gating flow.


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