Study by parental control software firm Qustodio also shows Roblox is the gaming app most blocked by parents

Australian children who play Roblox are on the app for an average of 137 minutes a day and it is the gaming app most blocked by parents, a new industry report has found.

It comes as new documents reveal the federal government excluded games from the under 16s social media ban due to “regulatory overlap”.

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This article was amended on 22 January 2025. A previous version said that the amount of time Australian children were spending on Roblox a day was 139 minutes. It was 137 minutes, but the global average was 139 minutes.

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