AxonData/age-estimation-minors-face-dataset

---
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
task_categories:
- image-classification
tags:
- age-estimation
- age-detection
- face-recognition
- biometric
- selfie
- minors
- age-verification
- age-assurance
- age-gating
- age-prediction
- COPPA
pretty_name: "Face Age Detection: 10K Consented Selfies (10-30)"
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---
**10,000+ selfies | Verified age labels | 10-30 years | Multi-ethnic**

## The Problem

New age-gating laws (COPPA 2.0, EU DSA, Australia Social Media Act) require apps to detect whether a user is under 18. Existing public face datasets don't solve this — UTKFace covers 0-116 with sparse teen coverage, IMDB-WIKI has noisy labels, MORPH is 80% one ethnicity

## The Solution

This dataset targets the exact age range where models fail most: **10 to 30 years old**. Every image has a verified ground-truth age label, captured on real phones, with full legal consent including guardian signatures for minors

## Key Numbers

| | |
|---|---|
| **Total images** | 10,000+ |
| **Age range** | 10-30 (per-year folders) |
| **Ethnicities** | Black, Caucasian, Hispanic |
| **Capture device** | Smartphone front camera |
| **Consent** | Full legal consent, guardian consent for minors |


## Labels

`age` · `gender` · `ethnicity`

## Who Is This For

- ML engineers building **under-18 age gates** for apps and platforms
- Teams fine-tuning age estimation models on the **critical 13-25 segment**
- Companies needing **consented, commercially licensable** face data
- Researchers evaluating **demographic bias** in age prediction

## Full dataset with commercial license available at [Axon Labs](https://axonlab.ai)