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Virtual Worlds for Teens

From Christy Matte, About.com GuideJuly 30, 2008

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It seems like every day there's a new virtual world opening up. I've already highlighted some Virtual Worlds for Young Kids and Virtual Worlds for Tweens. Now it's time for the teens to have their say! I've started listing some of the top Virtual Worlds for Teens, but there are plenty more out there. If you have any you'd like to see me add, please leave a comment and let me know. Don't just send a link... if possible, tell me why you like it.

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August 3, 2008 at 12:56 pm
(1) Lisa says:

My girls are getting more and more into these virtual worlds, and my husband and I are starting to look more into what these sites are exposing them to. My kids seem to prefer Club Penguin over others, although when barbiegirls came out, they where only playing that a few days, now they seem to only play Club Penguin. We did see another new one at the Los Angeles Fair names zoopri. They demonstrated some games, which my kids loved and we loved, because they actually where teaching them something. I think they copied Club Penguin a little, because they also have an Island, except instead of snow it is tropical. I must admit that it did offer some great educational things that my kids loved…surprise surprise…lol They spoke about safety, but they had no safety features which they could demonstrate to us. they said that they are not launched yet. Do you know much about them?

November 10, 2008 at 9:53 pm
(2) Dave says:

Haven’t heard about them but have heard about Club Penguin. It’s a pretty safe site. If you’re looking for an educational site, another interesting one that my 7 year old daughter and 9 year old son both love and enjoy is secretbuilders.com. Fun, safe and hey, if they’re learning something, then that’s great!

March 2, 2009 at 12:30 pm
(3) Madi says:

Habbo Hotel is a safe, teen friendly site. It is sensored by active moderators making sure that the site is as safe it can be for all habbo members. It is fun, and educational. I know a lot of teenagers that can’t get enough of habbo.

March 17, 2009 at 7:36 am
(4) Rebecca says:

Have you ever heard of wizard 101? It’s good for tweens it’s a virtual world of wizards, there is the evil wizard, and the player is “the one” to save the spiral (the universe)

May 23, 2009 at 1:04 pm
(5) Ethan says:

There is a website that shows you lots of virtual worlds. Go on google and type virtual worlds. Then click virtual worlds review. Its like virtual world heaven!

July 22, 2009 at 12:16 am
(6) Peyton says:

Poptropica and webkinz are great virtual worlds that even my 12 year and 5 year old sons play on

July 22, 2009 at 12:16 am
(7) quinn says:

poptropica and webkinz are great websites

August 6, 2009 at 11:06 am
(8) carmen says:

meez is great for teens and young adults! i love it and im 19. its 3D and you can costumize your room and avatar in many diffrent ways.

August 18, 2009 at 12:15 pm
(9) dannii says:

http://www.binweevils.com is a great website recommended for children 7+.

October 22, 2009 at 4:05 pm
(10) megan says:

small worlds is so fun for teens it has all the cool stuff on it but little kide a tweens can not NOT
get on it but it is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 3, 2009 at 9:15 am
(11) cari says:

I think webkinz is a good website, but it gets a little boring after a while. Whyville is a good safe website, and habbo hotel is one of my favorites. I also like Quiaonline. I like the websites where you can design a virtual person. Anyone got any ideas for that?

December 22, 2009 at 6:38 pm
(12) Gabi says:

I think smallworlds is super fun for 13+, but I wouldn’t go on if you are under that age. I am actually 11 and my mom banned me from it…you meet a lot of people and you customize things…start a buisness…do missions…and so much more!! I’ll be on in 2 yrs!! ;( I miss my virtual mom….

December 31, 2009 at 8:04 pm
(13) Kay says:

People should get on http://www.meez.com but not if your under 13. On meez, you can create a virtual person, room, chat, make friends, and it’s free! Some things (though very little) are for vips only. It’s safe if your responsible and dont go out giving away your information.

February 16, 2010 at 7:08 pm
(14) Elizabeth says:

Fantage is great for preteens! It’s a virtual world where you can chat and play games. You customize your avatar and earn money. There’s always something new! You can go to fashion shows and parties and it’s safe. But there are members for $10/50 days, and then you can buy some extra things, but that’s about it.

March 20, 2010 at 3:06 pm
(15) princess says:

wel smallworlds and meez are very fun am 13 and i play it but sometime it get bored so someone plz give me another virtual worlds like meez or smallworlds

March 31, 2010 at 10:26 pm
(16) Samantha says:

Well,I enjoy http://www.Tinierme.com or also http://www.Moshimonsters.com for tweens tinierme is for the older teens because they cuss freely and it’s wrong i ingnore it all I stopped playing moshimonsters ages ago but for atleast 10 to 14 would like it creating a cute monster shopping for clothes sending messages to friends making ur room upplanting a garden feeding ur monster shopping its very intruiging but tinierme is where you make threads join groups(emo,vampirific,kitty luvers,mcdonalds haters u get the picture)the clothes to dress ur avatar in are often blackpink and red or black its a gothic site kind of and u can make a age with ur faves and make diary entries fish go into selfy town get a pet and customize ur room but the clothes dont have to be black u can change there color but they are black alot and they update the site every month so its always new andright now they have pink blossoms on trees everywhere in town and its anime

June 23, 2010 at 2:44 pm
(17) Kool says:

i play gaiaonline its a fun game but only for 13 and up you can dress your avi create a profile and stuff like that i also get on glitter graphics its like a facebook for kids plus its super safe you can create a profile and you can chage saftey settings so if there is any thing bad

September 11, 2010 at 7:07 pm
(18) Tim says:

Kids under the age of 10 should play Club Penguin. Anyone from the age of 7-15 should play Chobots. Chobots is really safe. They have many moderators, great support team, and fun games. Everyone loves Chobots http://www.chobots.com
I think that really young kids should play Webkinz, but older kids would be made fun of tho. I am not trying to hurt anyone but I have seen it happen to 11 year olds and around that age. Another fun game is multiplayerfunplace.com (MFP). It is fun for all. It is new! They just released from BETA and they have membership and parties, and all that stuff kids like to play. A game for teens is 7wizards.com it is about 2 months old almost and it has over 10,000 wizards (players). Make sure they are 13+. I am a teen so these are the games other teens play. Oh, and an other popular one is Runescape. Runescape is a fighting game and teens love that game. The game is like 7+ years old and it has over billions of users. Well hope that helps you all.

October 8, 2010 at 11:47 pm
(19) teen says:

i am a teen and i absolutly luv runescape. you should try it. but i am looking for other ideas. got any?

October 16, 2010 at 6:44 am
(20) Rajsukh says:

Jamia Online is another community-based social game which offers you the whole gamut of activities and fun you’d expect from this kind of title, only this time with much more distinct foreign features involved.

Though open to all fun-seekers around the world, Jamia Online provides a pretty much secure social platform where gamers within all age brackets can have a good time.

October 18, 2010 at 1:59 pm
(21) Dwayvon says:

Gaiaonline is a site that i would recommend to anyone 13+ (Quiaonline is just a knock off version of it )
Gaia is a very great site for teens and this year they have a very high chance of getting an award for best virtual site on the net with 23,406,613+ active users on its side gaia is where you want your teens there is alot of stuff teens can do such as buy a house, buy a car, go shopping, earn cash, earn gold, design a profile, visit the world, play games, create friends, design avi art and sell it, post topics in the forums, daily chance, and alot more oh and it also has its own mmo called zomg
this is a must ceck out site please share this with your friends thank you

October 22, 2010 at 2:04 pm
(22) Hayley says:

IMVU is probaly the best out of all these but for 13+ only! You can make your room perfect, go shopping, design your avatar, get a boyfriend or girlfriend, go to work, chat in 3D, actually SIT on the chair, go out to clubs and alot more such as pets and free credits. the only two things are that it is a download and you have to pay for vip, credits and you avatar name, but you could always keep Guest_(name) insted, i do. Also Zwinky is amazing, as you can have free chat, have protected chat, go shopping, enter each others little comps, have a virtual bf again, play games, adopt and more. again this is 13+. And Another…..Second life. This deos to much and i cant be bothered writing it all, but look at http://www.secondlife.com and read it there. And Another….babydow. those after a kid? your too young to have one, but you can have a virtual one? choose if its a boy or girl or what it looks like, feed it, clean it, walk it, school it, put it to bed, play with it and shop for it. when youve been on 30 days in a row, you create your own school! the rest are pretty poop, unless you can find something better or the same. tata:)

December 20, 2010 at 11:45 pm
(23) Robert (Teen) says:

I loved http://www.there.com until it closed down. Does anyone know any virtual worlds that are like There?

December 28, 2010 at 2:24 pm
(24) Sam says:

I think this website webkinz.com and ty.com are for kids but gets kind of boring when you play everyday. This website fantage.com is a lot of fun then webkinz and ty you can buy more clothing, more furniture , and more adventures and get prizes but i think all websites are great and fun for you .

January 24, 2011 at 9:03 pm
(25) layla says:

I know this great site called fantage. My kids just love it and its a virtual world for all kids my kids showed me how they played and I just loved how they floated around on hoaver boards and how they could have pets and I just fell in love with the site.

January 31, 2011 at 9:48 am
(26) nieceypoo says:

MEEZ EVERYBODY MEEZ!!!!! I AM 14 YEARS OLD AND I THINK MEEZ SHOULD BE FOR EVERYONE EVEN FOR MY GRANDMOTHER!!! MEEZ IS THE BEST THING THE COMPUTER HAS EVER HAD!!!
MEEZ MEEZ MEEZ MEEEEEEEEEZ!!!!!!!!!! just dont look lame! play games to win lots coinz to get relly cool clothes post picture and videos on your profile media box. also to get more coinz they give you a daily boost and daily trivia to get coinz. so please everybody reading this get a meez i would pay you if i could thats how great it is!!!

March 10, 2011 at 7:35 pm
(27) irene says:

I love to play on kaneva. its a fun virtual world for ages 13+. You get an avatar, a room, a map, and a profile for you to look up people and upload media. You can also shop on the website and go to dance partty with your friends. I say its really fun

March 19, 2011 at 1:19 am
(28) Summer says:

I think Fantage.com is a fun website for kids ages 6+. Also you might find YoVille on Facebook kinda fun. I still play Fantage occasionaly and I’m 11 years old! Try them their kinda fun for kids 6+ but YoVille is, Erm, 13+ Enjoy!

April 18, 2011 at 6:17 pm
(29) tiana says:

FANTAGE.com IS AWSOME IT IS ALSO FUN WITH MEMBERSHIP IT IS AMAZING GO FIND IT

July 10, 2011 at 2:38 am
(30) skittz says:

do you know any V worlds for 13 year olds?

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