---
id: "de_usk_rating"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["media"]
country: ["DE"]
langs: ["de"]
quality: 90
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/de_usk_rating"
---

# USK video game age rating (Germany) (`de_usk_rating`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Age rating of a video game in Germany by the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK): released for ages 0, 6, 12, 16 or 18. The mark reads USK ab 12 freigegeben; the short form USK 12 and the bare number are common. Films are rated by the FSK (de_fsk_rating) with the same ages.

- Parent datatype: `content_rating`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Media and entertainment (media)
- Countries: Germany (DE)
- Languages: German (de)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:USK (?:ab )?)?(?:0|6|12|16|18)(?: freigegeben)?$
```

## Examples

- `USK ab 12 freigegeben`
- `USK 18`
- `USK 6`
- `FSK 12` (invalid example) — FSK rating (de_fsk_rating)

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P914`

## Translations

- ru: Возрастной рейтинг видеоигры USK (Германия)

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterhaltungssoftware_Selbstkontrolle>
- doc: <https://usk.de/>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P914>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/de_usk_rating.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/DE/media/de_usk_rating.yaml>