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IMDb Community Guidelines

Updated 25-February-2025

Welcome to the IMDb community! Your new profile is one of millions of fans, contributors, and professionals on IMDb. Our Community Guidelines (terms) are designed to maintain a fun, safe, and healthy environment for all. 

Please take note of and follow the below Community Guidelines. These are applicable to all content featured on IMDb profiles, including; bios, images, and lists.

  • No profane, obscene, disparaging content or harassment. This includes content that promotes, incites or glorifies hatred or racial, sexual or religious intolerance, or promotes organizations with such views
  • No personal or identifying information (PII) of any kind (e.g. phone numbers, emails, physical addresses)
  • No external URLs/links, including obfuscated links
  • No promotional, advertisement, or spam (e.g. personal/professional websites, illegal streaming or deceptive content)
  • No impersonation of any person or entity of any kind (e.g. including "IMDb" in usernames or profile images)
  • No nude or sexually explicit images/content
  • No non-English language in the "Your Profile" bio
  • Respect everyone's privacy
  • Be kind, courteous, and inclusive to all

IMDb reserves the right to remove any content considered to be in violation of our Community Guidelines or wider Conditions of Use. IMDb reserves the right to remove any copyrighted images or content.

For more information, please refer to the IMDb Conditions of Use .

We may amend any of these terms at our sole discretion by posting the revised terms here. Your continued use of IMDb after the effective date of the revised terms constitutes your acceptance of the terms.


For further guidance on IMDb profiles, please refer to the following Help articles:

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