Youth, Kids, and Family Market Research Company
A trusted youth and kids market research company delivering authentic insights from children, teens, and families through safe, COPPA-compliant studies.

Dynamic Youth, Child & Family Market Research for
Understanding Gen Alpha
Touchstone Research is a trusted youth, kids, and family market research company delivering authentic insights across generations—from toddlers to teens to parents. Our team specializes in designing engaging, age-appropriate research methods and navigating complex compliance frameworks like COPPA. We conduct safe, ethical research using child-friendly methodologies and expert moderators trained to work with young participants. Through our proprietary, COPPA-certified Panelpolls community, we help brands connect with kids, families, and Gen Alpha to uncover the insights that matter most.

- Specialized in Research with Children & Teens: From preschoolers to Gen Alpha tweens and Gen Z teens, we design age-appropriate methodologies to capture authentic feedback and behaviors.
- Exclusive Access to Youth & Family Panels: Our proprietary youth research panel, Panelpolls, gives brands access to highly engaged kids, teens, young adults, and parents for trusted, COPPA-certified insights.
- Engaging, Child-Friendly Methodologies: Leverage creative techniques like gamified surveys, storytelling, moderated play sessions, and visual tasks designed to engage younger audiences.
- Expert Moderation for Young Participants: Our team has decades of experience working with youth audiences, ensuring respectful facilitation, safety, and ethical treatment of all participants.
- COPPA-Compliant and Ethically Sound: All youth and family research is conducted with rigorous privacy protocols, ensuring COPPA compliance and parental consent.
- Insights That Drive Smart Strategy: Discover what today’s kids, tweens, teens and families want—from entertainment preferences to toy testing, digital habits, and future trends.
Youth, Child & Family Market Research Consultancy Services
We offer a full range of youth, child, and family market research services tailored for every stage of your study—from participant recruitment and qualitative research with kids to large-scale youth surveys, online panels, and secure content testing. Whether you’re a brand, agency, or nonprofit, our experienced team delivers high-quality insights across audiences and industries.
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Recruitment & Fieldwork
UX Research
Communities & Panels
Dial Tester
Secure Content Testing
Conversational AI
Youth Qualitative Research
Unlock Deep Insights into Young Audiences
Our qualitative research agency explore the motivations, behaviors, and preferences of kids, children, and teens and Gen Z through in-depth youth and child-focused qualitative research. Touchstone’s expert approach is designed to meet the unique needs of youth and family audiences, delivering insights that drive informed decision-making and innovation. Whether through focus groups with kids, in-depth interviews, or child-friendly ethnographic studies, we help brands uncover the “why” behind young consumers’ action

Youth Quantitative Research
Drive Strategic Youth-Focused Decisions with Data-Backed Insights
Our quantitative market research company makes confident decisions with data-backed insights from kids, children, teens, and families. Our quantitative research services are tailored for youth and child audiences, combining precise sampling techniques with rigorous quality control to ensure reliable results. From online surveys with kids to segmentation, trackers, and statistical modeling, Touchstone delivers the data you need to lead in youth markets.

Youth Qualitative Recruitment Services
High-Quality Research Participants for Youth-Centric Research
Ensure your youth and kids research is grounded in high-quality, well-vetted participants. Our expert market research recruitment agency provides qualitative recruiting and fieldwork services that are designed to engage eager, relevant respondents—including children, teens, and families—through thorough screening processes that ensure age-appropriateness and verified parental consent. Trust our expert qual recruitment team to recruit the right audience for your child-focused and youth market research projects.

Youth UX Research
Optimize User Experiences for Young Audiences
Our UX research company enhances usability and satisfaction for youth, kids, and child-focused digital products with our full-service UX research solutions. Our experts specialize in user testing with children, tweens, and teens, helping brands create intuitive, engaging experiences that build loyalty. From UX studies with kids to journey mapping and interface optimization, we ensure your products connect with the expectations of today’s younger users.

Youth Insight Communities & Online Panels
Continuous Youth Insights from Custom Online Panels and Market Research Online Communities
Gain ongoing insights with custom online communities and research panels built for kids, children, and youth. Whether you’re looking to engage a niche group of young fans or launch a large-scale child and teen panel, Touchstone offers flexible, tailored solutions to support continuous research. Our communities make it easy to capture authentic feedback from kids, teens, and families—driving smarter strategies in youth and child-focused markets.

Dial Testing with Dial Tester by Touchstone Research
Real-Time Feedback from Youth Audiences
Capture second-by-second feedback from kids, children, and youth audiences with our proprietary Dial Testing tool, Dial Tester. Designed for media and audio content, it enables you to collect continuous, real-time reactions from child and teen participants as they engage with your ads, shows, games, or digital experiences. Dial Tester delivers the insights you need to refine content for maximum emotional impact and audience engagement.

Secure Content Testing
Unmatched Protection for Youth-Focused Content
Safeguard your sensitive child-, kids-, and youth-focused content with Secure Content Testing (SCT) from Touchstone. SCT uses advanced, user-specific watermarking to protect media assets, product concepts, and prototypes—ensuring content is secure and traceable at every stage. Whether you’re conducting research with children, testing new features for a kid-focused app, or sharing confidential creative with parents and teens, SCT provides the confidence and compliance needed to gather insights without risk.

Conversational AI Surveys
Engaging AI Surveys for Youth Audiences
Enhance how you collect insights from kids, children, and youth audiences with Conversational AI Surveys—turning traditional questionnaires into engaging, real-time conversations. Built to capture the authentic voices of child and teen participants, these dynamic surveys reduce fatigue and boost engagement, resulting in deeper, more actionable data. With multilingual and culturally adaptive features, Conversational AI is ideal for reaching diverse youth and family segments around the world—offering the flexibility of qualitative depth and the scale of quantitative research.

Youth, Kids & Child Research Panel: Panelpolls
Panelpolls, Touchstone’s COPPA-certified youth and child research panel, gives brands direct access to kids, children, Gen Z teens and young adults—as well as their parents. Built over 20 years, this trusted community supports high-quality, secure, and compliant research with even the most hard-to-reach youth audiences.
Whether you’re conducting kids market research, testing a child-focused concept, or tracking trends among Gen Alpha and Gen Z, Panelpolls offers fast, flexible access to engaged participants. Our community includes thousands of families from diverse backgrounds—making it an ideal panel for child and family market research across media, tech, education, toys, and more.
With built-in consent workflows and real-time engagement tools, Panelpolls ensures every study meets the highest standards for privacy, safety, and ethical participation.
Youth, Kids & Child Demographics We Reach
We connect brands with a wide range of youth, kids, and child-focused demographics—from preschoolers and tweens to teens, young adults, and families. Whether you’re conducting research with Gen Alpha, exploring emerging interests, or testing content with hard-to-reach audiences, Touchstone delivers diverse, engaged participants who represent today’s evolving youth market.
- Preschoolers
- Kids & Tweens
- Students of All Ages
- Tech-Savvy Youth
- Toy & Game Enthusiasts
- Movie & TV Fans
- Loyal Consumers of Youth Brands
- Youth Trendsetters
- Creative Young Minds
- Aspiring Influencers
- Eco-Conscious Youth
- STEM Enthusiasts
- Athletes & Sports Fans
- Music Lovers
- Digital Natives
- And many more!

Youth, Kids & Family Market Research FAQs
Looking for more information about our youth, kids, and family market research services? Below are some of the most common questions we receive—covering participant recruitment, child safety compliance, methodologies, and how we help brands engage younger audiences with confidence and care.
Industry Expertise in Youth, Kids & Family Market Research
Touchstone Research supports leading brands across industries with custom research solutions for youth, kids, and family audiences. From toys and media to healthcare, retail, and education, we provide tailored insights that help clients connect with children, teens, and parents in meaningful and measurable ways.
Trusted by Leading Global Brands for Youth, Kids & Family Market Research









































Why Leading Brands Trust Touchstone for Youth, Kids & Family Market Research
Uncompromising Youth Market Research Data Quality: Touchstone’s Gold Standard
Touchstone’s rigorous, multi-layered quality control ensures the highest level of data accuracy and reliability. Our expert team and cutting-edge tools consistently safeguard against emerging threats, providing trusted data for critical decisions.


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