Liminal Releases Age Assurance Insights Featuring Benchmark of 40+ Leading Vendors to Guide Compliance and Innovation in Regulated Industries

New Reports on Age Verification and Age Estimation Provide In-Depth Analysis of Market Trends, Vendor Capabilities, and Compliance Challenges

NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As global regulations tighten and digital trust becomes a top business priority, Liminal, the intelligence platform for complex markets and regulated industries, has released two groundbreaking insights reports: the Link Index: Age Verification and the Link Index: Age Estimation - benchmarking 40+ leading vendors shaping the future of age assurance. These reports provide a detailed analysis of the evolving age assurance landscape, addressing regulatory compliance, emerging technologies, and vendor benchmarking for enterprises navigating online safety, digital identity, and fraud prevention.

As governments and regulatory bodies introduce stricter mandates for online age verification and age estimation, businesses face growing challenges in ensuring compliance while maintaining a seamless user experience. Liminal's latest reports deliver data-driven insights and strategic guidance for decision-makers to adopt future-proof solutions.

Key Findings from the Reports:

• Market Growth and Urgency: The global age assurance market is set to grow from $5.7 billion in 2025 to $10.4 billion by 2029, driven by increasing regulatory enforcement and demand for safer online environments.
  
  
• Regulatory Complexity: Organizations face challenges balancing compliance with user experience, as 85% of practitioners rank data privacy and user experience as the second most important factors in age assurance solution purchases. This highlights the need for strategies that ensure compliance without compromising user experience.
  
  
• Diverging Vendor Capabilities: The reports segment leading vendors into legacy data solutions, identity-driven companies, and next-generation AI-powered verification specialists.
  
  
• Future-Ready Age Estimation: Companies are shifting toward biometric, AI-driven, and behavioral analytics-based estimation models, with 86% of industry leaders prioritizing user experience alongside compliance.
  
  
• Fraud Prevention Needs: 38% of users report encountering deepfakes online, driving increased demand for age assurance solutions incorporating fraud detection and advanced capabilities beyond facial biometric matching.
  
  
• Global Regulatory Pressure: By 2026, compliance-related fines are expected to exceed $2.5 billion, making non-compliance an expensive risk for organizations failing to adopt effective solutions.

Business Impact of Age Assurance

As digital interactions increase across industries, companies must address growing concerns around age assurance. Social media platforms face mounting pressure to safeguard younger users, online gaming platforms require stricter identity verification, and e-commerce businesses must balance compliance with seamless user experience.

Recent regulatory developments, such as the UK's Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) and expanding COPPA mandates, underscore the urgency for companies to integrate scalable, privacy-preserving age verification and estimation technologies. Failure to comply could result in significant reputational damage and financial penalties.

"With increasing regulatory scrutiny and the growing need for digital identity solutions, businesses must adopt future-proofed age assurance strategies that prioritize compliance and user experience," said Filip Verley, Chief Innovation Officer at Liminal. "Our insights highlight the technological advancements and vendor capabilities that will define the next generation of age verification and estimation solutions."

Bringing Advanced Intelligence to Trust & Safety

"Liminal is committed to empowering businesses with actionable intelligence that enables them to navigate complex regulatory landscapes and implement scalable, compliant age assurance solutions," said Travis Jarae, CEO at Liminal. "Our latest reports provide unparalleled insights, helping organizations future-proof their compliance strategies while optimizing user experience."

Liminal's Link Index reports leverage proprietary AI-driven data models, industry expertise, and market intelligence, offering a rigorous, vendor-agnostic evaluation of the most effective solutions for enterprises operating in digital identity, financial services, and trust & safety.

Access Liminal Insights Reports

The Link Index: Age Verification and Link Index: Age Estimation reports are now available exclusively on the Liminal's intelligence platform. To access the insights and explore the platform, set-up your account today.

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