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YouTube reliability
We have not recorded a confirmed YouTube outage since we started tracking it. New problems appear here within minutes of detection.
Incident history
About YouTube
YouTube is Google's video platform and depends on Google account infrastructure and a global content delivery network. Playback, uploads, comments and monetisation tooling can each fail independently.
Common YouTube problems
- Videos failing to play with a spinning loader or a playback error.
- Home feed empty while direct video links still work.
- Comments not loading while playback is fine.
- Uploads stuck in processing for creators.
- YouTube Music or YouTube TV affected separately from the main platform.
Where to check officially
- Google reports incidents for some products through Google Workspace and Cloud status dashboards, but consumer YouTube outages are usually announced through the official TeamYouTube account on X.
- No dedicated public status feed exists for consumer YouTube.
- Our tracking uses news coverage and user reports.
What to do when YouTube is down
- Try a direct video link, if that plays while the home feed fails, the recommendation service is the problem.
- Try an incognito window or a signed-out session to separate account issues from platform issues.
- Do not re-upload a processing video; duplicates split views and can trigger content matching.
- Switch networks once to rule out an ISP content delivery problem, which causes a real share of regional playback failures.
Frequently asked questions
- Is YouTube down right now?
- Current status of YouTube is unknown. We do not have enough recent official information to confirm the current service status. A reachable website alone does not establish service health.
- How does GlobalOutageMap track YouTube?
- We follow public news coverage and visitor reports for YouTube and combine it with GlobalOutageMap monitoring, news coverage and reports from visitors.
- Where can I see YouTube's official status page?
- YouTube does not publish a public status page, so this page is based on GlobalOutageMap monitoring, news coverage and visitor reports.
- How often does YouTube go down?
- We recorded 0 incidents for YouTube in the past 12 months, 0 of them in the last 30 days.
- How do I get notified when YouTube goes down?
- Tap the Watch button on this page to add YouTube to your watchlist and get an email when a new incident is detected. Watching is free.
- Is YouTube down right now?
- See the live status above, based on news coverage and user reports. Google does not publish a consumer YouTube status feed.
- Why do some videos play and others do not?
- YouTube serves video from a global content delivery network. A fault in one node affects only the videos cached there, which is why the failure looks random.
- Does a YouTube outage affect other Google services?
- Sometimes. If the cause is Google account authentication, Gmail and Drive can be affected at the same time.