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    YouTube Outage History

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    There were 16 YouTube outages since August 2025 which are summarized below, including incident details, duration, and resolution information.

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    : YouTube video loading outage hits users worldwide

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (16 hours and 35 minutes)

    Users across multiple regions experienced widespread video playback failures on YouTube, with reports of black screens, error messages, and prolonged buffering on web and mobile apps. The disruption affected core video streaming and, for some, YouTube Music, leaving content unavailable for hours. StatusGator detected the issue at based on user reports, ahead of any official acknowledgment.

    Impact began around and persisted through the night until when services started returning. With no official YouTube status page during the event, updates came mainly from user reports and StatusGator. The outage appeared global, with activity from users in the United States, Canada, Indonesia, Poland, and many other regions, and a high overall volume of reports indicating broad reach.

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    : YouTube playback issues hit Roku TV app and global users

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (3 hours and 21 minutes)

    Roku TV app users began experiencing YouTube playback failures around , with videos not loading, continual spinning, and buffering. The disruption appeared global in scope, with reports from the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and other regions indicating degraded playback across devices. StatusGator detected the issue at , signaling the problem from user reports before any official acknowledgement.

    The Roku-based outage persisted through the evening and affected a large share of users relying on the YouTube app on TVs, while some reports described slow loading or buffering on other platforms as well. YouTube did not publish an official status page update for this incident. The issue appeared to lessen by , with many users reporting improved playback by then, though some regions continued to experience intermittent issues.

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    : YouTube video playback outage hits users globally

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (10 hours and 8 minutes)

    The YouTube platform experienced a global video playback outage, with users reporting that videos would not load or appeared unavailable across regions and devices. Live streams and standard videos were affected, and many users saw errors such as content not available or similar playback failures. The outage began at and persisted for about 10 hours and 8 minutes, with services returning to normal by .

    StatusGator detected the issue ahead of any official acknowledgement, recording an Early Warning Signal based on user reports. There were no official YouTube status updates (YouTube does not publish a public status page). The incident appears global in scope, with reports from many regions and devices indicating widespread video playback failures across both desktop and mobile experiences.

    major icon Major

    : YouTube video playback outage hits users globally

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (7 hours and 58 minutes)

    Video playback on YouTube was unavailable for a large portion of the global audience, with users reporting that videos would not play or load and error messages appearing across regions. The outage began at and was resolved by , lasting about 7 hours 58 minutes. StatusGator’s Early Warning Signal indicates the issue appeared in user reports before any provider acknowledgment.

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    : YouTube outage: global 502 errors disrupt site access

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (2 hours and 8 minutes)

    StatusGator detected the issue at , ahead of any official acknowledgment, as users reported widespread 502 server errors when loading YouTube pages. The outage began at and was resolved by , lasting about 2 hours and 7 minutes. The disruption affected YouTube.com broadly, impacting page loads and video playback for users around the world.

    User reports indicated a global pattern with a large volume of complaints during the peak of the incident. YouTube did not publish an official status update during the outage, and recovery occurred gradually as services returned to normal after .

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    : YouTube outage affects global video playback

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (18 minutes)

    The YouTube platform experienced an outage causing video streaming to fail for many users. The outage began on and was resolved by , lasting roughly 18 minutes. Reports came from users across the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other regions, with symptoms including videos not loading, stalled playback, and endless buffering on both web and mobile apps.

    No official YouTube status updates were published during the incident. StatusGator detected the issue at based on user reports ahead of any provider acknowledgment. The volume of reports indicates a broad, global impact across both web and mobile experiences.

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    : YouTube global outage: site loading and video playback affected

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (2 hours and 30 minutes)

    YouTube experienced a global outage that prevented pages from loading and videos from playing. Users reported blank homepages, missing thumbnails, and playback failures across multiple regions, indicating a widespread disruption to the core web experience on desktop and mobile.

    The incident began at and lasted until , a duration of about 2 hours 30 minutes. StatusGator detected the issue at , ahead of any official acknowledgment. There were no public status updates from YouTube during the outage. Reports show a global pattern with users across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania affected, underscoring the broad geographic reach of the incident. By the end of the window, many users reported service restoration, though some locations may still have experienced intermittent issues.

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    : YouTube video playback disruption on website for ~11 minutes

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No

    On users began reporting that videos were not loading or playing on the YouTube website. The disruption lasted about 11 minutes and was resolved by . The issue affected video playback on YouTube's site and did not have publicly documented status updates from YouTube. StatusGator logged an Early Warning Signal for this incident based on user reports, with at least one report from Tucson, Arizona illustrating the symptom.

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    : YouTube video playback outage affects users worldwide

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (9 hours and 2 minutes)

    An outage affected YouTube video playback and related content across the site. Users reported that video players would not load, videos would not start, and comments and other interactive elements failed to load even when pages loaded. The incident began on and was resolved by , lasting about 9 hours and 3 minutes.

    StatusGator detected an Early Warning Signal as videos and related content stopped loading, indicating user-reported issues before any official acknowledgment. YouTube does not maintain an official public status page, and there were no public status updates from YouTube during the incident.

    Reports surged across regions, suggesting a widespread impact. The primary symptom was failures loading or playing video content, with some users experiencing blank video players, non-loading comments, and slow or partial page loading.

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    : YouTube video playback disruptions impact users worldwide

    Detected by StatusGator:
    Officially acknowledged: No
    Outage ended: (47 minutes)

    Video playback on YouTube experienced outages affecting users across multiple regions. Some pages loaded but videos did not play, while others reported unstable streaming or missing video content. StatusGator detected the issue at , with initial user reports around . The incident lasted until around , roughly 1 hour 47 minutes. Reports came from diverse locations including Redwood City, Campinas, Sandy, Karachi, and Richmond, indicating a global reach.

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