YouTube outage history

YouTube users across the United States faced a broad outage affecting video playback and app access starting around 10:30 PM UTC. Viewers reported videos not loading, heavy buffering, or the mobile app failing to open, with complaints coming from California, Texas, Michigan, New Jersey, Virginia, and beyond. The disruption covered web and mobile experiences and persisted through the night, disrupting typical viewing for a large portion of users.

A YouTube outage left users unable to load videos across mobile apps and the web, with reports of spinning loaders, gray screens, or offline messages. The impact started in the afternoon UTC and persisted for roughly two hours, with a wide geographic footprint including the United States, Europe, and India. Some users also noted issues with YouTube Music. The outage affected both the YouTube app and web player, and in many cases prevented video playback rather than merely slowing it down.

StatusGator detected the issue at Jul 31, 2026 2:36 PM UTC ahead of any official YouTube update. YouTube did not publish an official status page update during the outage. The impact appeared to ease and playback began returning around 4:22 PM UTC as reports tapered, with users across multiple regions noting improvements in the following minutes.

Global YouTube viewers faced degraded video playback starting around 2:06 PM UTC. Reports described videos buffering, long load times, or failing to start, with symptoms varying by region but affecting many users across the US, Canada, Israel, Cyprus, Poland and other locations. The disruption lasted for several hours, with users noting continued playback problems on both desktop and mobile experiences, including videos not loading or pausing during playback. The incident represents a widespread degradation of the core video streaming experience rather than a complete outage.

Global YouTube users experienced widespread video playback and loading issues, with reports of black screens, error messages like 'This video is unavailable', and pages failing to load across devices. The disruption affected regions including North America, Europe, India, and Australia, indicating a broad impact on both the main site and playback experiences. Impact appeared to begin as early as 2:15 AM UTC and persisted for several hours, with activity gradually easing after 7:15 AM UTC.

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 Jun 29, 2026 1:40 PM UTC based on user reports, ahead of any official acknowledgment.

Impact began around 1:40 PM UTC and persisted through the night until 6:15 AM UTC 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.

Roku TV app users began experiencing YouTube playback failures around 5:45 PM UTC, 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 6:40 PM UTC, 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 10:01 PM UTC, with many users reporting improved playback by then, though some regions continued to experience intermittent issues.

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 7:50 PM UTC and persisted for about 10 hours and 8 minutes, with services returning to normal by 5:58 AM UTC.

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.

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 Jan 26, 2026 9:19 PM UTC and was resolved by Jan 27, 2026 5:17 AM UTC, lasting about 7 hours 58 minutes. StatusGator’s Early Warning Signal indicates the issue appeared in user reports before any provider acknowledgment.

StatusGator detected the issue at Dec 19, 2025 12:10 PM UTC, ahead of any official acknowledgment, as users reported widespread 502 server errors when loading YouTube pages. The outage began at 12:10 PM UTC and was resolved by 2:17 PM UTC, 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 2:17 PM UTC.

The YouTube platform experienced an outage causing video streaming to fail for many users. The outage began on 1:49 PM UTC and was resolved by 2:07 PM UTC, 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 Nov 11, 2025 1:49 PM UTC based on user reports ahead of any provider acknowledgment. The volume of reports indicates a broad, global impact across both web and mobile experiences.