YouTube outage left hundreds of thousands of users unable to load parts of the service on Tuesday evening, as reported by Downdetector. Around 350,000 users logged problems from 8 p.m. Eastern time, with the YouTube app listed as the most common issue.
By around 10 p.m. YouTube said on its help page that the problem had been resolved and that its platforms were back to normal. The company wrote that the issue with its recommendations system was fixed and named YouTube.com, the YouTube app, YouTube Music, Kids, and TV.
YouTube initially confirmed the outage in a post on X saying users were not alone. An Independent reporter encountered an error on the homepage even though individual videos continued to load and play.
Reactions And Related Issues
YouTube noted it was addressing a small number of reports of login problems on YouTube TV and said the TV issue was related to the broader outage. Thousands of users claimed parts of YouTube were not fully functioning, especially the homepage.
Indiana-based journalist Hannah Adamson wrote on X that she could still access saved and recently viewed videos, but nothing on the homepage loaded. A gaming creator, ParrotMode, wrote on X that YouTubers were "writing 45 minute scripts about The Great YouTube Outage of 2026," and many users made light of the disruption online.
