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ruet

(10,211 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:46 PM Feb 17

PSA: YouTube is down, it's not just you [View all]

Source: 9to5Mac

Yes, YouTube is down
According to outage tracker Downdetector, complaints about the YouTube outage began shortly after 8 p.m. PT/5 p.m. PT. YouTube TV also appears to be suffering from an outage.

The problems appear to primarily be affecting the YouTube homepage as well as the subscriptions feed. If you visit a channel or video directly, the page will load but might be slow. Video playback is also lagging more than usual.

Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/17/psa-its-not-just-you-youtube-is-down/

EDIT: It looks like it's more than YT.

EDIT 2: My guess is that it's a Cloudflare issue.

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PSA: YouTube is down, it's not just you [View all] ruet Feb 17 OP

Working fine here SheltieLover Feb 17 #1

You broke it! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 17 #2

Noooo. SheltieLover Feb 17 #7

Explain why you are the only person on the planet that it's working for! Huh? Floyd R. Turbo Feb 17 #11

Is it still not working? SheltieLover Feb 17 #15

Mine is back. Thank you! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 17 #17

Yw SheltieLover Feb 17 #18

The problems seems to be when Miguelito Loveless Feb 17 #19

Not sure what that is. SheltieLover Feb 17 #20

Gs said was down earlier. SheltieLover Feb 17 #10

Mine just came back! Don't tell anyone! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 17 #14

You're back in business! SheltieLover Feb 17 #16

Are you watching a video from a subscription? ruet Feb 17 #6

Gs said was down here earlier. SheltieLover Feb 17 #9

Just tried searching. The home page and live feeds are broken. Everything else appears to work. Eugene Feb 17 #12

Thanks. I noticed it too Raven123 Feb 17 #3

It's Trump's fault! Raven123 Feb 17 #4

Thanks Hstch05 Feb 17 #5

Channels and playlists work. Home page threw two captcha challenges before showing a blank feed. Eugene Feb 17 #8

Affected Oz canetoad Feb 17 #22

And, it's back. ruet Feb 17 #13

There was absolutely no problem with Roku. Wiz Imp Feb 17 #21

Thanks for the heads-up. I had restarted my IPad thinking the problem was with me. /nt artemisia1 Feb 17 #23

Did you try turning it off and then on again? Buddyzbuddy Feb 17 #24

Its been hanging on ad transitions in videos.. Historic NY Wednesday #25

It started having issues with a video I was watching about mwmisses4289 Wednesday #26

Heavy load from Bad Bunny videos played by everyone on Earth at the same time thought crime Wednesday #27

Working for me as well. ProudMNDemocrat Thursday #28