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NEOH

(273 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:30 PM Tuesday

YouTube Down?

…Anyone else having problems opening YouTube? I get this purple box with a black background saying “Something went wrong”.

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YouTube Down? (Original Post) NEOH Tuesday OP

Me too Bmoboy Tuesday #1

Yea it's down here too kwolf68 Tuesday #2

Yep, YouTube.com is having problems...I check a site called downdetector.com and it concurs... wcmagumba Tuesday #3

Down under canetoad Tuesday #4

Wonder What Trump & Co. is Up To? nt NEOH Tuesday #8

Scraping the details canetoad Tuesday #10

Yup. Here in NYC electric_blue68 Tuesday #5

Link to Outage Report NEOH Tuesday #6

Maybe they are working on the servers canetoad Tuesday #7

Same sakabatou Tuesday #9

That's great for business Blue Owl Tuesday #11

Down for me superpatriotman Tuesday #12

Yup n/t Timewas Tuesday #13

In SW Washington State it's working fine. Ping Tung Tuesday #14

The homepage is but I can watch channels I subscribe to AStern Tuesday #15

I can see it just fine. B.See Tuesday #16

The links for youtube that I see here on DU Rver Tuesday #17

My YouTube is Back Up! nt NEOH Tuesday #18

Bmoboy

(621 posts)

1. Me too

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:31 PM

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kwolf68

(8,378 posts)

2. Yea it's down here too

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:31 PM

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I won't jump to conclusions quite yet.

wcmagumba

(5,921 posts)

3. Yep, YouTube.com is having problems...I check a site called downdetector.com and it concurs...

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:32 PM

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canetoad

(20,536 posts)

4. Down under

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:34 PM

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Not completely down. The youtube left sidebar is loading but no content.

Results from Down for Everyone
Is YouTube down?
Yes, we are detecting problems with YouTube that began 48 minutes ago.
The last outage detected for YouTube was on Friday, February 13, 2026 with a duration of about 1 hour.

NEOH

(273 posts)

8. Wonder What Trump & Co. is Up To? nt

Reply to canetoad (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:39 PM

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canetoad

(20,536 posts)

10. Scraping the details

Reply to NEOH (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:48 PM

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Of everyone who watches Meidas Touch or Rachel Maddow.

electric_blue68

(26,585 posts)

5. Yup. Here in NYC

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:37 PM

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NEOH

(273 posts)

6. Link to Outage Report

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:37 PM

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https://gvwire.com/2026/02/17/youtube-down-for-more-than-a-hundred-thousand-users-downdetector-reports/

canetoad

(20,536 posts)

7. Maybe they are working on the servers

Reply to NEOH (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:39 PM

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To make sure we don't sneak an ad blocker past their sentries.

sakabatou

(46,013 posts)

9. Same

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:42 PM

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Blue Owl

(58,727 posts)

11. That's great for business

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:51 PM

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superpatriotman

(6,832 posts)

12. Down for me

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:52 PM

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Timewas

(2,695 posts)

13. Yup n/t

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:55 PM

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Ping Tung

(4,297 posts)

14. In SW Washington State it's working fine.

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:02 PM

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AStern

(778 posts)

15. The homepage is but I can watch channels I subscribe to

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:03 PM

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B.See

(8,151 posts)

16. I can see it just fine.

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:03 PM

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Rver

(246 posts)

17. The links for youtube that I see here on DU

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:10 PM

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tell me that I have violated the "Terms of Service". I don't get anything from youtube.com via firefox.

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NEOH

(273 posts)

18. My YouTube is Back Up! nt

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:22 PM

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