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ruet

(10,253 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:46 PM Feb 17

PSA: YouTube is down, it's not just you

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 (Original Post) 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 Feb 18 #25

It started having issues with a video I was watching about mwmisses4289 Feb 18 #26

Heavy load from Bad Bunny videos played by everyone on Earth at the same time thought crime Feb 18 #27

Working for me as well. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 19 #28

SheltieLover

(79,909 posts)

1. Working fine here

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:48 PM

Feb 17

Floyd R. Turbo

(32,849 posts)

2. You broke it!

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:53 PM

Feb 17

SheltieLover

(79,909 posts)

7. Noooo.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:57 PM

Feb 17

Floyd R. Turbo

(32,849 posts)

11. Explain why you are the only person on the planet that it's working for! Huh?

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:03 PM

Feb 17

SheltieLover

(79,909 posts)

15. Is it still not working?

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #11)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:07 PM

Feb 17

I have tabs of channels open & searched up channels & they work here.

Floyd R. Turbo

(32,849 posts)

17. Mine is back. Thank you!

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #15)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:08 PM

Feb 17

SheltieLover

(79,909 posts)

18. Yw

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #17)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:08 PM

Feb 17

Miguelito Loveless

(5,697 posts)

19. The problems seems to be when

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #15)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:27 PM

Feb 17

you try to access sub feeds.

SheltieLover

(79,909 posts)

20. Not sure what that is.

Reply to Miguelito Loveless (Reply #19)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:35 PM

Feb 17

SheltieLover

(79,909 posts)

10. Gs said was down earlier.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:00 PM

Feb 17

Working for me now.

Floyd R. Turbo

(32,849 posts)

14. Mine just came back! Don't tell anyone! 😏

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:06 PM

Feb 17

SheltieLover

(79,909 posts)

16. You're back in business!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #14)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:07 PM

Feb 17

ruet

(10,253 posts)

6. Are you watching a video from a subscription?

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:56 PM

Feb 17

The main feed mechanism is down but you can access video via search or subscription?

SheltieLover

(79,909 posts)

9. Gs said was down here earlier.

Reply to ruet (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:00 PM

Feb 17

Watching from you tube sites I keep open.

Good luck!

Eugene

(67,082 posts)

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

Reply to ruet (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:04 PM

Feb 17

Searches, history, play lists, and subscriptions all work.

Raven123

(7,769 posts)

3. Thanks. I noticed it too

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:53 PM

Feb 17

Raven123

(7,769 posts)

4. It's Trump's fault!

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:55 PM

Feb 17

Ok I don’t know but heck, he’d blame Biden if he were still president so why not.

Hstch05

(232 posts)

5. Thanks

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:55 PM

Feb 17

for the heads up.

Eugene

(67,082 posts)

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

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:58 PM

Feb 17

That's an improvement over "Something went wrong."

Reports say the problem mainly affects North America.

canetoad

(20,704 posts)

22. Affected Oz

Reply to Eugene (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:44 PM

Feb 17

Back now.

ruet

(10,253 posts)

13. And, it's back.

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:04 PM

Feb 17

The amount of lost ad revenue over that time is probably astounding.

Wiz Imp

(9,854 posts)

21. There was absolutely no problem with Roku.

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:36 PM

Feb 17

artemisia1

(1,834 posts)

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

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 11:35 PM

Feb 17

Buddyzbuddy

(2,509 posts)

24. Did you try turning it off and then on again?

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 11:37 PM

Feb 17

Historic NY

(39,971 posts)

25. Its been hanging on ad transitions in videos..

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 06:53 AM

Feb 18

I've had to back it up and restart the video.

mwmisses4289

(3,969 posts)

26. It started having issues with a video I was watching about

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:39 AM

Feb 18

7ish last night, got out of it, then when I tried to go back in, it kept giving the something went wrong g screen. Was back up when I tried again about 9:30.

thought crime

(1,515 posts)

27. Heavy load from Bad Bunny videos played by everyone on Earth at the same time

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 12:25 PM

Feb 18

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,859 posts)

28. Working for me as well.

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:08 AM

Feb 19

Listening to a show as I write this.

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