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Is YouTube Still Down? Live Updates on YouTube Outage

  • On Tuesday, YouTube suffered a nationwide outage starting about 6:50 p.m. CT, with over 355,000 users reporting issues by 7:18 p.m. Tuesday.
  • YouTube had not acknowledged the outage at publication, Google did not immediately respond to NBC Chicago, and The Hollywood Reporter sought comment without additional information.
  • Users on desktop and mobile reported videos wouldn’t load, and Downdetector showed more than 300,000 reports by 8:13 p.m. ET in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.
  • Outage disrupted access for tens of thousands while YouTube serves more than 2.7 billion monthly active users, going down at 5 p.m. PT and restoring by 6:05 p.m. PT without immediate acknowledgment.
  • With creators affected, outlets pressed YouTube for comment as last year Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube, appeared on THR's Creators Issue, emphasizing user-generated content's importance.
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YouTube announced that it has solved the global breakdown that has disrupted its recommendation system and deprived hundreds of thousands of users of access to videos. ...

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Widespread YouTube outage resolved, company says

Tens of thousands of users reported trouble accessing YouTube on Tuesday night, but the issue has since been fixed, the company said.

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Technologue broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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