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Is YouTube Down Right Now?

YouTube is the world's largest video sharing platform, owned by Google, for watching, uploading, and sharing videos. Check live server status, AI-detected outage signals, and community reports below.

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Our probeReachable · 36ms

Isolated or user-side issue

The site looks operational from our probe. If you're having problems, try refreshing or checking your connection.

What this means
YouTube is reachable from our probe. If it's not loading for you, the issue is likely local — network, browser cache, DNS, or your ISP. Try the troubleshooting steps below.
OperationalSynthetic Check
No major incidents detected in the last 30 minutes
youtube.com
301
HTTP Status
36ms
Latency
02:45:38
Checked At
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Outage history
Outage Evidence
Synthesized from probe, status page, reports, and external signals
VerdictNo confirmed outage
Regional reachability
Live probeHTTP 301 · 36ms · reachable · one region · see regional probes below
Official statusNot detected
User reports0 reports in last 24h
External signalsNo fresh signals from X, Reddit, news, or third-party status monitors (last 72h)
Automated source summary
No fresh outage signals from the last 72 hours; YouTube appears operational with only some third-party report aggregation showing no current confirmed incident.
No signals
Automated source scan. Always verify critical incidents with the official provider status page.
0reports / 24h
Signals behind this result3 signals observed
HTTP probe
Responded 301 in 36ms
Normal
DNS resolution
Resolved in 2ms
Normal
Response latency
36ms round-trip
Normal
Down for everyone or just you?
Down for everyone
Our probe fails · Server-side outage · Status page incident
Just you
Our probe succeeds · Try: clear cache, switch network, disable VPN
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YouTube Not Working? Try These Fixes

  1. 1Refresh the page and check if videos load — buffering issues aren't always outages
  2. 2Clear your browser cache or try incognito/private mode
  3. 3Check if other Google services are affected (Gmail, Drive) — it may be a Google-wide issue
  4. 4Lower the video quality to 480p or 360p if videos buffer but the site loads
  5. 5Try the YouTube app on mobile if the web version is slow
  6. 6Disable hardware acceleration in your browser settings
  7. 7Flush your DNS cache: run 'ipconfig /flushdns' (Windows) or 'sudo dscacheutil -flushcache' (Mac)
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Last 30 days
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