{"id":2902,"date":"2026-02-18T02:47:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:47:22","slug":"128488410-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2902","title":{"rendered":"YouTube down: Thousands globally facing issues with streaming videos &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128488397,imgsize-13176,width-400,resizemode-4\/youtube.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube down: Thousands globally facing issues with streaming videos\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>YouTube is facing a widespread outage. Thousands of users globally are currently experiencing issues with YouTube. Users have reported facing issues with loading videos from both the YouTube app and website.<!-- --> The problem is reportedly affecting streaming videos via both the YouTube app and website. According to outage tracking site DownDetector, thousands of users across regions, including the US, UK, and India, have complained of facing issues with the Google-owned video streaming platform. As per DownDetector, more than 240,000 reports were filed in the U.S. at the peak of the disruption and India registered 17,000 complaints.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>What went wrong<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The data from DownDetetcor also highlight that around 56% users are facing issues with the app and 17% are not able to access the website. Whereas around 15% users are unable to login in YouTube. The YouTube users reported problems with video playback failure, login and account access issues and streaming interruptions on YouTube TV.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Multiple online reports suggest that the outage seemed from a backend server configuration error. However, YouTube has not yer issued any detailed explanation about the outage.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2><keyword id=\"23932760\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"YouTube-outage\" source=\"keywords\">YouTube outage<\/keyword>: User reactions<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Users also posted about the YouTube outrage on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). \u201cYouTube is currently down worldwide. Many users can\u2019t open the app or play videos. It seems like a temporary server issue. Hope it gets fixed soon! #YouTubeDOWN,\u201d wrote a user.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>\u201cWhen YouTube stops working, everyone rushes to Twitter to check what\u2019s going on \u2014 because if an app is down, Twitter is where the news breaks first. Basically: YouTube crashes, Twitter becomes the investigation center. #YouTubeDOWN,\u201d posted another user.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/youtube-down-thousands-globally-facing-issues-with-streaming-videos\/articleshow\/128488410.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube is facing a widespread outage. 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