Update: Wednesday 6 p.m., October 15, 2025
YouTube says it fixed an issue affecting video streaming services for users Wednesday afternoon.
At its peak, 366,172 users in the United States reported issues with YouTube, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.
Downdetector bases its figures on reports submitted by users.
Original story
YouTube experienced a widespread outage on Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.
More than 200,000 users had reported issues with the platform as of 4:36 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.
Updated at 4:40 p.m. PT
Nearly 300,000 users reported a problem with YouTube.
Updated at 5:00 p.m. PT
More than 600,000 users have reported a problem with the platform.
Updated at 5:28 p.m. PT
More than a million users have reported problems with YouTube, although the number of new reports is slowing.
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