Is YouTube down right now?
OperationalYouTube is Google's video-sharing platform and the world's second-largest search engine, hosting billions of videos, live streams, and YouTube Premium content. Current OutageHQ URL check for YouTube: up and running.
Current URL check for YouTube
YouTube is up and running
https://www.youtube.com
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Report an outageLast checked: . Current OutageHQ status: operational. There have been 0 user-submitted reports in the past 24 hours. Automated monitoring results are summarized on this page.
YouTube service health
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7 PM UTC: 174 ms response, 0 incidents, 0 reports
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YouTube outage guide
Clear steps, real-time checks, and helpful context when YouTube isn't working.
Check this firstTest video playback, account sign-in, and uploads separately; thumbnails loading does not prove the stream works.
What might affect YouTube?
YouTube outages often affect video playback, uploads, or YouTube TV independently since they run on separate infrastructure. Google-wide authentication failures can lock users out of YouTube alongside Gmail and Drive.
What to do when YouTube is not working
- Videos you have downloaded in the YouTube app (Premium subscribers) will continue to play offline during an outage.
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Source checks for YouTube
OutageHQ checks the monitored YouTube URL. A reachable URL does not prove that every feature, account, or region works. Compare these observations with YouTube's own updates when available. How OutageHQ checks services.
No official status page verified
We have not verified a public official status page for YouTube. OutageHQ's URL checks do not confirm every feature or region.
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