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Is YouTube down?

No, we are not detecting any problems with YouTube right now.

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What problem are you having with YouTube?

Troubleshooting tips for YouTube

If our monitor reports YouTube is up but you still can't reach it, try these steps in order:

Hard-refresh your browser

  • Press Ctrl + F5 (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + R (Mac) to bypass the cache.
  • If that fails, open the page in an incognito / private window.

Clear cookies and cache

  • Open your browser settings → Privacy / History.
  • Clear cookies and cached files for the last hour, then reload.

Flush your DNS

  • Windows: open Command Prompt and run ipconfig /flushdns.
  • macOS: open Terminal and run sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder.
  • Linux: run sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches (or systemctl restart nscd).

Restart your router

  • Unplug the router and modem for 30 seconds.
  • Plug them back in and wait until all lights are stable, then retry.

Try a different DNS or VPN

  • Switch your DNS to 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) or 8.8.8.8 (Google).
  • Use a reputable VPN to test from a different country — useful when the site may be region-blocked.

What usually breaks on YouTube

YouTube is the world's largest video platform and part of Google's infrastructure, which makes complete outages rare and short. When it does break, uploads, comments and playback tend to fail independently of each other.

  • Videos will not play but the page loads

    Page loading and video delivery are separate. A spinning player on a page that otherwise works points at YouTube's video servers.

  • Signed-out features work, signed-in ones do not

    If watching works but your subscriptions, history or comments do not, the account layer is degraded rather than YouTube as a whole.

  • Only one quality level works

    Higher resolutions come from different servers. Being able to watch at 360p but not 1080p is a partial delivery failure.

Official status page: Google Workspace Status Dashboard

Covers Google services broadly; YouTube incidents are not always listed separately.

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