YouTube Down?

[NEOH]

…Anyone else having problems opening YouTube? I get this purple box with a black background saying “Something went wrong”.

[Bmoboy]

1. Me too

[kwolf68]

2. Yea it's down here too

I won't jump to conclusions quite yet.

[wcmagumba]

3. Yep, YouTube.com is having problems...I check a site called downdetector.com and it concurs...

[canetoad]

4. Down under

Not completely down. The youtube left sidebar is loading but no content.

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Is YouTube down?
Yes, we are detecting problems with YouTube that began 48 minutes ago.
The last outage detected for YouTube was on Friday, February 13, 2026 with a duration of about 1 hour.

[NEOH]

8. Wonder What Trump & Co. is Up To? nt

[canetoad]

10. Scraping the details

Of everyone who watches Meidas Touch or Rachel Maddow.

[electric_blue68]

5. Yup. Here in NYC

[NEOH]

6. Link to Outage Report

https://gvwire.com/2026/02/17/youtube-down-for-more-than-a-hundred-thousand-users-downdetector-reports/

[canetoad]

7. Maybe they are working on the servers

To make sure we don't sneak an ad blocker past their sentries.

[sakabatou]

9. Same

[Blue Owl]

11. That's great for business

[superpatriotman]

12. Down for me

Nt

[Timewas]

13. Yup n/t

[Ping Tung]

14. In SW Washington State it's working fine.

[AStern]

15. The homepage is but I can watch channels I subscribe to

nt

[B.See]

16. I can see it just fine.

[Rver]

17. The links for youtube that I see here on DU

tell me that I have violated the "Terms of Service". I don't get anything from youtube.com via firefox.

my .02

[NEOH]

18. My YouTube is Back Up! nt