YouTube Outage: Global Service Disruption Fixed

October 16, 2025 Victoria Sterling Business
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At a glance
  • As of⁤ October⁣ 16, 2025, at 8:18 PM ET,⁣ users globally are unable to access YouTube videos on both web and mobile platforms.⁤ Downdetector reports over 200,000 user...
  • Update: As ‍of⁤ October 16, 2025, at 10:56 PM⁣ ET, YouTube is back up and running for most users, and Google has confirmed the issue is resolved.
  • The article also includes⁤ a promotional banner for ⁣Android authority's Google Preferred Source.
Original source: androidauthority.com

Here’s a summary of the⁣ article:

youtube is experiencing a major outage. As of⁤ October⁣ 16, 2025, at 8:18 PM ET,⁣ users globally are unable to access YouTube videos on both web and mobile platforms.⁤ Downdetector reports over 200,000 user reports in⁣ the last hour, making⁣ it ⁣one of the largest YouTube outages in recent ⁣history.

Update: As ‍of⁤ October 16, 2025, at 10:56 PM⁣ ET, YouTube is back up and running for most users, and Google has confirmed the issue is resolved.

The article also includes⁤ a promotional banner for ⁣Android authority’s Google Preferred Source.