YouTube Experiences Major Outage
YouTube recently faced a significant outage, with thousands of users reporting issues.
According to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources, over 600,000 users reported problems with the platform.
The issue affected video streaming services for users, with 366,172 users in the U.S. reporting issues at its peak.
YouTube has since fixed the issue, as stated in an update on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 6 p.m.
YouTube says that it has fixed an issue affecting video streaming services for users Wednesday afternoon.
Author's summary: YouTube fixed outage affecting thousands.