YouTube status: is it down right now?
Our own check of youtube.com from Europe and the US, every 3 minutes, with recent history.
youtube.com responded. The page answered normally in 220 ms.
youtube.com responded.
The page answered normally in 220 ms.
Checked (2 minutes ago) from Europe and the US, automatic every 3 minutes.
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This checks the response from youtube.com. It does not test playback, login or every YouTube feature.
YouTube status history
Our own checks from Europe and the US. Green means every check passed, amber means some checks failed, red means most checks in that period failed.
Outages our checks detected
None since Oct 13. A problem has to fail two checks in a row before we record it.
Watch your own site
This page is for their outage. Your own site can fail the same way. See its first check free, then try a paid plan for 7 days (card required).
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About YouTube
YouTube is the world's largest video platform, with products spanning core YouTube (main site, mobile apps), YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, YouTube TV (live TV in the US), YouTube Kids, and YouTube Studio (creator dashboard). Outages typically hit specific surfaces: video playback stalls mid-buffer, recommendations fail to load, uploads get stuck in processing, live streams go offline (painful for streamers with real audiences), or comments fail to post. Creator-side outages around Studio (analytics, monetisation, content management) can last longer than consumer-side outages because Studio is lower-volume and deprioritised during capacity crunches.
The official YouTube status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours.
outage patterns
Why YouTube outages cluster around peak usage
YouTube often has its loudest outages during peak use: evenings, weekends, and major events. Capacity that handles a normal load can struggle when many people arrive at once, and the failure is often partial rather than a total outage.
The live tool above checks public youtube.com reachability from EU and US. It cannot publish a post, load a personalized feed, or verify notification delivery, so use it as one signal alongside the provider status reference and a direct feature test. Business and Agency monitors can repeat the public-endpoint check every minute.
Common signs YouTube is having issues
- Feeds loading but new posts not appearing for minutes after publish
- Direct messages sending but not arriving, or arriving in batches after a delay
- Notifications missing entirely or arriving 15+ minutes late
- Login or password reset endpoints throwing intermittent 5xx errors
What to do when YouTube is degraded
During suspected YouTube outages, the social signal is usually faster than the official status page. If multiple independent monitors (yours, ours, third-party check tools) all report problems for youtube.com and the user community is also complaining, treat it as a real incident and tell stakeholders so before the platform confirms it.
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Monitor YouTube automatically.
Get independent uptime alerts when the public YouTube endpoint fails a confirmed check. Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes; Business and Agency check every 60 seconds.
5-minute checks from Solo
Business and Agency support 60-second uptime checks.
Multi-region
EU & US checks. Catch regional outages.
Alerts where you work
Email and push on every plan, plus team and incident channels by plan.
free first check · 7-day trial, card required · from $15/month
why independent monitoring
Provider status references
and endpoint checks answer different questions.
Independent endpoint evidence
The regional check can show that a public endpoint is failing before or after a provider posts broader incident context. It does not validate every product subsystem.
Scheduled alerts
Monitor YouTube on your plan interval and route confirmed endpoint failures through the notification channels available to your workspace.
Multi-region verification
EU and US results can reveal a regional difference in public-endpoint reachability. Confirm the exact workflow and provider region you use.
Historical data
Track YouTube uptime over time. See trends, identify recurring issues, and make informed decisions about your dependency.
Frequently asked questions
Is YouTube down right now?
See the latest check of youtube.com and its timestamp at the top of this page. If YouTube is down, you can also check the official status page for extra context.
How do I check if YouTube is having issues?
This page checks the public YouTube endpoint from EU and US. You can also monitor that endpoint on a schedule and receive confirmed-failure alerts through the channels available on your plan. Test the exact provider feature you use for a complete diagnosis.
How can I get alerted when YouTube goes down?
Add youtube.com to Visual Sentinel and its first check is free. To keep monitoring, start a 7-day trial (card required) or subscribe now: Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes, Business and Agency every 60 seconds, with email, push and chat alerts.
Where can I find YouTube outage context?
The official YouTube status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours. Visual Sentinel checks the public YouTube endpoint independently from EU and US. Paid Business and Agency plans support 60-second uptime checks.
Why does YouTube playback fail on 4K but 1080p works during an outage?
Higher resolutions depend on CDN capacity that can degrade before lower resolutions do. The adaptive-bitrate player usually drops to 1080p or 720p automatically when 4K is degraded. You can also manually set quality in the video settings.
Does a YouTube outage affect YouTube TV live channels?
YouTube TV runs on largely separate infrastructure for live-channel delivery but shares parts of the auth and identity stack. A core YouTube outage often breaks YouTube TV sign-in; a YouTube TV-specific outage does not affect regular YouTube.
Often checked together with YouTube
Streaming apps are separate services. Each page below has its own check, run every 3 minutes from Europe and the US.