YouTube said on Tuesday it has resolved an issue that briefly affected access to the video-sharing platform, after outage-tracking website Downdetector reported widespread global disruptions.
YouTube said that an issue with its recommendation system had prevented videos from appearing across YouTube surfaces.
“The issue with our recommendations system has been resolved, and all of our platforms (YouTube.com, the YouTube app, YouTube Music, Kids, and TV) are back to normal,” YouTube said in an update.
At its peak, there were more than 320,000 user reports of YouTube issues in the US, according to Downdetector.
Downdetector’s numbers are based on user-submitted reports. The actual number of affected users may vary.
YouTube also faced outages in countries including India, Britain, Australia, and Mexico, according to DownDetector.
YouTube reached more than 2.5 billion viewers globally by the start of 2025, with its music and premium tier subscribers hitting 100 million, according to market tracker Statista.
Users worldwide watch more than a billion hours of YouTube content daily on television sets alone, Google reported.
According to Google, more than 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.
Analysts consider Google’s 2006 purchase of YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock a pivotal moment, combining Google’s search and advertising expertise with a video-sharing platform that had passionate users.
