YouTube users were having trouble accessing the platform due to issues with the platform's recommendations system.

YouTube says a problem with its recommendations system prevented videos from appearing across several platforms, including the homepage, the YouTube app, YouTub ...

Irene Okpanachi is a Features writer, covering mobile and PC guides that help you understand your devices. She has five years' experience in the Tech, E-commerce, and Food niches. Particularly, the ...

The outage affected YouTube.com, the mobile app, YouTube Music, YouTube Kids, and even YouTube TV logins. It caused serious problems across the whole service. Downdetector recorded over 300,000 to 350 ...

YouTube experienced a major global outage on February 17–18, 2026, leaving millions of users unable to access the platform and triggering widespread ‘Something Went Wrong’ errors.

Anurag's interest in technology was sparked around 15 years ago when he first tried a Nokia smartphone, one of those Windows-powered devices. Having only used feature phones up until then, he was ...