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YouTube Outage Hits Millions Worldwide, 338,000 Reports Logged

2/18/2026

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YouTube experienced a major outage beginning at 8:00 PM Eastern Time, affecting users in the United States, Canada, India, the Philippines, Australia, and Russia.
Downdetector logged about 338,000 reports of access problems, including issues with the YouTube app and the web homepage.
As of 9:22 PM ET, reports of inaccessibility continued on Reddit.
An update at 9:26 PM ET clarified the outage timing and affected regions.

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YouTube experienced a major outage beginning at 8:00 PM Eastern Time, affecting users in the United States, Canada, India, the Philippines, Australia, and Russia.
Downdetector logged about 338,000 reports of access problems, including issues with the YouTube app and the web homepage.
As of 9:22 PM ET, reports of inaccessibility continued on Reddit.
An update at 9:26 PM ET clarified the outage timing and affected regions.