YouTube experienced a significant outage on October 15, 2025, where hundreds of thousands of users, especially in the United States, reported issues such as errors, black screens, and inability to play videos on YouTube, YouTube Music, and YouTube TV. The disruption affected multiple major US cities and some other countries like the UK, Canada, and Australia. While YouTube quickly responded and resolved the issue later that day, the exact cause of the outage was not officially disclosed. Speculation about reasons such as a potential DDOS attack circulated, but no confirmation was given by YouTube. Users were unable to stream videos, receiving error messages instead, until the service was restored. If you encounter such issues, waiting for YouTube to fix the problem or checking for updates on social media or outage monitoring sites can be helpful.