YouTube was not working properly on October 15, 2025, due to a widespread global outage affecting YouTube, YouTube Music, and YouTube TV. The disruption started Wednesday evening and lasted for several hours with users experiencing playback errors, blank screens, app crashes, and login issues. Over 600,000 users reported problems in various countries including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. YouTube acknowledged the issue on its official social media and stated that its engineering teams were investigating and working to resolve it. The exact cause of the outage has not been publicly disclosed but could be due to a technical glitch, server overload, or infrastructure problems. By the following day, YouTube had resolved the issue, and services were being restored gradually. Users encountering issues today may still experience some slow loading or playback interruptions as the system stabilizes.

If YouTube is still not working for you today (October 16), it could be residual effects from the outage or local issues such as internet connection problems or device/app glitches. Basic troubleshooting like clearing browser cache, restarting your device, or checking YouTube's official status page and social media for updates is recommended.

In summary, YouTube was not working due to a major server outage on October 15, which has mostly been resolved but may have some lingering impacts on October 16.