YouTube Experiences Major Outage Affecting Over 320,000 Users in the United States

Oct 16, 2025 08:26 am CST

On Wednesday evening, YouTube suffered a significant service disruption that affected more than 320,000 users across the United States according to Downdetector tracking data. The Alphabet-owned video platform's widespread outage was reported at 7:47 p.m. ET, with Google providing no immediate comment on the cause or expected resolution timeframe.