YouTube is currently experiencing issues with its recommendation system, preventing videos from appearing on the platform, including the app and YouTube Kids. The disruption impacts a service used by over 2.5 billion monthly active users, highlighting the scale of the outage.
Billions of Users Affected
The company stated, “The homepage is working again, but we are continuing to work to fully restore the service.” The outage comes as YouTube remains a dominant force in online video, attracting significant advertising revenue and shaping digital entertainment consumption.
According to reports from Down Detector, over 300,000 users have reported experiencing these disruptions. Users in the UK have also reported issues, as detailed here.
The video-sharing platform counts more than 2.5 billion active users each month.
