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Iggo

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8. YouTube and YouTube Kids alternately and sporadically going in and out over the last hour or so.

Reply to Enter stage left (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:28 PM

Feb 17

The whole time they were both trying to come back on, though. I think if they shut it down on purpose, it just would have gone dark or stayed steady on the “Try Again” page instead of coming in and out like it was.

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Tin foil hat time! Youtube is down, so how many of us think it might be connected to... [View all] Enter stage left Feb 17 OP

My first thought. yellow dahlia Feb 17 #1

Oh, I thought I'd reached the End of the Internet! SharonAnn Feb 17 #15

:D :D :D C Moon Feb 18 #18

YouTube works fine for me newdeal2 Feb 17 #2

It came back up within 2 minutes of my post. Glad it's working for everyone again. Enter stage left Feb 17 #5

It only works on my phone BonnieJW Feb 17 #9

Me too Joinfortmill Feb 17 #17

It's not down here in SE NC. ABC123Easy Feb 17 #3

It was down for about an hour but it's back up now. PSPS Feb 17 #4

No outage Greg_In_SF Feb 17 #6

Please don't feed the animals ... - - - - - -(nt)- stopdiggin Feb 17 #7

YouTube and YouTube Kids alternately and sporadically going in and out over the last hour or so. Iggo Feb 17 #8

Not even a little bit. EdmondDantes_ Feb 17 #10

Been down here since 8 pm orangecrush Feb 17 #11

It is back up but it was world wide so I doubt very much that was it. Bev54 Feb 17 #12

OK, this is almost 2 hours later boonecreek Feb 17 #13

It is working for me. niyad Feb 17 #14

I thought it was me. I've been signing in as a guest for over a year and tonight it kept Marie Marie Feb 17 #16