An event that took place on February 17th/18th, 2026, in which YouTube, YouTube TV, and YouTube Music went down for around half a million users.
Around 350,000 users reported issues accessing YouTube from 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the 17th (1 a.m. on Wednesday 18th in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)), according to the unofficial, crowd-sourced site Downdetector. The most commonly reported problem was users saying they had issues using the YouTube app.
Around 10 p.m. EST (17/2/2026) equivalent to 3 a.m UTC (18/2/2026), YouTube confirmed the “issue has been fixed” across its platforms.
The event is named for the volume of users who the platform went down for.
Around 350,000 users reported issues accessing YouTube from 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the 17th (1 a.m. on Wednesday 18th in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)), according to the unofficial, crowd-sourced site Downdetector. The most commonly reported problem was users saying they had issues using the YouTube app.
Around 10 p.m. EST (17/2/2026) equivalent to 3 a.m UTC (18/2/2026), YouTube confirmed the “issue has been fixed” across its platforms.
The event is named for the volume of users who the platform went down for.
by EnglishMakesMeWantToDrink February 18, 2026
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