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Is YouTube Music down right now? Live status and outage tracker

No, YouTube Music is up.

No widespread outage detected. 16 user reports in the last hour is within the normal range.

Live Last spike 1 h ago Updated just now Data refreshes every 5 minutes

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User reports, last 24 hours, 15 minutes a segment: 88 flowing 4 slow (elevated) 4 jammed (outage)

User reports, last 24 hours

1,773 reports in total, counted in 15-minute windows

Normal
Elevated
Outage
Usual level

In the last hour, 16 problem reports came in for YouTube Music, against about 4 at this time on a usual day. Over the last 24 hours there were 1,773 reports, most about audio streaming (59%) and app (28%), from 138 areas led by New York City, NY and Chicago, IL. The last spike in reports was 1 h ago and lasted 21 min. These are user reports from the US, where most people report YouTube Music problems.

In other countries right now: the UK, normal (1 report in the last hour)

Reports, last hour

36% on the hour before

Uptime, 24 h

95.83%

1 h of outage

Last outage

4 h ago

Lasted 2 h

Busiest 15 minutes

633

633 reports, 5 h ago

Last 24 hours

YouTube Music outages and problems

In the past 24 hours, 1,773 user reports came in for YouTube Music. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 95.83% uptime for the day.

The most recent spike big enough to count as an outage was 5 hours ago. The busiest 15-minute window of the day had 633 reports, about 5 hours ago.

Outage

Ended 4 h ago

Lasted 2 h

633peak reports

This month

YouTube Music in October 2026

Problem reports in October (since 27 October): 1,779

Monthly report for October 2026

What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for YouTube Music, as a share of those reports:

59% Audio Streaming
28% App
9% Server Connection
4% Website

Report map

Where YouTube Music problem reports come from

Each dot is a group of recent reports; bigger dots, more reports.

Recent reports came from 138 areas. The most came from around New York City, NY, Chicago, IL and Washington, DC. Share of recent reports by area, named after its biggest town:

8% New York City, NY
4% Chicago, IL
4% Washington, DC
4% Philadelphia, PA
3% Atlanta, GA
2% Detroit, MI

From 1,584 recent problem reports. Big cities always send the most, so reports from many places point to a widespread problem, and one area far ahead of the rest can mean a regional one. Town names: GeoNames.

Last 30 days

YouTube Music problem spikes, last 30 days

Since 27 October, YouTube Music had 1 outage spike and 1 period of elevated reports. The longest lasted 2 h, on 28 October.

Elevated reports

Wed 28 Oct, 19:42–20:03

Lasted 21 min

11peak reports
Outage

Wed 28 Oct, 15:14–17:14

Lasted 2 h

640peak reports

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 27 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services

Troubleshooting

How to fix YouTube Music not working

YouTube Music is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:

Your browser tries to reach music.youtube.com over your own connection, right now. Nothing is sent to us or stored.

Restart YouTube Music and switch networks
Close the app from the recent apps screen, then open it again; on Android, use Settings > Apps > YouTube Music > Force stop if the app will not close on its own. Turn Wi-Fi off and try mobile data, then reverse the test, because one dead network path can look like an app failure.
Update the app from its store
Open the Play Store and go to profile icon > Manage apps and device > Updates available; on iOS, open the App Store and go to profile icon > Update. Install any pending update, since an old build can fail on a changed sign-in or playback route.
Clear the YouTube Music cache on Android
On Android, open Settings > Apps > YouTube Music > Storage & cache > Clear cache, then reopen the app. iOS has no per-app cache button, so move to the reinstall step if playback still fails.
Reinstall the app and sign in
Delete the app from your phone, then install it again from the Play Store or App Store. Sign in with your Google Account and try one track before you restore downloads, because a fresh install clears local state that an update or cache clear may leave behind.

While YouTube Music is down: what to use instead

YouTube If the app will not open, the main YouTube site can play official music videos that also exist there.
Spotify Spotify works when playback stops and you need another catalog.
Apple Music On Apple devices, Apple Music gives you a separate library and radio option while the app is unusable.
SoundCloud For mixes and independent tracks, SoundCloud has a browser player and a separate catalog.

Same time

Problems at the same time as YouTube Music

Since 27 October, all 2 of YouTube Music's spikes in problem reports overlapped a spike at another service.

When several services get problem reports at once, something they share, such as a cloud host or a network, can be the real cause. Matching times alone do not prove it.

Most often at the same time

How many of YouTube Music's spikes overlapped one of theirs.

During the latest spike

YouTube Music: Wed 28 Oct, 19:42 to 20:03

34 more services. Red dot: outage. Amber dot: elevated reports.

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, as the live pages showed it. Times are Central European time.

Busiest times

When people report YouTube Music problems

The busiest hour for reports about YouTube Music is 18:00 to 19:00 Central European time, and the busiest day is Wednesday.

By hour of the day

By day of the week

Each bar is the average number of user reports in that hour, or on that day of the week, from 21 days of reports since 5 October 2026. The busiest bar is highlighted. Spikes in reports are left out, so one outage does not set the pattern.

About

What happens when YouTube Music goes down

YouTube Music streams albums, live sets, playlists, and uploads across the web and mobile apps. An outage interrupts playback, search, library access, and downloads for commuters, gym listeners, and anyone who relies on it as their main music app.

Playback fails first: a track stalls, a retry message appears, and the play button stops responding. Search and home recommendations can hang next, while your library and downloads may still open from cache. That split is common. Problems are often partial or regional, so one phone can fail while the web player works and a whole local network can lose the service at once; the status at the top tracks report volume against the usual level, and the site does not ping or probe the app.

Servers and network

YouTube Music IP address, servers and network

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Questions

YouTube Music FAQ

Is YouTube Music down right now?

The status at the top of this page shows whether user problem reports for the service are above their usual level, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours, so you can see if other people are hitting the same wall. Rule out your own side with two checks. Load another site on the same device, then try the app on mobile data instead of Wi-Fi; if the trouble follows one network or one device, the fault is local, and if it shows up everywhere at once, it is not yours.

Why do my downloads say they are unavailable offline?

Offline playback needs an active Premium subscription, and the app has to reconnect now and then to renew the licence on each track. Skip that for long enough and saved songs stop playing even though the files still look present. Open the app on Wi-Fi, let the library refresh, and play one downloaded playlist to check; if a single album still fails, delete the download and save it again.

Why does playback stop when I lock my phone or switch apps?

Background play needs Premium in most regions, so music that cuts out when the screen locks usually means the subscription lapsed or you are signed into a different account than the one that pays. Check the account avatar in the app and compare it with the account you pay with. Ads on free accounts cause the same sudden stops.

Why do I get 'Something went wrong' or 'Video unavailable' in the app?

Those messages cover two different faults: a track pulled from your region's catalogue, or a cache and sign-in token that went stale. Force stop the app and clear its cache first, then sign out and back in. If the same track fails on the web player too, the song is likely gone from the service in your country, and reinstalling will not bring it back.

I paid for Premium but the app still shows ads. What now?

Payments can land on a different Google account than the one signed into the app, and that mix-up explains most of these cases; open the Play Store or App Store subscription list and check which account holds it. Then sign the app into that account. If the charge sits on the right account, sign out and back in and give it a few minutes to sync.

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How we track YouTube Music

The status on this page comes from user-submitted problem reports for YouTube Music, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Each window is compared with the normal level for YouTube Music, so a few complaints on a quiet day don't trigger anything, but a sudden jump well above normal does.

When reports climb well above normal, the status here changes to partial outage or major outage and the chart moves with it. YouTube Music doesn't publish a public status page that we know of, so user reports are often the quickest sign that something is wrong on their side.