Recommendation ‌system had prevented videos from appearing across YouTube surfacesA teenager poses for a photo while holding a smartphone in front of a Youtube logo in this illustration taken on Sept 11, 2025. (Photo: Reuters)YouTube was down for nearly 340,000 users, internet monitor Downdetector said, while the streaming site reported an issue with its recommendations system. The outages led YouTube’s site to appear blank for some users, with no videos loading on the YouTube app, YouTube Music and YouTube Kids. YouTube said that an issue with its recommendation ‌system had prevented videos from appearing across YouTube surfaces. "The issue with our recommendations ⁠system has been resolved, and all of our platforms (YouTube.com, the YouTube app, YouTube Music, Kids and TV) are back ​to normal," YouTube said in an update.

Source: Bangkok Post February 18, 2026 15:53 UTC