Viewers Frustrated by Unreliable YouTube
Users are experiencing widespread technical issues with YouTube, including buffering, playback errors, unexpected interruptions, and loading problems. These issues are impacting video playback, comment sections, and overall usability, leading to significant frustration despite premium subscriptions. The problems seem to be platform-wide and not user-specific.
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“So recently when I logged into Youtube it's just giving up on me. Whenever I want to scroll shorts it reads that something went wrong. Once I head back to the home page, the sidebar is just... gone. Is it happening to anyone? If it…”
“Yes, it isn't just you. I came here for the same reason but I already tried multiple connections/devices to rule out an issue on my side.”
“yesterday night it was fine, but all of a sudden whenever i try to watch or play a video using smart tv it crashes the video and says "something went wrong, try signing in and try again later" which i did and it just pops back to the same profile option with the something went wrong notification. tried every possible thing such as dns, verifying playback area, resetting, uninstalling and factory resetting the whole tv submitted by /u/khaleleya [link] [comments]”
“What the the title says. Anytime I try to look something up, youtube will almost never show me actual videos, only playlists and waves of shorts. I am using a sideloaded version of youtube but this has never been a problem before. It’s been like this for days now and I need to know if anyone else has had this problem, let alone found a solution. submitted by /u/The_PAL_Defender [link] [comments]”
“Anybody else having the problem of sometime the video will play twice at the exact same time? The audio is also there like one video audio overlap another video even though one player is playing. And when you exit out the video, the audio still going? Updated to latest version. submitted by /u/GiftFantastic10 [link] [comments]”
“I previously encountered an issue where the channels I was subscribed to appeared as unsubscribed after a while, and now I have another problem where I finish watching videos or listening to songs, but for some reason, they appear as incomplete (click on the image to see what I mean, and please excuse the image quality). submitted by /u/Royal_Variation3343 [link] [comments]”
“hey all, when i try to open the youtube music webpage it gets stuck on "before you continue" and accepting cookies. no matter what i click it'll just refresh and say the exact same. ive tried just deleting the cache or whatever and thatll let me open youtube music but it wont let me sign in, and when i reload its back to the cookies thing. has anyone dealt with this before? any tips or fixes? thanks !! submitted by /u/deevis_maybe [link] [comments]”
“I can't watch any video anymore on any device I'm logged in. It always gives me a message saying "Video unavailable - Try again later". I've been using uBlock on Firefox and Sponsorblock, but disabling either and both didn't change anything. Also, I can't watch any video on my phone either. There, I use YT Morphe. Using a different YT channel or incognito mode works (for now) however. I haven't posted anything that would warrant a ban, neither as video nor in co”
“while on my base homepage, only about 6 rows of videos load, then the rest NEVER load whenever trying to click on another one of the sections for example "gaming" or "music" absolutely nothing loads while on a youtube video, the comments and extra videos based on that video, will never load submitted by /u/EisCoZ [link] [comments]”
“As the title suggests, I can't watch any videos on YouTube, and this message appears. This happened as I was using the website, switching from one video to the next. I tried turning off and on ad blockers and using the app on my phone. Nothing worked. Other posts suggested trying in incognito mode, and that did work, but I would obviously prefer if it worked on my account. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. submitted by /u/Babblebobby [link] [comments]”
“I’ve got this recently on my iPhone and not when I cast YouTube TV from my phone I can’t have a casting queue anymore. submitted by /u/Prestigious-Mix8908 [link] [comments]”
“For context, I've faced this problem from yesterday night and was unable to watch any youtube videos only on my phone. I've checked a couple things, I had my adblocker on my pc off Tried another 2 devices and are fine, Browser version on my phone is also fine, also tried some solutions on the Internet yet it still won't work. Any ways to solve this? submitted by /u/NeatCow1766 [link] [comments]”
“Youtube please, i want to watch funny videos and not see this trash on my steam deck! submitted by /u/Sudden_Flan7344 [link] [comments]”
“Saw this when trying to use YouTube just now.. anyone else getting this or is it just me?? This is so frustrating!! submitted by /u/learn_it_all10 [link] [comments]”
“I just got a new laptop and am finding that youtube keeps resetting videos. I've done basically every fix I can find, I've cleared my cache 5 million times, I've disabled all extensions, I've changed browsers, I've uninstalled any third party antiviruses, I've paused and unpaused my watch history multiple times, and any other manner of fixes. Worth noting that I tried opening a video on my phone, watching a bit, and then opening on my computer. After I did that, the lapto”
“What is happening every time I play a video it would end up getting cut off for some reason like the audio would go mute and when I try rewind it crash out am I the only one whose having issues with the Youtubr app? submitted by /u/PresenceVisual4844 [link] [comments]”
“so when I rewind the video by "5 seconds" it rewinds less than a second to 2 seconds and not the normal 5 seconds? this started happening like a day ago and is super annoying. anything I can do to fix this? submitted by /u/Da_noob54_2 [link] [comments]”
“Just a quick Question. I tried watching one of my downloaded Movies on the youtube app on my phone (offline) and it either said downloading captions or Error Tap to retry. but the movies are already downloaded, I tried closing the app and reloading it and also clearing the cache,but nothing worked. submitted by /u/ChrisTheCumcumber [link] [comments]”
“i've refreshed the page over 15 times, every time i click on a video it saves it to my watch later. submitted by /u/Patient-Junket-8119 [link] [comments]”
“so i recently faced the problem when whenever i’m trying to watch a video on youtube (im not using the actual app whatsoever, so it doesn’t appear to be a big inconvenience) it won’t play the visual content for more than a sec or two, whilst the audio sounds perfectly fine and doesn’t stop. when skipping it or clicking play a few times in a row it’ll just do the same thing. lowkey annoying, so i was just wondering if anyone faced that as well submitted by /u/Dry-Log6950 [link]”
“I have YouTube premium, and the autoplay setting is on. The autoplay feature will load up the next video, however the video will be paused and won’t start until I make it. This obviously defeats the purpose of autoplay so it’s quite annoying when I’m at work, or in the middle of something while having YouTube running. I was wondering if anyone had a fix? I’ve cleared the cache, turned autoplay off and on, deleted and reinstalled the app, there’s no updates. Note: I am on IOS submitted by &”
“Someone said it was probably due to ad blockers, but disabling ad blockers doesn't fix it. I did try it on Firefox (with an ad blocker), and it works, so I assume it's just Chrome.”
“You're the 2nd person within the past hour to post about this. So it begs the question of whether it's a systemic issue with YouTube's server...”
“Anyone else having this issue on youtube? I'm currently using firefox for youtube and it's starting having this issue where it'd play like 20 seconds of the video and then this pop up would appear. submitted by /u/BeerNFoodMakeDaWknd [link] [comments]”
“https://preview.redd.it/pkepcyakj8ch1.png?width=2845&format=png&auto=webp&s=066c63970633b0e9ff075d246b5ac78eefb3e30d Everytime I open a video in YouTube I get this error "This content isn't available, try again later."! And then refreshing fixes the issue. This happens only with the first video after I have login to YouTube. And then on the next video I don't get this error. Any ideas why I'm getting this damn error!? submitted by /u/Sampsa96 [link]”
“Has anyone else had problems with youtube over the past few weeks? On chrome, my youtube stop playing after watching ads (usually on 2 ad breaks, it shows one and then black screens on ad 2, never goes back to the video), randomly won't play again after pausing, won't allow me to refresh the page, won't play the video if I exit chrome and start it again (even if I exit and come back on the same tab) and won't play videos when I close one tab and automatically go to another. Youtu”
“i've been experiencing this issue for about a month now where videos on the app will freeze for minutes at a time while the audio continues. i've tried deleting the app, restarting my phone, clearing my cache, nothing works and it's incredibly frustrating! has anyone found a fix for this yet? submitted by /u/Fun_Home_5079 [link] [comments]”
“So I load youtube up on my computer and it just loads two rows of youtube shorts and nothing else. It just shows videos/shorts I have already seen in a different order every time. I do not watch youtube shorts often and the majority of what I watch is full length content. I am on brave browser if that helps. What on earth do I do to actually get suggested videos by youtube? I have been using youtube on this account for many years by the way so it is not an issue of a new account with no informat”
“For context I’m on IPhone XR and, for some reason, when I click on YouTube it won’t even open. Just immediately crashes and doesn’t even load. I’ve tried turning my phone off and on again and it still won’t work. Any ideas? submitted by /u/WorldhoppingJester [link] [comments]”
“Even though it says "Your browser is up to date" I go back and click a vid that was in my suggested content spot and it still says Brave cant play the video. Well alright. Probably a YT thing... https://preview.redd.it/k8k4qtor1qbh1.png?width=625&format=png&auto=webp&s=a1324c4d3991fba1da697101e2c72e1dd7135f7b https://preview.redd.it/nqu40vor1qbh1.png?width=624&format=png&auto=webp&s=fb45eaf34f35e15dd27af1c53cab477c757f3558 submitted by /u/NickTaylorI”
“hi, i have this problem where every time i try to log in on youtube with my account on my ps5, when i reopen the app it doesn’t “remind” the account so i have to log in again everytime. is there a fix to that? submitted by /u/SnooPeanuts6941 [link] [comments]”
“It's uBlock origin. I have the same problem on FireFox and turning of uBlock and turning it back on after a reload fixes this behaviour. Hope the team is on it. Edit: It's pretty annoying on playlists where you have to do this for every single video...”
“I'm using Microsoft edge , installed extensions that is directly related to YouTube are uBlock Origin, Unhook, Return YouTube dislikes, YouTube Auto HD+FPS, SponserBlock . These are some extensions that are not directly related to YouTube but alter can alter browser settings Locksy, Absolute enable right click, Audio Pick. This started happening today for no reason and thought would go away after closing edge or restarting pc. But nothing happened. What could be causing this? Is it because t”
“Hey guys😎, from last 2-3 days, whenever I play any video on my iPhone 15 PM, the video gets stuck but audio keeps playing, last night I noticed audio video sync issue, so restarted the video and it got fine. Also when the ad comes up, it doesn’t show skip button, but when you minimize the video, it shows skip button, but doesn’t skip when it’s clicked. I don’t use premium or anything. Anyone else facing same or any solution? submitted by /u/Old_Yam6223 [link] [comments]”
“Hello guys, Recently I've started having issue with youtube app on my new TV TCL C7K, when I open Youtube I get an error Can't connect right now. What's funny, I originally thought it's connected to TV only as on my PC and phone app is working fine, but when I tried to open youtube on my PS5 Pro, I've got same error with internet connection. Of course I'm online, all other apps are working fine, I can access netflix,HBO,Amazon Prime etc so it's not an internet issue.”
“Using the app, any time you try to unpause a video, it just refuses to play anything. Did YouTube mess up again? submitted by /u/Dkrule [link] [comments]”
“I’m having an issue on the iPhone where my video is pausing but the audio keeps going and I’ll skip back and forth and it’ll ply some then just the video will pause again and not audio. This has been happening for 3 weeks, I’ve cleared my cache, updated YouTube, and have good internet. I don’t understand why it keeps doing it. submitted by /u/Maximum-Sound-6654 [link] [comments]”
“The comments nor the videos below it wont load. The app doesn't need an update, and it does this one every video. I also tried restarting the app submitted by /u/ClickOk157 [link] [comments]”
“I watch YouTube on my iPad sometimes and whenever I do, the videos play but then they freeze but play audio and then continue where the audio is synced I’ve tried offloading the app I’ve tried turning off the iPad I’ve checked my Internet I just don’t know why it’s happening submitted by /u/SamuraiDio [link] [comments]”
“Every day the app will crash randomly when opening a video, freeze the visual but keep the audio on shorts, and take so long to load. what can I do to fix this? submitted by /u/Startime125 [link] [comments]”
“I was watching videos perfectly just minutes ago, now any video i play stops after approximately 1 min, when i remove the vid and put it back on it starts from the beginning (i have YouTube premium so this shouldn't happen). I can't see anyone facing the same issue and the servers are not down according to the net, am I tweaking? submitted by /u/dramaqueenindeed [link] [comments]”
“I'm watching videos on my pc as I work and the audio just keeps going to quiet. Like, ill pull up the bar to the level I want to listen at, and a few minutes later, it'll go down on it's own. This is VERY annoying. I've seen some others having issues but those posts are moths and years old. Is this just a me thing, or is anyone else experiencing this issue? submitted by /u/AlistairAllblood [link] [comments]”
“I cannot keep videos playing in the background when I turn my phone screen off. Yes, I have premium. It worked yesterday, but today it will pause after 5 seconds with the screen off. I dont think its just me because I have the same exact problem with my android tablet. submitted by /u/mr_never_lift [link] [comments]”
“It doesn't give an error message or anything. It LOOKS like it goes through. If I don't check and I save it as is, I lose the clip forever because I am clipping something out to upload as its own video. Sometimes it JUST doesn't work. Any idea why? submitted by /u/sweetdude64 [link] [comments]”
“I’ve been having this issue where I click on the video and it’s almost more than halfway done with. Mind u I haven’t even started watching the video and it’s almost halfway done. This has been annoying since what if it spoils something like a twist or who the villain is. Anyone else been having this issue? submitted by /u/Fast-Raisin-4815 [link] [comments]”
“I listen to long-form YouTube videos at work and occasionally when listening the video will just jump back to an earlier point in the video this is really frustrating does anybody know what this is how to fix it or maybe something about the issue submitted by /u/Due-Pin-4992 [link] [comments]”
“I use Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, and a month or two ago, I started having this issue where at seemingly random points, the youtube website will freeze up and refuse to listen to any keyboard or mouse input. Everything about the website except the video itself becomes unclickable and does nothing, although the toolbar works fine. And for some reason, the video and audio keeps playing, but I can't pause it or use the arrow keys to move back or make the video player buttons appear by moving”
“All of my videos have been constantly off sync here lately. I do not know why this occurs and hope you can help me understand why this happens. submitted by /u/BigDeweyJ [link] [comments]”
“every video's audio is randomly pausing and glitching and distorting how do i fix the bug submitted by /u/Slow_Kiwi_6325 [link] [comments]”
“I noticed that after enough time or a certain amount of videos added, the queue list just breaks, like traveling too far in Minecraft before reaching the farlands and watching the world breakdown. The list autoscrolls based on if the cursor is at the top or bottom of the page (scrolls down if trying to click the list), starts flickering, the video does not move when dragged to a new spot, moving a video around puts the video back where it was and changes the videos before the current playing one”
“The video is from Wendigang about Cowboy Bob and no matter what I do clearing the cache, changing the quality, restarting my phone, force stopping, deleting it from my history, uninstalling, it keeps freezing. I had to go watch the video on my Nintendo switch just to finish it. submitted by /u/creativeguy66v3 [link] [comments]”
“i am an old hand at using youtube, having used the site since 2012. while i have experienced youtube crashing in the past few times, today, i was surprised that the site crashed 12 times within four hours. my guess is that youtube have been integrating AI into their system, which is causing these crashes. submitted by /u/nezkezz [link] [comments]”
“For roughly the last week I've had a situation where the very start of a video doesn't play properly. The timer shows 0:00 but the actual audio starts a tiny fraction ahead of where it should be. So for example, you're playing a song that you know should start directly on a beat, but it doesn't, or you have a spoken introduction like "Everybody is talking about "x"" but when you start the video it comes out as "Vrybody.." - you can clearly hear the v”
“Whenever i start any video on my laptop with chrome the entire tab stops responding after a few seconds, the video itself keeps going for a few more seconds before it stops as well, everything in the tab becomes unresponsive, this only happens on chrome. anyone knows what could the issue be? i disabled all extensions and graphics acceleration but it didn't help. submitted by /u/Ecstatic_Sail261 [link] [comments]”
“Hi. Just wanted tó watch Yt and I saw I got loged out idk why and now I can t login in because its says Problem with a server. Tryed in another account and works fine? submitted by /u/Ok-Succotash-4128 [link] [comments]”
“I don't know how this happened but this always happens to when I'm using YouTube signed out or going Incognito. Can someone tell me what is going on? I also don't have any VPNs or ad-blockers (It also happens on their privacy-enhanced website nocookie and on computer) submitted by /u/Major_Somewhere_5867 [link] [comments]”
“Tried to scroll down from the video, the webpage completely freezes, and I can't even reload it. All I can do is close the tab and reopen it, making the site basically unusuable. I've only started seeing this since yesterday, and is anyone else having this issue? submitted by /u/MasterNinjaRy [link] [comments]”