YouTube Playlists Keep Disappearing or Hitting Size Limits
Users are experiencing significant and frustrating issues with YouTube playlists – disappearing playlists, inability to add videos, unexpected content appearing, playback glitches, and limitations on saving/deleting. These problems disrupt music listening, content organization, and overall platform usability, impacting both creators and viewers.
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“Did this ever get fixed for you? I'm experiencing the same thing now; I just sent a bug report, but knowing google, I won't hear back from them for like two weeks”
“Used to be I could just add 20min of music to the que now and then to keep music I like playing. Now my only options are constantly selecting a new song after each one ends or having random jarring changes to the music all the time. I don't want to listen to "Bela lugosis dead" by Buahas right after "back of the Makas" by S3rl. submitted by /u/Interesting_Sort4864 [link] [comments]”
“Crazy timing. I just found this post while searching the same issue. Broken on my Pixel and also my Google TV. So annoying.”
“Yeah, I knew what video that was and found it in YT studio. Even though it already counted as deleted, there was still data there. Still, removing it didn't fix my playlist to function as a series. To fix that, I had to clear my browser cache, which also made playlists of mine which don't normally appear finally appear, although pretty buried (my channel is extremely old, so I guess it happens). Doing a shoutout @ teamyoutube on bluesky or twitter is the best way to get actual results. Y”
“My "Watch Later" playlist contains quite a few videos and for some reason a weird bug appeared (not sure when it started exactly but must have been pretty recent): The "Save" button below a video opens a small pop-up that lists all of your playlists and if the video is in one, then the bookmark icon next to it is filled. But, if I click on one of the videos in "Watch Later", then the icon is not filled. If I also add the video to another playlist, then it shows up c”
“https://preview.redd.it/kqq52amh2jdh1.png?width=2289&format=png&auto=webp&s=98f703dfe176dc5e8743cb75751c816b780c62de So I've been using this playlist for a while to sleep but all the sudden this happens, I made a new playlist but how do I fix this? submitted by /u/Ill_Noise6331 [link] [comments]”
“Is this supposed to be like that? If so I´dont really get what´s the point of that. submitted by /u/NoManMan123 [link] [comments]”
“This is for YT on browsers. When I used to play a playlist, the playlist showed to the right of the video. Now it's minimized and I have to click a down arrow to see it. So instead of my playlist, I see a list of suggested videos. This is idiotic. Is there a way to disable this? Or is this just another one of a million terrible UI changes? submitted by /u/ercussio126 [link] [comments]”
“Playlists on phones are out of order submitted by /u/Enough_Schedule2164 [link] [comments]”
“I just noticed that when I listen to music it automatically starts a playlist. With the option to disable autoplay being completely absent. Is anyone else also experiencing this? submitted by /u/ThatDutchOtaku [link] [comments]”
“MOBILE ONLY PROBLEM. In my recommended page, and everytime i search something, instead of showing me playlists and mix options it just places a black void on the page. They still show up only in my private page. submitted by /u/Gx_Dark_Sonic [link] [comments]”
“When I select latest, A-Z, or Z-A on the playlists option on my channel, it just shows the same playlists. It doesn't change. Is this due to a bug or a glitch? I've tried rebooting my iPad, but it didn't fix it. It also doesn't scroll down and show more playlists. How do I fix this problem and is anyone else having this problem on their YouTube app? I use YouTube mostly on iOS on my iPad. submitted by /u/Paintguin [link] [comments]”
“A month ago the library on the YouTube app on iPhone decided to go full on vertical with all my playlists, but just now tonight all my playlists aren’t even showing up! Only half of them do and i tried deleting and redownloading the app but no dice even if i select A-Z order it does nothing! Is this just me or anyone else? submitted by /u/MightyArbokKing [link] [comments]”
“Why do playlists get minimized by default now? It's so damn annoying. They keep making the whole experience less convenient and streamlined with every new 'feature'. submitted by /u/scotte416 [link] [comments]”
“What is this about? Why do I only see 1 out of like 30 playlists when I search for playlists? submitted by /u/BeginningAge587 [link] [comments]”
“No playlists at all are working for me. At first I thought it was that stupid 400 video cap, but it's also not working for playlists that have less than 10 videos in them. It's just playing the first video and acting like it's not in a playlist at all It's so annoying when I'm trying to listen to a whole album or watch a series T-T submitted by /u/prefertobe-anonymous [link] [comments]”
“I started listening to my playlist while doing other things, and suddenly I noticed something different playing. I went back to the tab and saw it had switched out of the playlist. I don't have shuffle enabled. Does anyone know if I accidentally clicked something or if it's a setting? This has happened to me several times now; it keeps switching out of the playlist. submitted by /u/Willing_Function3025 [link] [comments]”
“It's fine any other time, a video can be on loop though. I turn the brightness all the way down and I don't close the laptop. It used to work, now it doesn't. I have tried settings like "While inactive and plugged in," "While inactive and on battery," "Sleep when lid is closed," and extensions. The only thing that worked was when I would click the "view site information" (the padlock button next to the URL on YouTube) and turn the sound permiss”
“You can do both of these things on brave browser. Only issue is signing into multiple accounts at once can get finicky and randomly switch between them, so I stay logged into my music account on the main browser and log into my main account in a private tab to keep my algorithms separate. (I mainly use YT on my phone for music, and use it for videos on a laptop)”
“I. Trying to look up a playlist I made on a other account (I cant do anything about that, I have to do it manually) but when I look it up (it's called "songs that cool") it won't show up and it's showing most popular instead, is there a way to change that? I'm on ps5 btw submitted by /u/ApprehensivePath4515 [link] [comments]”
“Legitimately. i Put playlists for asmr or background noise. One if them that I got from a persons channel has membership vids. It stops immediately and I gave to go and press the next vid. It’s so annoying. I’d rather it auto skip them or not show them at all if you don’t have it submitted by /u/mehu2910 [link] [comments]”
“WTF. (App) Playlists just yesterday had its own section under on “ME”. Once you select playlists, there was like 4 separate tabs to view your own playlists created (Owned) and Saved playlists & others don’t recall. I liked seeing them separate. Went to website and main playlist is right there under history but not subsections “owned” and “saved.” Used to be to the right I think. See left image. On App, main Playlist section gone. It’s a subsection now and no breakdown of owned and saved play”
“So not sure if this is just me, but I have a playlist I like. I hit play, and do some chores or what not with my playlist on, and after one song finishes it goes to a 'we recommend this' instead of my actual playlist song. I've been using playlists for years, and never had this happen until recently. what changed? How do I just play my playlist? This happen to anyone else? Anyone know a fix? I'd love to know what is going on. submitted by /u/Grey_Lady333 [link]”
“If you open a playlist, after one or two videos it will close the playlist tab by itself, like you opened a video outside of the playlist. Happens both on mobile app and in browser submitted by /u/sodovaya [link] [comments]”
“Often, if I feel like listening to a particular band/musician, I'll search something like "Best of (insert name here)", and then pick a playlist from the search results. Starting yesterday (I think?), playlists don't show up in search results. Instead, I'll see shorts, videos that call themselves"playlists" but are actually compilation videos with chapters separating songs (and sometimes not even that), but no traditional playlists made up of a group of individual”
“Hi all, I imported playlists from one YT account to another. However, on the new account I can see the videos in the playlist area, but I can't add new videos to the existing (imported) playlists. Any chance to change that? submitted by /u/red-daddy [link] [comments]”
“The condition is what I'm missing. I don't see an option for number of times watched or something similar”
“I need to mass delete my YouTube playlists because I have like 10,000 playlists and I found this on reddit. Is this legit? I’ve never coded anything I wish there was a way to mass delete playlists . Does anyone know a way? submitted by /u/starlightsparkle444 [link] [comments]”
“Can't play MY music playlists with videos, forcing me to play audio only. I don't want audio only, I want videos only! I'm keeping reporting this issue to YouTube and doing nothing with this issue!! submitted by /u/brzoza13 [link] [comments]”
“Basically, I have several playlists on the app that I like to mix together and hit shuffle. I then remove the songs I'm not in the mood for then press play, however as soon as the song ends I'm suddenly in the middle of the shuffle, and the playlist has been re-randomized. I don't know why this happens, but I'm guessing that it gets really finicky when I modify it in any way. submitted by /u/WonderfulReception49 [link] [comments]”
“Following a recent change to the back-end of YouTube I have a new option to make a "show". What is this? Is it like a playlist? I've never seen it before. I tried making one, but I can't seem to add a "shows" tab to my YouTube page, so it looks a bit confusing as visitors will see something that looks just like a playlist. submitted by /u/GabrielSolstreaker [link] [comments]”
“So on mobile ive found it easier to navigate through my playlist and also sort newest to oldest but for some reason i cant seem to understand the pc version. Ill click a playlist but sorting them is a different thing. I dont know how it just clicks the playlist and all i see is loop or shuffle feature and manually sorting it. I am trying to find how I can sort it to newest to oldest. submitted by /u/Big-Fennel6110 [link] [comments]”
“Where is it? I’m on iPhone and YouTube changed the formatting now all the playlists are grouped together but I don’t see my watch later submitted by /u/CombAccomplished7881 [link] [comments]”
“Where do I find my Mixes tab? Do I have to manually find a I like song to make playlist out of similar songs? submitted by /u/XandeXis18 [link] [comments]”
“The subscription tab is at the top now, alongside the Movies and TV tab which I never used. What used to be there were the topic search things where you could find videos on certain topics and your music. Idk where music is now, and the 'Compass' tab is just completely broken. I just wanna listen to my obscure music, youtube :( submitted by /u/Creepypastaexploring [link] [comments]”
“I'm in Australia, and I know we get changes first. I lost the ability to use My Mix, sadly, and then realised I can't use playlists at all. They appear as collections of videos, but clicking on them, I'm not given a playlist, I'm just shoved to the regular screen, with no additional videos from the playlist. submitted by /u/Swenyis [link] [comments]”
“Before I continue, yes I'm aware clicking the 3 dots lets you reveal them. It's a frequent means of hygiene I apply to my playlists. Today when finishing cleaning out unlisted videos from one of my lists (I ensured all said grey thumbnailed privated or deleted vids were all gone), refreshing the page still showed the "Unavailable videos are hidden" message. I checked between lists, including ones with none, and they currently all say that. submitted by /u/Peanut_Cru”
“So everytime I play a particular song, YouTube creates the same exact mix. Always the same songs, in the same order. I would really like to autoplay something, anything else but it's always this set list. I even tried to play a different lyric video (same song) instead of the music video and it's still the same mix. How do I get rid of this? I did a Google search and unfortunately do not see any refresh buttons as it recommends. I'm using YouTube and not YouTube music btw and would l”
“Yesterday I was listening to some music on the app when spontaneously one song just got ahead without any context or me touching the device, I personally don’t know what to do because this bug is so bad, I try to restart the app but nothing works the music just glitches again and again, also mention that the music at a certain point stops playing and the video continues on and vise versa. Please help submitted by /u/No-Guitar9831 [link] [comments]”
“Tried to google it a bunch but guess I'm not using the right term ? Every time I fullscreen and back, or just change windows, it minimises the playlist, it's really annoying as I regularly change videos or move stuff around. submitted by /u/DoomguyFemboi [link] [comments]”
“playlist be like: what's the point of youtube creating a playlist for ya if you can't even modify it like literally what's the point P.S. I had to pick a flair for the post, why is there a flair for Mr Beast Drama XD submitted by /u/InkFerdi [link] [comments]”
“For the past few days if I’m listening to music on the website, any video I choose automatically creates a playlist and I can’t exit out of it. I don’t know why it does this, I don’t have autoplay on and it happens regardless of if I pick the video on my homepage or through search. It only happens with music and not with any other videos. It’s especially annoying when the songs it decides to put next are absolutely nothing like the one I’m listening to now. It seems to choose them based on how o”
“Ok, so... my watch later playlist is full Like 5000 videos that I saved in my watch later, and it's full... I dont know what to say or do, but uh... nice? submitted by /u/Jaded-Neat-3222 [link] [comments]”
“I've tried everything I can think of, but playlists on youtube won't play the next video. I don't care if the video actually starts, I just want youtube to go to the next video in the list...but it doesn't do it. Any ideas ? submitted by /u/Indi-ish [link] [comments]”
“I can't see all my playlists saved. At most, two hundred. When I remove a playlist, another appears, meaning they're still saved, just not visible. Is there I way I can see ALL my playlists without removing some? submitted by /u/donkeydong1138 [link] [comments]”
“Clicking on a composer official playlist (the 'releases' type) seemingly nothing wrong. Then when press play, yourube just automatically takes me to this "anime kei" and "naruto sad" bullshit like whether its Naruto, Dragon Ball, One Piece whatever it all just redirects you to these spam channels wtf... and the real releases just fades into obscurity doesn't matter if it's in a playlist they just replace the entire thing with these content farm videos probably”
“for some reason if im watching a video and it has timestamps, if it is in any playlist the timestamps and chapters do nothing, they dont move the video to the time on them. has anyone else had this happen to them? its REALLY annoying, esp if you're watching something and you want to skip to a specific segment submitted by /u/Brave_Rip_4885 [link] [comments]”
“I just wanted to add this video to my watch later, which i never ever really considered a playlist, but i cant? what harm can that possibly be? submitted by /u/flowerpanda98 [link] [comments]”
“Anyone else experiencing Playlist issues where they won't load? Or is it just me? Is YouTube being slow or not acting right for anyone else? edit: For context, now my Playlists are loading but it's taking a long time and really slow. Anyone else having this issue right now or is it just me? edit 2: Now they won't load unless I add a new video to them. Now I'm sure it's either a bug or server issue submitted by /u/AwesomeBraveGirls23 [link] [comments]”
“When I click on the actual playlist it’s telling me there’re no videos added (even tho I had welll over 2000 on there) but whenever I add a video to my watch later and then click the little “see list” pop up at flashes at the bottom, it takes me to my normal playlist, complete with all the videos I added in here. Has anyone else had this issue or is my app just broken?? I’m uk based so I thought it might be some sort of glitch but everyone I’ve asked doesn’t have this problem, and I confirmed my”
“As in the title my watch later playlist doesn't show anymore if a video is saved in it or not. It's only on mobile though. Also I can now only seem to remove videos from that playlist if I scroll to them and then click remove from watch later. Like normally I can be on the video and click the bookmark logo and press on it to remove the vid. But now even if the video is in the playlist, the bookmark is not white, so it doesn't recognize it being in the list therefore I can't remov”
“Hi, as of today I can no longer see the statistics for my songs. Before, the views for my videos and those automatically generated by DistroKid were combined. Now I can't find them anywhere; I only noticed because the views had dropped significantly. Has this happened to anyone else? Do you know where I can see these statistics now? submitted by /u/Lonely-Carpet1317 [link] [comments]”
“Was listening to my trap mix on youtube and this artist popped up, "". Never subbed, never searched, and the track had barely any views. Kinda weird how yt throws stuff like that into mixes. Thought it prioritized bigger channels or stuff you've interacted with? Song was actually decent but I'm just confused how it got there. Anyone else seen this guy? Because I saw another dude getting random artists in their mix too. Think this is a bug. submitted by /u/DontblameM”
“For some reason, my playlists work, but it skips every other video. Am I the only one dealing with this? Is there a way to fix it? submitted by /u/Exact_Degree_9221 [link] [comments]”
“I want to add a lot of songs from different playlists into one playlist but would have to do it thousands of time individually. Is there a better way to do this? submitted by /u/Ray-Zide426 [link] [comments]”
“I created a playlist, but I found the action of adding one video at the time very lame. So i've installed Multiselect for Youtube addon and it has resolved my issue. But there is another : if I want to change many videos 's positions in the same playlist, I can only change ONE VIDEO AT THE TIME MANUALLY. IT'S VERY UNNERVING!!!!! And my addon can only move videos in the first or the last position, but it's not that I want! So do you know addons that can do that, please? subm”