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YouTube glitch traps 320,000 users on frozen blank screens as algorithm melts down
YouTube’s recommendation engine failed on February 17, 2026, stranding hundreds of thousands of users on blank, unresponsive screens across the main platform, YouTube Music, and YouTube Kids. The outage knocked out personalized video feeds and left viewers unable to load content for hours,
YouTube users were having trouble accessing the platform due to issues with the platform's recommendations system.
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YouTube users have reported being unable to view comments while using ad-blocking tools, with some claiming it’s even happening to YouTube Premium subscribers.
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YouTube is experiencing a global outage, with users reporting the “Something went wrong… Try again” error across web and mobile platforms.
YouTube’s very first video, ‘Me at the zoo,’ is being honored with an exhibit at the Victoria and Albert museum in London.
The V&A museum has reconstructed an early YouTube watch page, showing the 19-second clip “Me at the zoo” from 2005.