Feb 17, 2026 6:39pm PT YouTube Goes Down: Platform Experiences Technical Issue with Recommendation System By Jack Dunn Plus Icon Jack Dunn Latest YouTube Goes Down: Platform Experiences Technical Issue with Recommendation System 14 minutes ago Francis Ford Coppola Remembers Robert Duvall: ‘Such a Great Actor and Such an Essential Part of American Zoetrope’ 1 day ago Al Pacino and Robert De Niro Remember ‘The Godfather Part II’ Co-Star Robert Duvall: ‘I Will Miss Him’ 1 day ago See All YouTube went down on Tuesday night, with more than 300,000 users experiencing technical difficulties, according to DownDetector. Problems for the digital video platform began around 5 p. m. PT, and some users saw services partially restored as early as about 6:00 p. m.