YouTube Down Bad: Algo Had a Full Meltdown, For You Page Ghosted the Planet 💀📉 2026's Biggest Ratio

from SDN · host Paul George

On Feb 17, 2026, YouTube straight-up ghosted the entire planet 💀. Starting around 4:45 PM PT / 7:45 PM ET, the app + website hit users with black screens, "something went wrong" errors, dead homepage, no recs, no Shorts, nada. Downdetector exploded with 300K–800K+ reports (peak chaos in US, Canada, Brazil, UK, etc.), plus YouTube TV catching strays too.

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