A bug or an intentional change?

If you're struggling to load videos on YouTube without running into repeated CAPTCHA puzzles, you aren't alone.

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Currently limited to the Android app ...

Despite the same look and feel, YouTube is quickly changing behind the scenes. The brand has been a lot more aggressive over ...

For example, early in 2025, users pushed back on YouTube’s updated comment section interface, calling it unnecessary or annoying, according to Dexerto. Similarly, a controversial video player redesign ...

YouTube users are reporting that the published date has disappeared on long-form videos and Shorts. There are also reports of the Subscriptions tab missing. It appears that the Subscriptions tab has ...

Editor's Note: The YouTube outage has now been resolved. Read an update on Thursday, Oct. 16. YouTube experienced technical difficulties on Wednesday, Oct. 15, with hundreds of thousands of users ...

The update will mean some adverts that had previously allowed users to skip after a few seconds will now run in full.