iTunes status: streaming issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of iTunes reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by iTunes users through our website.

• Errors (46%)
• Buffering (31%)
• Sign in (15%)
• Playback Issues (8%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent iTunes outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Township of Evan	Errors	7 days ago
Wolverhampton	Errors	12 days ago
Dillon	Buffering	19 days ago
Kansas City	Errors	23 days ago
Cardiff	Buffering	24 days ago
Hannover	Buffering	26 days ago

Full Outage Map

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iTunes Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  chandrashekhar (@cathavale) reported 7 seconds ago

  @utsavtechie To do any operation with iCloud, istorage,itunes is extremely complicated. With iphone it becomes even more clumsy. Even first sign in itself is tough for a first timer. This also is one of the reasons for ordinary people to not use it.

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  Sol 💜 A wild flower 🌷 Run, beautiful, run (@JamAnna77) reported 4 minutes ago

  @myyoutae Not necessarily. A lot depends on how much of the gp use a streaming service, and how consistent they are. In this case, it's even different: iTunes chart is impacted by sales, something that Spotify doesn't do

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  Даня (@danya__kuzmin) reported 6 minutes ago

  @GetScarlet Hello. I am having troubles installing scarlet for the last couple days. After the timer runs up “open in iTunes” pops up. I press ok and nothing happens after. Everything worked okay before that. Could you possibly know what’s being the issue here?

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  elle Rudberg season 3!!! (@_Layiah) reported 10 minutes ago

  Found my old iTunes account and yea I used to have terrible taste in music

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  Qrow ❤️‍🔥 | just escaped the Hells | ❤️‍🔥 (@aSinisterQrow_) reported 13 minutes ago

  is anyone else's VTube Studio just NOT working correctly ?? i can only be in my model for an hour before the framerate DROPS to ****** 2 fps -- i cant use VTS at all unless i KEEP ITunes open the entire time i using it . i have to connect and reconnect 75 times every time .

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  Elena⁷ • military wife • 아포방포 (@namgistory) reported 14 minutes ago

  @N11nyNancy @brk_mira How do we suck at multitasking when we kept 3 jm songs on spotify global at the same time for a month and they are still doing well? People are scared to buy from the official store but there is no issue with itunes or amazon. There is no excuse for bot entering charts at all

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  dani 击̸ XØ (@daniimustdie) reported 14 minutes ago

  @bulletsforlunch its disabled cause i havent used it in like 6 years.... i was tryna restore it on itunes but i keep getting errors

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  ☽⛧☾༺ 𝔏𝔶𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥 ༻☽⚧︎☾ (@LycanWitchcraft) reported 15 minutes ago

  False. Music “purchased” through iTunes, you’re not buying the music itself, you’re buying a license to use the music. While it has the illusion of ownership, you don’t actually own it, ie you need to sign in and authorize your computer for the music files to work, you are limited to burning the songs to disc 7 times total, songs not downloaded or backed up can disappear if the content right holders pull their license with Apple, not allowed to sell or trade or anything beyond personal use with the music, etc.

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  DWAI (@dwaidontwait) reported 16 minutes ago

  money within the music industry has literally reduced the worth of music to atoms. it was records/cds - 10-20 bucks... apple came up w/ itunes, singles went down to .99 cent (not even a dollar), but now with streaming its like 0.003%? which is crazy insane

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  ᴬᴰ⁻ᴰᵃʸ ʞiwi⁷🥝🎸🥢해금 (解禁) (@wdytagustd) reported 19 minutes ago

  @googiepies @Koobidivines @sugatakemymoney the problem is that it isnt very high on itunes or other platforms either which is worrying

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  Timbø $lice™ (@MMmvp56) reported 24 minutes ago

  Damn @Snapchat if it's not broken don't fix it. No one wants an AI bot forced on them like a @U2 album on iTunes

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  Marki (@itsproseccopapi) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Calvinwaldorf Anyone know! Why there’s an error on puchasing this on iTunes last night and if thats the reason why she’s not in the iTunes chart at all?????

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  .lucytard (@lucytard0) reported 27 minutes ago

  @kioticlevl @HoIIandMedia Just my feeling deep down ik and we put all that work into PDR but no one’s putting work into alone we can’t even get it to number one on iTunes

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  Tete🔥 | D-DAY (@cngrejito) reported 27 minutes ago

  @Chimyypg @ThePopBase Several members have historical records in iTunes that your tail burns with envy is not my problem girl

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  Biez (@BiezusNice) reported 29 minutes ago

  @KEMBE_X Man, I don’t even stream - I buy allllll my ****! Physicals, exclusive drops, merch, all’at… Bandcamp (preferably) or iTunes. [****’s actually kinda a problem]

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  Aleksa Sarai 暗号君 (@lordcyphar) reported 30 minutes ago

  @ibuildthecloud Stuff like the Newton is the obvious counterexample, but for a more modern example -- iTunes was apocalyptically bad for a very long time. For a more spicy take -- the iPhone was basically a toy until iPhone 5 (or 4, if you ignore the reception issues). A very Vista/7 dynamic.

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  Leon @ RPG Haven (@rpg_haven) reported 36 minutes ago

  Why is the Music app on Mac unable to play albums gapless? Apple solved this problem in iTunes 20 years ago @tim_cook

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  @kojfie |🥢 D-day is here 🥢 (@kojfie) reported 38 minutes ago

  @FikirtemariamG a hero was walking around the merch line offering cash to US people to buy on Haegeum on Itunes and they turned her down "we stream" and "I don't use iTunes" :(

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  Seth Lukas Hynes ✍️📕🧬🪐✨🤖👽🧠💻💉💉💉 (@SethHynes) reported 40 minutes ago

  @Miyakoottv Since the first-generation Apple TV cannot log into the iTunes servers as of 2018, it's completely useless today unless you hack an alternative OS onto it. Running Leopard, the Apple TV is a surprisingly stable and capable cut-down Mac.

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  Michael Buckelew (@MichaelBuckelew) reported 42 minutes ago

  @Mononokeva_TV @PJiggles_ As if we haven’t made jokes about the iTunes terms of service being signing our life away for 20 years.

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  𝓡𝓪𝔂 𝓓𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓭 𝓓𝓮𝓵𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮 (@justAT3chGuy) reported 43 minutes ago

  @Gray22222222 Would full restore in iTunes fix this issue ?

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  Tech Deals (@TechDeals_16) reported 44 minutes ago

  @Krytopsy @EA iTunes hasn't had DRM on music in a very long time, yet somehow music piracy really isn't the problem it used to be back when it was all locked down. Remove the DRM, people will buy your product.

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  John Ward (@jwflame) reported 47 minutes ago

  @rustytatra @Gammitin But all totally inaccessible and unavailable unless you first download and install the itunes spyware app, create an account, sign in and provide payment details, then perhaps it might be possible to see what is available. Physical media requires none of that BS.

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  Homeless (@homelesst9) reported 52 minutes ago

  spotify is down all i got is the undertale soundtrack on itunes

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  Mariah Carey's World (@MCareysWorld) reported 53 minutes ago

  Anyone knows if the issues with iTunes (the song was listed as an album instead of a single which is why is not appearing on any charts and people can't find it) have been fixed? #TypeDangerous @MariahAlerts @MariahCarey

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  Matt (@mpetruzz) reported 54 minutes ago

  @Dean_Devlin iTunes is where the problem is. It's where I tried to buy it.

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  Berny Alexander  (@bernyalexander1) reported 54 minutes ago

  @phamzforfree Yes, I recently changed the battery. I had to restore the phone with another tool because I was getting error 53 with iTunes.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 55 minutes ago

  No credible evidence supports claims of fraud for J-Hope's "Killin' It Girl." The song's success, reaching on Spotify's Global Chart with 2.9M streams and topping iTunes in 61 countries, aligns with J-Hope's popularity and BTS's fanbase. Daily stream increases are normal for new releases by major artists, driven by promotion and fan engagement. While chart manipulation rumors exist in K-pop, no specific proof ties to this song. Spotify's fraud detection further reduces likelihood of issues. The growth seems organic.

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  LuigiTheMetal64 (@Luigithemetal64) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Mangalawyer Don't expect Microsoft to do better on PC. Oh, wait—they are never better at all. Even I can not be sure if it is Microsoft or Apple's problem with iTunes being unable to code CD songs into iPhones.

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  Kimberly L (@VXxANDROMEDAxXV) reported 60 minutes ago

  @jmimies I stream him on iTunes and haven’t had issues (America)