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	5 days ago
Wolverhampton	Errors	10 days ago
Dillon	Buffering	17 days ago
Kansas City	Errors	20 days ago
Cardiff	Buffering	21 days ago
Hannover	Buffering	24 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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  American Country Music Chatter (@ACMC_Country) reported 4 minutes ago

  @shrimpscorpse @wannarockwithm3 @PopBase Exactly that's part of the joke cause someone literally burned a rep CD cause it knocked Miley down on iTunes. 😭 Mind you, you can't even buy rep on her site right now. 😭

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  lulamile nkompela 🇿🇦 (@Bralu_nkompela) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Interredd @King1FoReal @Mo_Magoda Problem is these companies itunes/Spotify take almost 50% of the fee and artist like Zonke are not studio artist,they make use sessional musicians when they record so from the 50% they they need to pay these sessional musicians/studio time etc not making much from everything

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  Tariq | The 𝕏 Investor (@Tariq_investor) reported 5 minutes ago

  $SPOT Think back to when Spotify was just that small music app fighting against iTunes and trying to make streaming a thing. Fast forward to now, and they've built this massive platform with close to 700 million users. The wild part? All those risky moves they made with podcasts, AI, and ads are actually working out. They're not content being just a music service anymore. Spotify wants to dominate everything you listen to, and they're making it happen. Their latest move with AI-powered advertising is pretty smart—small businesses can now create their own ads without breaking the bank. That means more revenue coming in beyond what we pay for Premium. What strikes me most is how devoted their users are. While $AAPL and $AMZN treat music like just another feature in their massive ecosystems, Spotify really nails the personal touch. Their recommendations feel like they're reading your mind, and they actually support creators in meaningful ways. That's why people stick around, especially the younger crowd that discovered music through the app. The tech giants are still trying to muscle in, and ad revenue isn't always predictable, but Spotify's position is way stronger—debt-free with solid cash flow.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 5 minutes ago

  Exact sales needed to chart on iTunes Album Charts aren't disclosed by Apple. Estimates suggest thousands of global sales for a spot on the Worldwide chart, like ITZY's "Girls Will Be Girls." Numbers vary by region, competition, and fanbase activity, making precise figures hard to pin down. For smaller markets, fewer sales may suffice for lower chart positions.

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  𝓡𝓪𝔂 𝓓𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓭 𝓓𝓮𝓵𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮 (@justAT3chGuy) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Gray22222222 Would full restore in iTunes fix this issue ?

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  G Peters👩🏻‍🦽 (@mssinenomine) reported 14 minutes ago

  My speaker jack is doing that thing where it opens up iTunes without you asking it to and yesterday it did it while I was giving a presentation. I'm fast now tho so shut it down while it was still in the first bell of Hell's Bells. 🫢

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  ankhayra (@ankhayra) reported 16 minutes ago

  Dear @Apple , This has been the most frustrating hour EVER. I am trying to make an account so I can login in to the iTunes store and buy a song. - undefined error at first screen - locked - verify codes not arriving - "can't send code to this phone" - does not work in Firefox

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  Adam Seymour (@ASeymour1878) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Joel_CP_70 @FBAwayDays "Terrible" song got to number 1 on iTunes btw

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  𝐷𝑅𝐸 (@CockinessIV) reported 21 minutes ago

  Really trying to understand why “Alone”STILL isn’t #1 on iTunes? Wtf is the problem Barbz? 🤨

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  Eden (@caprios_jay) reported 22 minutes ago

  How to Buy music from the iTunes Store 1. Open the iTunes Store app. At the bottom of the screen, tap Music. 2.Find the song or album that you want to buy. 3.Tap the price next to the song or album to buy it. 4.Sign in with your Apple ID and password to complete the purchase

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  PrincessDianaRemix SOTY ᴺᴹ☆ﾒ𝟶🦄 (@ProudOfYouNicki) reported 23 minutes ago

  Math aint mathing...... Alone 2M+ streams hours ago so possibly 2.25M-2.5M Globally so probably around 1.25M-1.5M from US now with barely any playlisting & it went down another spot on iTunes and iTunes is originally where we get Nicki doing numbers solo & collabs 😞

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  Seth Lukas Hynes ✍️📕🧬🪐✨🤖👽🧠💻💉💉💉 (@SethHynes) reported 24 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 Darius (@hcidarius) reported 24 minutes ago

  @shahbazmagsii Always down for a good party. I designed the iTunes Muaic Store.

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  Aleksa Sarai 暗号君 (@lordcyphar) reported 26 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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  Shizuka Watanabe (@ShiWatana) reported 26 minutes ago

  First, some context. By early 2004, the iPod had become the world's most popular music player. Over 2 million units sold. 30 million songs downloaded from iTunes. But Apple faced a massive problem:

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  mari (@sydneybbristow) reported 34 minutes ago

  @brittscapes I thought for sure it was on Apple Music but apparently their streaming service didn’t even exist then, I bought it on iTunes??

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  AJStrong on BlueSky (@aj_strong) reported 35 minutes ago

  So far, Apple Music/iTunes is still bloatware with a terrible interface and broken functionality. Sad. #WWDC25

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  Meng Meng (she/her) (@mengiemeng) reported 38 minutes ago

  @InsaneMegaCD Apple used to have this problem with iTunes in like 2009 then like most DRM they let you deauthorise a device remotely. Kids break Switchs, sometimes the original device is destroyed. This shows how behind the times Nintendo is.

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  ابوو داحم (@_xl_p) reported 40 minutes ago

  @n1g4tt4 Every time I try to run the tool, I get the following error on Windows 10 — even though I have the latest version of iTunes installed: Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E The specified module could not be found ('iTunesMobileDevice.dll') How can I fix this?

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  Simply Nyawful (@nyawful) reported 43 minutes ago

  Got $100 from my mom for my birthday. Spent $20 on a book for myself + BUCK-TICK's latest album on iTunes... ...and $70 on books and toys for my 3yo 👀. I... acknowledge I have a problem 😭. Doesn't help I started buying from Mercari, some good deals there on toys. 😔

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  MalibuTheeMenace (@MalibuDollFace) reported 47 minutes ago

  Lmfao!!!! Now we know iTunes ain’t billboard & a vanguard ain’t a Grammy, YET WE KEEP SEEING DEM SINGLES SLIDE DOWN THE WALL THE NEXT WEEK. 64K SALES ON THE MOST “ powerful “ FANBASE IS A JOKE AT BEST!

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  |:| Captain Bertègn |:| 🏓🎮🎧 (@LoicArBreizhat) reported 50 minutes ago

  Come on @AppleMusic we are in 2023 ! One does not ask customers to install an anoying app to unsubscribe to a cloud service. I can't AND don't wanna install ITunes on all my devices ! Have a good day though.

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  Nik D (@NiktheMIZfit) reported 53 minutes ago

  @TwitterBlue is the new U2 “Songs of Innocence” Album on iTunes, 99.9% of people don’t want it, but it’s being shoved down their throats lol

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  Michael Buckelew (@MichaelBuckelew) reported 55 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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  Carson Reed (@cinemamotionss) reported 57 minutes ago

  @WillFaucherVFX Use iTunes and do a backup, my phone had the same issue and Apple doesn’t let users clear your cache easily. 💩

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  Afrasyab (@AfrasyabTareen) reported 57 minutes ago

  @halfghuan I have updated it via iTunes and still problem in activation Google says that it’s related to carrier. I think the sim tray has malfunctioned

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  大きなバービー (@hausminaj) reported 58 minutes ago

  @ROMANSBACK69 nicki’s music always does well on apple music & itunes. you broke spotify barbies are the problem.

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  🤍💜 Scythe of Luna 💜🤍 (@scythe_of_luna) reported 59 minutes ago

  idk if my music gonna be re/released on apple/itunes, no new releases are live after more than a month passed, also I can't login into my artist account cuz my phone number is "NOT OK". ********. who cares about apple anyway. Spotify is the way <3

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  Rick (@Bunyan2011) reported 1 hour ago

  @avilla01_ @DAZNBoxing I receive email receipts from Apple/iTunes whenever a purchase is made. There’s a link in the email to report a problem. I reported it yesterday and had the refund this morning. Then canceled DAZN.

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  Cranky Cold War Vet (@Bhess) reported 1 hour ago

  @HSajwanization TBH Apple has never been very good at software. iTunes has sucked for years. Phone updates regularly have problems.