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 (68%)
• Buffering (12%)
• Playback Issues (12%)
• Sign in (9%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Canton	Errors	14 hours ago
Chesterfield County	Sign in	3 days ago
Pottsville	Playback Issues	8 days ago
Jersey City	Playback Issues	8 days ago
Huntingdon	Errors	13 days ago
Perth Amboy	Playback Issues	14 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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  Rooster83 (@Rooster832) reported 55 seconds ago

  @PureDeadCouchy @GamingSinceNES Honestly depends on a lot of different factors like your internet connection what service you're using etc etc but I believe iTunes and movies anywhere have dobly Atmos and vision and I believe they both stream at around 30mbps.

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  holly ✭ (@spongebobinof) reported 5 minutes ago

  @ghiblijoonies I bought the terrible single on iTunes so I’ve been getting my money’s worth and listening on there lol

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  ᧔࿔᧓ 𝕆𝕟𝕚𝕜𝕒’𝕤 𝕄𝕚𝕒𝕞𝕚 ໒꒰ྀི ˶ᵔ ³ ᵔ˶ ꒱ྀིა (@onikasmiami) reported 7 minutes ago

  They down play being #1 on iTunes (an artist generating pure revenue from the interest around their brand mind you) cuz the last 20 btch3s who dropped weren’t able to do it. Can’t even break even on ROI bc their label too busy buying placements forcing ppl to have interest 😭

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  coach ‘burt (@HeIsMyCaptain) reported 9 minutes ago

  Recognize my iPhone or there will be problems @iTunes

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  Mitchell; (@BytownPhoto) reported 12 minutes ago

  You know what I don't get (also I really miss my itunes library) youtube music randomly omiting tracks from albums on their service. like ok. ignoring the randomly removing albums / items from libraries and general data controlling your playback experience.

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  c (@nIcgrmes) reported 15 minutes ago

  i’m not confusing anything! okay so for example, the banned from no remix, because that’s been causing discourse within the fanbase. sure, it went #1 on itunes due to the barbz’s support, but it tanked in streaming bc the gp didn’t know/care about it to listen to it. this is where the problem lies. we all know barbz are gonna defend nicki down. but who’s gonna carry the success of her music? bfn remix didn’t even have enough points to have her credited on the song. what’s gonna happen when she drops nm6 and it tanks bc only a handful of people are buying it on mf itunes?

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  Aleksa Sarai 暗号君 (@lordcyphar) reported 16 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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  Charles Lee Ray (@GoodGuyChucky6) reported 16 minutes ago

  @TrveCvltPop Awww that U2 album got loaded onto everyone's ITunes & the latest iPhone at the time, brings back memories of that episode of broken records of that album, talking about how that the whole thing devalued music even the same thing was said when Radiohead released In Rainbows

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  elle Rudberg season 3!!! (@_Layiah) reported 20 minutes ago

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

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  Aiden #LeaveHBOMaxAlone #FireDavidZaslav (@Aiden57518460) reported 20 minutes ago

  @ClassicCNFan @NaruMembrane When iTunes adds complete series to their service, that usually means a complete series DVD box set's coming soon.

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  Phil Fitt (@PhilFitt) reported 22 minutes ago

  @AppleMusic @Sonos Tracks that have been uploaded using the iTunes Match service display the error but other songs won’t play either despite everything being fine before. I can get around this playing via Airplay or deleting from my library and re-adding from Apple Music.

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  AJStrong on BlueSky (@aj_strong) reported 26 minutes ago

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

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  𝓡𝓪𝔂 𝓓𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓭 𝓓𝓮𝓵𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮 (@justAT3chGuy) reported 29 minutes ago

  @Gray22222222 Would full restore in iTunes fix this issue ?

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  Rick Adams (@riadams1) reported 30 minutes ago

  Again, @Sonos ??? 90 minutes on chat/phone with support staff to try (unsuccessfully) to re-establish connection to my iTunes Library. Same bullshit a lot of us went through in early 2024. And after a lot of lip service from leadership about being better. Nope ... not better ...

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  E|BROWNING 🛍️ Temu promoter 📩 (@EasterB55421588) reported 30 minutes ago

  The point is that even though my phone is connecting to iTunes, it won't let me add any songs or albums. It just says "An error occurred while trying to connect to the iTunes Store." Is there anything I can do?

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  Alex Nguyen (@alexcooldev) reported 33 minutes ago

  @AjjjiAjii not problem i use itunes of my country it still work well

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  Stammy (@Stammy) reported 36 minutes ago

  iOS App Store + itunes store was too powerful. And it wasn’t a good media player. At the time it had to replace your iPod so it needed to be powerful for music too imo And i recall various hardware issues (mainly slow) and being exclusive to just Sprint back when switching carriers was a huge hassle

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  Coach Popabitch 🥷🏾 (@CoachPopabitch) reported 37 minutes ago

  @MVPKing973 Had some of my favorite mixtapes on there. I need to login and see what they were so I can go to YouTube and convert them and download them to my iTunes.

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  Revenge of the Jedi (@Francesco_Adam) reported 38 minutes ago

  Can we make it easier to get custom ringtones and alert tones? I have no problem purchasing them, but the current State of the iTunes Store is pretty bad. @iTunes @Apple @AppleSupport

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  lulamile nkompela 🇿🇦 (@Bralu_nkompela) reported 39 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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  Mariah Carey's World (@MCareysWorld) reported 40 minutes ago

  While we wait for @MariahCarey and her team to fix the iTunes issue (listed as an album instead of a single which is why is not appearing on any charts and people can't find it) #TypeDangerous, be sure you grab your copy of the single on Amazon! @MariahAlerts

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  🍡Katharine K🍛 + Campus Ambassador of Temu ~ (@KATHARI34496680) reported 43 minutes ago

  I have had a few issues with my jailbreak since upgrading to Palera1n. The first time it happened, I was using Cydia Impactor and my phone would just randomly turn off. After running some diagnostics, I found out that my battery was at 0% so I restored it using iTunes.

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  🤍💜 Scythe of Luna 💜🤍 (@scythe_of_luna) reported 45 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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  Tariq | The 𝕏 Investor (@Tariq_investor) reported 47 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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  yoongi's *** ♡🐱 | D-DAY 🔥 is seeing yoongi! ❤️ (@sugabond_) reported 50 minutes ago

  waking up with in stress to see that haegeum hasn't reached #1 on us itunes yet, even down again to #3. US ARMYs, where are you?? isn't there so many funding acc?? 😭😭

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  Starving Artist (@blerghhh) reported 53 minutes ago

  @MaccabiTrader @psac_afpc They also in the same call offer to clean my air-ducts and help with my windows licences. This is a marked improvement in service! The only catch is that they ask me to buy iTunes gift cards from my local Wallgreens requiring an international border crossing.

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  ☽⛧☾༺ 𝔏𝔶𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥 ༻☽⚧︎☾ (@LycanWitchcraft) reported 54 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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  purners 🦇 😎 (@skiddo_18) reported 55 minutes ago

  @ChoicelyRAX @dam_____dam Login your iTunes on your Mac safari And delete as many as you want

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  Rado (@radoistaken) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Naija_PR Wrong choice of words… the real billion movers are not the problem. It’s the $50 iTunes boys that brings shame to the industry

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  Sol 💜 A wild flower 🌷 Run, beautiful, run (@JamAnna77) reported 60 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