Yahoo! Mail

Is Yahoo! Mail down?

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Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, website down and errors.

Yahoo! Mail is a web-based email service offered by the American company, Yahoo!. The service is free for personal use, and paid-for business email plans are available. It was launched in 1997, and, according to comScore, was the third-largest web-based email service with 281 million users as of December 2011.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Yahoo! Mail 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.

Yahoo! Mail Outage Chart 01/21/2026 11:45

January 21: Problems at Yahoo! Mail

Yahoo! Mail is having issues since 02:20 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Yahoo! Mail users through our website.

  1. Sign in (47%)

    Sign in (47%)

  2. Website Down (39%)

    Website Down (39%)

  3. Errors (14%)

    Errors (14%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Yahoo! Mail outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
SwitzerlandLutry Sign in
United StatesDurham Sign in
SpainMadrid Sign in
FranceSavignies Website Down
United StatesMiami Website Down
United StatesWest Chester Errors
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Community Discussion

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Yahoo! Mail Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • HimanshuShroff3 Adv. Himanshu Shroff (@HimanshuShroff3) reported

    @Yahoo Mail server crashed. @YahooNews

  • AsifNaw58503198 Asif Nawaz (@AsifNaw58503198) reported

    @MKTcoin_MLM respected sir, I cant able to sign in because the recovery email didn't receive on my yahoo mail please help

  • matthewvire1993 Matthew Vire (@matthewvire1993) reported

    The only way I can watch the game is through the yahoo mail app on my phone and apparently you can no longer use wifi for it, I can only use data now, problem is I live in the middle of freakin' nowhere and it won't stop buffering every 2 minutes so I gave up watching the game 🤬

  • bestrvf Joe Brown (@bestrvf) reported

    @Freedomright01 @yahoomail I also contacted the support service, they didn't do anything with the problem....but I was able to recover my hacked account with the help of @CYBERCR3CK on Instagram .He is legit and trusted.

  • BobArchambault 🇨🇦 Bob Archambault is Fully Vaccinated 🇨🇦👨‍🍳 (@BobArchambault) reported

    @windowsinsider @amimo_x @NorthFaceHiker Same problem persists. Only effects Yahoo Mail, all others, Outlook, Hotmail, Gmail and my ISP email work perfectly. Configuring Yahoo account goes perfectly, and I even receive confirmation from Yahoo through my Hotmail that it has been configured. But no mail is received.

  • RealBobbyMojave Bobby Mojave (@RealBobbyMojave) reported

    @SereneIntegrity @IOHK_Charles I ended up getting in, just problems with safari. I accesssed through the Yahoo Mail app’s browser, not working on safari

  • bestrvf Joe Brown (@bestrvf) reported

    @Cherelynn @yahoomail I also contacted the support service, they didn't do anything with the problem....but I was able to recover my hacked account with the help of @CYBERCR3CK on Instagram .He is legit and trusted.

  • mktyo T (@mktyo) reported

    @SKYserves Internet is slow slow/bad today that even yahoo mail wont open

  • amimo_x A.M. (@amimo_x) reported

    @windowsinsider Any updates on the Yahoo Mail/Windows 11 mail issue?

  • AFinLA Allyson Ford (@AFinLA) reported

    I am *very* glad I gave up my Yahoo Mail account to shopping sites and spammers, because it has not been working all morning. WTF, @yahoomail - fix this already!

  • johnlewis1909 Jo Lewis (@johnlewis1909) reported

    @yahoomail Hi, For some health reason I could not login to my 20 years old yahoo email account for 12 months. Today I logged in and see all my 20 years of email gone! is there any way to get them back? I am willing to pay any fees you require...

  • amimo_x A.M. (@amimo_x) reported

    @windowsinsider @NorthFaceHiker The issue with Yahoo Mail is still present with Windows Mail and Build 22463. Suggestions? FAB.

  • Lou_M Lou 🚭🇺🇸 (@Lou_M) reported

    Still having issues logging in to yahoo mail @Yahoo why make it more difficult that it is? You know most of us are not intelligent. Can't access my phone cause the number changed!!!!!!!

  • techiecream Techiecream (@techiecream) reported

    About the dots in your Gmail: DOTS MATTER IN: Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo Mail, Apple iCloud ID DOTS DON’T MATTER IN: Gmail, Facebook ID DOTS STRICTLY PROHIBITED: Twitter You should never use them at all unless your sure you wont need to login

  • robinware77 Matthew McCowan (@robinware77) reported

    Welp lost my yahoo mail account. Can't sign in because my recovery email is yahoo too which needs a recovery email that is also a yahoo. And the phone number listed is an old number i haven't used in 5 years. Or I can pay yahoo $5. Scam...

  • johnlewis1909 Jo Lewis (@johnlewis1909) reported

    @yahoomail Hi, For some health reason I could not login to my 20 years old yahoo email account for 12 months. Today I logged in and see all my 20 years of email gone! is there any way to get them back? I am willing to pay any fees you require...

  • bestrvf Joe Brown (@bestrvf) reported

    @machwon511 @yahoomail I also contacted the support service, they didn't do anything with the problem....but I was able to recover my hacked account with the help of @CYBERCR3CK on Instagram .He is legit and trusted.

  • Lalit_Kherajani ललित खेराजानी 🇮🇳 (@Lalit_Kherajani) reported

    @YahooCare some issues going on with my yahoo mail. What to do, please assist.

  • __crq 💞سديم (@__crq) reported

    @YahooEnt @Yahoo Need help . I forget my question answer for my mail. now cant login yahoo mail Pleas help

  • xEasy_7 Ronaldo is Back (@xEasy_7) reported

    @yahoomail Hey why is my email not working?

  • triangleum triangleum (@triangleum) reported

    @petercohan @yahoomail Me too, webmail has an issue ( mail application is fine) only webmail login for some reason.

  • d3senchanted saiki (@d3senchanted) reported

    @yahoomail why u're not working 👎

  • bestrvf Joe Brown (@bestrvf) reported

    @McwhirterCeri @yahoomail I also contacted the support service, they didn't do anything with the problem....but I was able to recover my hacked account with the help of @CYBERCR3CK on Instagram .He is legit and trusted.

  • michaelcowley28 michael cowley (@michaelcowley28) reported

    @SkyHelpTeam is there an issue with sky email i can't generate a passcode to use on outlook and keep getting error's when trying to login in on yahoo mail

  • RachelChang Rachel Chang 張舒雅 | Travel & Pop Culture Journalist (@RachelChang) reported

    @petercohan @yahoomail Curious what issues you're having. I'm on a Yahoo Small Business Account and unable to login... and need to get into my work emails! Is that what you're experiencing?

  • katielingoyork Katie Thompson (@katielingoyork) reported

    @yahoomail I haven't been able to access my emails for a week. The emails come in but they fail to load on a desktop. When are you going to fix this please?

  • KcLKcL Arif (@KcLKcL) reported

    @7Ten @GuyFawkesRetro I was trying to figure out how to send Email. Because there were emails written in magazines. I didn't even have one yet. I put the recipient's mail address on a login page of, I think it was Yahoo Mail Spent 30 minutes trying to "login" before giving up loool

  • Wilkensonknaggs wilkenson (@Wilkensonknaggs) reported

    How to Log Into Yahoo Mail or Troubleshoot Your Login

  • Ladyiz7 Lady_iz (@Ladyiz7) reported

    @yahoomail it's fing bs when i don't get a time sensitive email in time because you don't let it through despite constant refreshing so by the time I do get it the Damm link is expired. Fix this bullshit.

  • SandyJLMurdock Sandy💙 Time Changes Everything (@SandyJLMurdock) reported

    is anyone else not receiving Yahoo mail??? I have no idea how to fix it