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 (40%)
• Sign in (30%)
• Audio Quality (20%)
• Playback Issues (10%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Derby	Sign in	2 days ago
Derby	Sign in	2 days ago
Guayaquil	Audio Quality	9 days ago
Kolkata	Audio Quality	12 days ago
Montréal	Playback Issues	19 days ago
Houston	Errors	2 months ago

Full Outage Map

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iTunes Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  PrincessDianaRemix SOTY ᴺᴹ☆ﾒ𝟶🦄 (@ProudOfYouNicki) reported 2 seconds 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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  c (@nIcgrmes) reported 3 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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  CF Stan (@nets64579) reported 5 minutes ago

  @luvmesum_sweet @Cyamtha84617841 I’m too scared to make a post 🙈 but our song is down to number 3 on ITunes. Are y’all still streaming. I wanted to stay on #1 for a couple more days.

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  Aleksa Sarai 暗号君 (@lordcyphar) reported 6 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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  Christopher Price (@chrisprice) reported 7 minutes ago

  Bonjour for Windows Print Service largely is sunset. Apple hasn't updated it and no longer ships it with clean iTunes installs. Apple has moved away from iTunes too. A testament to it is that Apple only had to update it a few times in over a decade, whereas UPnP received literally thousands of (critical) Windows security updates. Bonjour may no longer be needed for new Windows printers, but it remains useful for older printers with drivers no longer maintained. Bonjour itself has succeeded UPnP, which now Microsoft largely relegates to... You guessed it, printing.

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  Peter (@gracedbypete) reported 7 minutes ago

  @mwill2023 @Cobratate @RealAlexJones Alex doesn't talk about the Jew problem. Been a listener of Alex Jones since 2008 when I was in middle school. I caught his show live in iTunes for years. There was only a few callers that would get through and ask the question about Zionist Jews and he'd immediately hang up.

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  Princess Dianas ******* (@gabescoochie) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Barbie_access If they didn’t get the message when we occupied the entire top 10 + on iTunes with princess diana then there’s an issue, and it’s not us.

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  chrissyx (@AplIntelligence) reported 13 minutes ago

  I ran into several issues updating to iOS 26 - Windows users CANNOT update to iOS 26 yet iTunes & Apple Devices app say that you must update your app in order to upgrade to iOS 26 3uTools runs into the issue saying there's some http error with systemtime, Older macOS devices too, and unUpdated iPhones too, say that it requires an update to download iOS 26, but 3uTools on Mac works. While writing this, I flashed my phone!

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  |:| Captain Bertègn |:| 🏓🎮🎧 (@LoicArBreizhat) reported 13 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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  Stammy (@Stammy) reported 13 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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  Scott Robinson - I am the hero Dr. Z (@ScottRRobinson) reported 21 minutes ago

  I have a problem how to spend my iTunes card *doctor phones* "no more local itunes :(" young impressional Mom

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  AJStrong on BlueSky (@aj_strong) reported 22 minutes ago

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

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  Eden (@caprios_jay) reported 26 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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  Lol (@TheLolManOnX) reported 27 minutes ago

  @aniealerteht The upload is not working properly; no credits display on iTunes at all. Go check or fix that before things get messy.

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  Qrow ❤️‍🔥 | just escaped the Hells | ❤️‍🔥 (@aSinisterQrow_) reported 30 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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  Tariq | The 𝕏 Investor (@Tariq_investor) reported 31 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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  uncle yoongi⁷ (@Yunkiminyoon) reported 31 minutes ago

  first of all, I'm so sorry I had to tell this and might be cancelled too. but, I can't prevent anyone to buy haegeum and DDay tracks on itunes, BUT this kinda alarming because jm solos team up to put down haegeum :') so you know what to do.

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  Tete🔥 | D-DAY (@cngrejito) reported 44 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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  Stuffed Burrito Entertainment (@StuffedBurritoE) reported 50 minutes ago

  Oh my gosh, #AppleMusic is so trash. I'm on a free trail, and the **** barely works. I mean, I guess you need to use it on an Apple product 'cause I can't log into itunes on my PC, it won't log into my Roku. Anyone else have issues with Apple Music?

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  Loner✌🏾😒 (@yourmajesty1135) reported 51 minutes ago

  @chanelbarbie0 Spotify was down for a while and ITunes was frozen. Even Apple Music was moving slow! The song was apart of a new album that was actively flopping and receiving criticism…

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  🤍💜 Scythe of Luna 💜🤍 (@scythe_of_luna) reported 51 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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  Phil Fitt (@PhilFitt) reported 52 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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  Rooster83 (@Rooster832) reported 52 minutes 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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  MalibuTheeMenace (@MalibuDollFace) reported 54 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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  💫marimo💫 (@marimo_tea123) reported 55 minutes ago

  @HONGSMINGKI I think part of the problem is I have no idea where to stream. I am constantly playing the music video but I only learned about iTunes last night.

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  Berny Alexander  (@bernyalexander1) reported 55 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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  @kojfie |🥢 D-day is here 🥢 (@kojfie) reported 56 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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  grace (@ravioli_lvr) reported 57 minutes ago

  when I was ten I bought monster by lady gaga on itunes and it was the explicit version and I instantly got so scared that i’d get in trouble I told my parents on myself and my step dad tried to get apple to refund and undownload it from my ipod

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  saff 🍋 (@joongftw) reported 58 minutes ago

  itunes is separate to apple music and isn’t a streaming service at all so you can buy through there even if you’re streaming on spotify! if you are using apple music though then make sure to delete LD from your library before streaming again!

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  🇮🇹🇮🇹 (@marblur1) reported 60 minutes ago

  @MorganWallen I'm the problem album return at 1 on us itunes album charts. He outsold "Reputation, I'm the fraud of music industry" version by Taylor swift.