YouTube Is Slow but Internet Is Fast [How to Fix It]

Browser cache, IP address range, overloaded servers, internet or router troubles, and other factors can cause YouTube buffering issues. Basically, users of slower internet connections frequently experience this issue. But if you’re using a high-speed internet connection and are still experiencing it, then you need to troubleshoot the problem to address the root cause.

#Youtube_is_slow_but_internet_is_fast.

[dunerinaz]

Or it could be that Youtube sucks when experiencing high traffic but they'll blame the user's computer or their poor internet speeds instead of owning up to the website being slow.

[sage]

Guys if you’re having a recent issue with YouTube and have an ad blocker that’s why, at least for me. Once I shut the ad blocker off I was fine and stopped running rlly slow

[kasonmoise]

broo im getting 2gbps on wifi and somehow youtube still lags like its running on a pentium on dial up

[ahappylife-uliv]

Decreasing the quality worked like a charm. Thank you!

[theprinnyranger]

typing a comment takes foreverfor the characters to appear. clicking something takes forever for the page to change. pausing a video can take up to a whole minute before it pauses.
cache is emptied, chrome is updated to the latest, computer also updated to the latest. I have fast internet, no clogging from other user, outside of peak hours. no download, no virus...
it's ONLY on youtube. while typing all this might have taken me about 2 minutes, the words won't appear and the comment button wont be possible to click until 5-10 minutes after I started typing.
It's only on youtube. nowhere else. I can overload my computer 100 time more and it still doesn't compare to youtube. I reset my routeur and modem, I updated my drivers, deleted every cache AGAIN and it still feel like youtube is made of molasse from 1800 or something.
Any idea? The video themselve run fine. they don't take long to load... it's the website... a 2h video loads almost instantly... once the page finished changing that is.

[MichaelParavati]

ITS ALL YOUTUBE, dont start chaning settings.

[marvinsilverman]

this is something recent
youtube is very very slow
other pages i visit is fast
but youtube is slow now
even typing comments is slow
what's happening

[Braceletsss]

my internet is 930 mbps but youtube is VERY slow odd

[bshirah]

Nah, I blame Google like all unaccountable, monopolistic corporations whose poor standards we consumers are conditioned and expected to accept. Those who could solve the problem hide behind keyboards, bureaucracy, automated phone systems, corporate lawyers, and unqualified staff. Not enough consumers complain to make a difference. Poor service? Take my money! That's the American

[zaselimgamingvideos]

my issue with youtube is that i can't type properly and is very slow. My videos don't lag either even on 4k but the page it self loads slower. The options selection of the video is slow as well. And now my system is on load CPU is under 20%, ram is on under 30%(32Gb) and GPU is also under 20% when video is playing or at 1-2% if not. I just have a problem with page in general minus the video playing as they play fine, when i try to pause the video it takes 4-5 secs same as with other options.
Edit: i just checked, the issue is only on Opera (my main browser), i cleared the cache/cookies but nothing changed.

[globofgreen]

Just typing this comment takes about 4 minutes because it is so comically slow. I typed this full comment but it took 4 minutes for every letter to actually show up on the screen.

[lightningbolt]

In the description it says fast internet, so why is this a stage to solve this issue jeez, also changing the quality is no solution

[EmiSReyes]

For the past week it's been buffering like crazy and I can't even use YouTube music anymore

[mycatsareinthispicture]

Huh, Watching this video made a part of the problem go away somehow? I was about to test the difference of my Opera GX ad blocker on or off for the site when I realized videos don't take forever to load now.

[pdjhh]

clearing cache only works temp for me. It's def a chrome thing as works fine in firefox but I don't want to use ff. Will have to till google fix the issue in chrome.

[thefreakgamerp]

so someone commented disable adblocker and on god it worked my youtube has been very slow even tho i have a amazing pc and very fast internet 1gb it was lagging and alot more so i disabled the adblocker even tho i have youtube premium and bam instantly started working well WTF IS THIS YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE

[DereckDotCom]

Its youtube, its not my settings. other vid chans load as fast as light.

[lckjyrd]

So basically reboot and try again. That’s the stupidest advice when you don’t have any other intelligent thought.

[Jace_vr]

My YouTube isn't slow it's just laggy an keeps cutting videos lagging

[SylphidUndine]

my internet upload speed is 31 Mb/s (or 3.8MB/s or 3, 875 KB/s) yet youtube KB/s is only going from 200 to 500 KB/s. i can stream on twitch @ 8 Mb/s just fine with the same browser so what gives? don't tell me my internet is shit because it's just fine. and it's wired. not wireless.