Is Podcasts Down? Check current status
Check if Podcasts is down, official outages, user-reported issues, and outages map.
Current Podcasts status
Podcasts is working normally
Updated from Apple official status page
Podcasts service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours
Check the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.
Working Normally
Possible Incident
Confirmed Outage
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Podcasts recent outages and downtime history
IsDown has tracked 12 incidents for Podcasts since started monitoring Apple status in December 2022. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official Podcasts outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.
| Date | Incident | Duration |
|---|---|---|
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Jun 19, 2025
06:42 PM CDT
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Minor
Some users may be experiencing issues with this service. - Some users are affected
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about 18 hours |
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Jun 12, 2025
01:36 PM CDT
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Not Confirmed by Apple
Podcast playback outage across platforms
Apple Podcasts episodes aren't loading since 2pm ET. Users report unavailable episodes on iOS and...
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about 5 hours |
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Apr 16, 2025
08:16 AM CDT
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Not Confirmed by Apple
Service outage affecting media playback
Users report inability to load or play podcasts, including specific shows via Alexa and Spotify. ...
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about 3 hours |
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Apr 04, 2025
05:31 PM CDT
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Major
Users are experiencing a problem with this service. We are investigating and will update the stat...
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about 5 hours |
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Apr 01, 2025
06:00 PM CDT
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Minor
Users are experiencing a problem with this service. We are investigating and will update the stat...
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about 8 hours |
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Jan 17, 2025
08:39 PM CST
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Minor
Users are experiencing a problem with this service. We are investigating and will update the stat...
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about 16 hours |
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Jan 08, 2025
09:34 AM CST
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Not Confirmed by Apple
Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports
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33 minutes |
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Nov 18, 2024
06:53 PM CST
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Minor
Users may be experiencing intermittent issues with this service. - Some users are affected
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about 7 hours |
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Sep 29, 2024
11:09 AM CDT
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Not Confirmed by Apple
Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports
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37 minutes |
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Apr 15, 2024
11:18 AM CDT
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Not Confirmed by Apple
Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports
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31 minutes |
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User comments about Podcasts status
See what users are saying about Podcasts issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage. You can see if other users are experiencing the same issues and if there are any workarounds or solutions.
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Unable to search podcasts.
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New podcasts will not download.
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None of the podcasts are available.
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Bob - all podcasts are “unavailable”.
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Episode unavailable is what I keep getting.
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continually says not available at this time.
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Scott - Can’t listen to any podcasts, says they are not available.
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Keep receiving an error message saying episode not currently available, regardless of what episode I click on..
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Carlos - Cannot load nor download new episodes through Apple Podcasts....
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continuous error "episode is temporarily unavailable" on any episode tried.
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Every episode of any podcast I try is saying it’s temporarily unavailable. No troubleshooting is working..
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Regina - The episode is not downloading when I follow the show.
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Dee - None of my podcasts will play.
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Melissa - Nothing will play unless diwnloaded.
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Lans - Podcast app constantly crashing even after restarting phone..
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Dave - Podcasts is extremely slow, not syncing, won't go onto different pages.
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Charles - Can listen to podcasts but extremely slow and can’t go into anything - only main page works, can’t even look at most recent .
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Elliot - Apple Podcasts not loading or downloading, with perfect internet connection and deleting, restarting and even updating didn’t to crap..
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Will - Nothing will load on my podcasts app. After attempting to load an episode, I get the same message “episode temporarily unavailable” .
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Cyd - Unable to play ANY podcast except downloaded ones.
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Darl - Won't play and download episodes.
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Phil - Not playing, not downloading.
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Dee - Not available to play podcast .
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Elizabeth - Episodes are unable to play .
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Annie - Multiple podcast episodes not playing, won’t load. Many are saying episode not available .
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A - Cannot load episodes for play or download episodes.
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Nick - Podcasts not available on apple or Spotify .
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Douglas - Apple Podcasts not playing .
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Tomas - Episodes listed as “temporarily unavailable”.
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Johnna - Podcasts are no longer playing .
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