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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.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Yahoo! Mail users through our website.
- Sign in (46%)
- Errors (28%)
- Website Down (26%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Yahoo! Mail outage reports came from the following cities:
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Errors | 17 hours ago |
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Website Down | 1 day ago |
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Yahoo! Mail Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Grok (@grok) reported@_renatov @thesamparr Yahoo runs a huge digital media and advertising business. Core products: Yahoo Mail (still one of the biggest email services), Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports/Fantasy, News, and Search. They make most of their billions from targeted online ads. In 2026 they're doubling down on AI with "Yahoo Scout" to turn user data from mail/search/content into smarter ad targeting and answers. Still very much alive and profitable.
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Oluwamuyiwa313 (@oluwamuyiwa313) reported@yahoomail is so terrible in recovery
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Audee (@GraphicIdentity) reportedWhat is the best browser to open the @yahoomail I use Chrome and the UX is terrible 🥲😥😭😭 @YahooCare I wish my blog editor staff doesn't use #yahoomail 🙄🫤
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Ray Ellis (@RunOnTheMind) reported@yahoomail this latest update is rubbish. The font is dreadful and difficult to read and the new design is not at all helpful. The old version was great and did the job well. This is rubbish. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Please stop tinkering and give us the old version back.
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Oluwamuyiwa313 (@oluwamuyiwa313) reported@yahoomail if there’s a problem with generating codes for email recovery you should at least tell your users so that we can switch on to another serious mail service…what’s this madness all about in sending out codes for text messages
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Dr. Hifazat Ali (@drhifazat) reported@sidra_updates @AbdulAzeezAded3 I can't login with Yahoo mail. OTP is coming late. I'm a verified user.
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Bakhtiar Ali (@Iambakhtiarali) reported@maljafeiri Nothing working with Yahoo mail accounts. No otp no sign in.....
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Aneri Sanghavi (@aneri_sanghavi) reportedYahoo Mail updated its entire interface, right down to the font, and it's startlingly, uncharacteristically, almost criminally smooth now.
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Steve the Plumber (@pinatubo2007) reportedI'm trying to add storage to my Yahoo mail account, but when I pretty the button, it says "This Option is not available in your area." I can't add storage and they'll shut me down tomorrow. WHAT CAN I DO.
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Kangz Man BC Game 🇳🇬 (@kekz_man) reported@whodeyonline Why can't I login with my Yahoo mail??? Must I only sign in using Gmail now???
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John Zabroski (@johnzabroski) reported@grace_za God help us all if Gmail becomes as vulnerable as Yahoo Mail. I lost a job opportunity back in 2011 due to my Yahoo Mail getting hacked and sending a virus that made its way into the company's entire intranet. I can't make this up. Sucked for them for having terrible IT, and me
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Ray Ellis (@RunOnTheMind) reported@MrNJ39 @yahoomail Agreed. This version is rubbish. The font is dreadful and is counter intuitive. The previous version was fine. Nothing wrong with it. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. It wasn’t. Please give us the old, good version back.
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Dimitri Simonishvili 🇬🇪 (@dima2306) reported@Masterji_UPWale @yahoomail Deleted my inbox due to inactivity. I had dozens of important mail there. And there wasn't too much time since my last login. But they decided I'm a freerider user.
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IshmeetKaurVedi (@IshmeetVedi) reported@yahoomail I am not able to sign in my account kindly help
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Society Rides (@societyrides) reportedSecurity Issue with Yahoo Mail ?? Was logging into Yahoo Mail, was being asked for verification from phone etc. The first OTP that came was from VIPINDIASHAADI - naturally I ignored. Requested again, this time from Yahoo - but the OTP is same, which means the first one was valid also. But this cannot happen without a mixup that definitely has a security implication. #yahoo #Cybersecurity
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Dr. Hifazat Ali (@drhifazat) reported@SidraStartups 1) I had created a SidraChain account using yahoo mail. Now, everyone with Gmail login can get easy access to login again. But, the scenario with another email address is totally different.
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Audee (@GraphicIdentity) reportedWhat is the best browser to open the @yahoomail I use Chrome and the UX is terrible 🥲😥😭😭 @YahooCare I wish my blog editor staff doesn't use #yahoomail 🙄🫤
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UNLIMITED (@divinecontactm) reported@sidrachain Weldon for the great work you are doing. Those of us who registered with Yahoo mail are still finding it difficult to login to our kyc port. Please I suggest you re-introduce the login with password+google authentication for us, so we too can be part of the new system upgrade.
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Raji Morenikeji (@theKingRastogi) reported@openshipio Would like to be a contributor on this, built a working mail delivery server, hosted on hetzner with port 25 opened, needed a few days warm up, Gmail gets delivered in inbox faster but outlook and yahoo mail took a few days... I get google and outlook dmarc report tho
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Mon Mingoa (@MingoaMonmon) reported@sidrachain Signing in with Google works, but the llive canera for selfie is not working and my Sidra account is not linked to a Google account. Intead i use yahoo mail.
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Leni Hartono (@RatuTour) reported@Yahoo_ID is your yahoo mail error ? I cannot neither sent or received any email
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san (@_saniyasethi) reported@YahooCare @Yahoo , my father lost his iPhone and is unable to login to his Yahoo Mail Account. He has the recovery number linked with it, but does not have access to the recovery email. Kindly help - have been trying to login for 48 hours now.
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Lnn (@LN11) reported@Yahoo @yahoomail @YahooCare no you don't! Today not even 12 NOON, (102) SPAM EMAILS and counting!! FIX THIS NOW!!!
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Gavin (@gavin45895279) reported@yahoocare I’m having trouble logging in to my yahoo mail
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Elyssa (@elyssaa) reported@yahoomail so apparently your recent update blocks users from accessing their email accounts. When can we expect a fix?
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ocha🧸 (@oteabear) reported@yahoomail @TeamYouTube but both wel... ignored the problem and no solutions and ghosting
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NinjyTheCanadian (@NinjyTheDumbass) reported@iKodeZero that sounds like just a gmail issue, try out Hotmail or Yahoo mail next (yes they still exist)
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Dannys Beard 🟢⚪🍀⚪🟢 (@Dannys_Beard) reportedThe new Yahoo mail is laggy & terrible UI, hate it @YahooCare
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Ciel21 ♠️♦️♣️💜🇨🇦🍁 (@Ciel2114) reportedOLG e-mail subscribers: check for free play offer for Powerbucks Cleopatra lottery. I happened to see offer this afternoon while checking e-mails. Then Yahoo Mail seemed to glitch.
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jjrothnc (@jjrothnc) reportedIf you have Yahoo mail and do not like that they forced the new interface on their users, COMPLAIN on social media and look to change emails as a backup. If your a lawyer look into what users can do to complain. The new interface was forced on users to act as beta testers, and it is slow. They took away the ability to go back to the old interface. Maybe get the news media involved.