Issue with YouTube videos on Safari (iOS)

[Huntn]

Is it me or are there one hell of a lot of broken YouTube Videos? I'll do an internet search on videos, a page of them shows up but when I select one, take this for example, I get an error code:

An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: Q9DR4QT2bXqUpT_r)

An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: OadcOrE3bMfK0ijs)

This is happening quite frequently...but now that I've posted these links in this message, the video now plays! What is going on? Anyone have a clue why the video won't play in the first instance, viewing YouTube on a Safari iOS page, but plays once I have it set in MacRumors? Thanks!

 

[Biro]

Same here. It happens probably on more than half of the YouTube videos I try to play. And, yes, it seems I have issues when I'm in YouTube to begin with. Internet links tend to work. I first noticed this after getting my brand-new 12.9-inch iPad Pro. I need to see if the same problem pops up on my iMac that's running MacOS.

 

[Huntn]

I’m really curious as to what the solution might be.

 

[Apple_Robert]

The videos in the OP play right away for me in Safari using an iPad Pro 11 (2020).

 

[canuckRus]

Facing same problem over past two month or so 50% of the time on rMacBook but not on iPad. Wonder if payers of YouTube Premium escape?