Is Yahoo Down? Downdetector Reports Issues With Yahoo Finance, Mail, AOL Services

Service-tracking website Downdetector showed a massive spike in reports of a Yahoo outage, with users reporting issues accessing multiple services.
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Close-up of Yahoo! logo in purple lettering on exterior sign. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Rounak Jain·Stocktwits
Published Jan 21, 2026   |   10:21 AM EST
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Several Yahoo services, including the search engine, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo Mail were down on Wednesday morning, in addition to AOL.

The websites of these services displayed the following message: “Edge: Too Many Requests.”

Yahoo Finance website displaying an error on Jan. 21, 2026, at 10:19 a.m.
Yahoo Finance website displaying an error on Jan. 21, 2026, at 10:19 a.m. | Screenshot

Service-tracking website Downdetector also showed a massive spike in Yahoo outage reports, with users reporting issues accessing multiple services.

Yahoo outage reports on Downdetector
Yahoo outage reports on Downdetector | Downdetector

Yahoo is 90% owned by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ). Verizon shares were down 0.1% in Wednesday morning’s trade. Retail sentiment on Stocktwits around the company trended in the ‘neutral’ territory at the time of writing.

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