Having your YouTube watch history on comes with many benefits for viewers. First, it allows Google to suggest content that suits your interests. Besides, the watch history allows users to quickly locate videos they previously enjoyed. According to new reports, the YouTube home page watch history is now paused for many users. Instead of getting the history of their viewed content, the affected users only see a blank page.
Why is YouTube Home Page Watch History Paused?
Many YouTube users are currently frustrated about an issue that prevents them from accessing their watch history. The affected users took to different platforms, including Reddit, to express their disappointment in the new development.
One Redditor on the r/YouTube page said: “What the fuck is this? I can’t have a home page anymore if I don’t have history turned on?” The user further shared a screenshot of the issue. Looking at several reports so far, we can safely say that this issue mostly affected the iOS app users. A few complaints regarding similar issues also came from YouTube desktop users. Deep checks by PiunikaWeb show that most complaints came from users who kept their watch history off for many years. This supports the claim from one user, who said: “YouTube is now forcing users to explicitly turn on the watch history.”
Our checks show that this new development is not bug-related. Instead, it’s a deliberate move by YouTube—something that started 3 years ago. At the time, YouTube stated that a user could lose their homepage recommendations if they fail to turn on their watch history. This explains why the YouTube home page watch history is now paused for users. So, if your watch history has been turned off for a long time, it’s normal for you to experience this “blank homepage” issue. The same thing goes if you have no significant history.
How to fix this issue?
For now, there’s no update yet regarding the issue, in which the YouTube home page watch history is paused for users. But understand that there’s a workaround that many users confirmed to work. To bring back the watch history home page, users suggest these steps:
- Turn the watch history on
- Watch or interact with a video
- Refresh YouTube
- Pause history again
Other users also mentioned that a short interaction is enough to address the issue. You can try both options to see which one works for you.
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