YouTube playlist not playing in order
New updates are being added at the bottom of this story Original story (published on October 30, 2020) follows: The broken YouTube shuffle is one of those rare bugs that span over a over a long period of time, and yet are neither addressed nor fixed by the developers. Users have been ineffectively complaining about this issue on various platforms for years, but await a fix to this day. Source
As apparent from the above comments, the YouTube shuffle algorithms dont seem to work properly with longer playlists. There are two issues with YouTubes playlist shuffling. It either cycles between the same 20-30 songs over and over again, even though there are a lot more songs on the playlist, or it repeatedly goes back to play the same one song. It is unclear as to why or how YouTube has messed up a thing as simple as a shuffling algorithm. Given the number of complaints over the years and Googles adamancy to not fix it, perhaps, it is some kind of feature. Even if that is true, Google still needs to make amends as soon as possible. If they cannot do that, then they should at least address the issue given the huge number of complaints, and the fact that they continue to pour in. The only known addressal till date is by a Google Employee on the YouTube forums:
However, this comment is over an year old and the complaints have since only continued to pour in. This clearly shows that the issue has not been fixed yet. Currently, there is only one workaround available. However, this was reported to be working ages ago, and there is no guarantee that it would work now. You may try your luck by visiting this link. The only thing the users facing this bug can do for now is wait for a fix. The issue may have been present since ages but dont lose hope! You can still bombard the official YouTube forums and demand a fix over here. Alternatively, you may also leave your comments on the already opened threads mentioned above. That being said, let us know in the comments below if you are aware of another workaround for the YouTube shuffle broken issue. Also be sure to check out the YouTube watch history bug, which too has been stretched for pretty long. Update 1 (April 29)01:14 pm (IST): The issue seems to have been fixed now as per Team YouTube on Twitter. Let us know in the comments if that truly is the case.
Update 2 (September 15)06:45 pm (IST): According to recent reports from Reddit, users are noticing some improvements with the shuffle feature in YouTube months after the issue was supposedly fixed. PiunikaWeb started as purely an investigative tech journalism website with main focus on breaking or exclusive news. In no time, our stories got picked up by the likes of Forbes, Foxnews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Macrumors, and many others. Want to know more about us? Head here. |