A method for providing participant status to facilitate video teleconferencing management is disclosed. The method includes receiving a starting indication that a video teleconference has been initiated, the video teleconference including a plurality of participants; generating a video histogram for each of the plurality of participants, the video histogram corresponding to an image that is captured for each of the plurality of participants; capturing an audio signature for each of the plurality of participants; determining, in real-time, a status for each of the plurality of participants based on the corresponding video histogram and the corresponding audio signature, the status relating to a connectivity status for the video teleconference; generating an indicator for each of the plurality of participants based on the corresponding status; and displaying, via a graphical user interface, the indicator for the plurality of participants, the graphical user interface corresponding to the initiated video teleconference.