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- YouTube was hit by a global outage that began around 4 p.m. ET
- There were issues with the company’s website, app and streaming service
- The platform addressed the outage on X at 4:46 p.m. ET in a post
YouTube was hit by an hour-long global outage on Tuesday, preventing users from watching their favorite videos.
Problems hit the platform around 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, plaguing the company’s website, app and streaming service, YouTube TV.
YouTube has more than 2.7 billion active users as of 2023, but the number affected by the outage is unknown.
The platform addressed the outage on X at 4:46 p.m. ET in a message: “We are aware of the issue and are (now) working on a fix! Thanks for your patience.’
And the problem appeared to be resolved at 5 p.m. ET.
YouTube was hit by a global outage for an hour, preventing users from watching their favorite videos
DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages, showed more than 4,000 problem reports in the US, but other countries such as the UK, India, Australia and parts of Europe were also affected.
About 51 percent of users reported having problems with the website, 28 percent mentioned the app, and 20 percent couldn’t connect to YouTube’s streaming service.
The streaming service, called YouTube TV, launched in 2017 as the public jumped on the cord-cutting movement.
Users shared their problems on X, showing screenshots from the “offline app” and telling them to check their internet connection.
Another user named Sam posted, “YT channel, your channel page not working on multiple devices including the desktop version? Try again An error appears that does nothing.’
Problems hit the platform around 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, plaguing the company’s website, app and streaming service
The platform addressed the outage on X at 4:46 p.m. ET in a post
YouTube is the largest video provider and rarely suffers from outages.
However, the cause could be caused by a server going down, which usually happens during more extreme events.
The platform started in 2005 after the site’s co-founder, Jawed Karim, uploaded the first video.
In the 18-second clip, Karim can be seen standing in front of an elephant exhibit at the San Diego Zoo and telling the camera that the animals have “really long trunks.”
Although simple and short, the video has been viewed over 90 million times.
Karim’s video was just the beginning of what YouTube is today.
Now it is a destination for artists, musicians and creators to share their work and have it viewed by millions – maybe even billions.