YouTube outage affects 2.86 lakh users; error on platform; social media buffers with relatable memes

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, November 11

YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's Google, said late on Wednesday it had fixed a glitch that led to a worldwide outage of the video-streaming service.

DownDetector.com, a website which monitors outages, showed nearly 286,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the service.

The issue started at around 6:53 p.m. ET (23:53 GMT), according to Downdetector.com, with users complaining about trouble in watching videos on the platform.

"We're so sorry for the interruption. This is fixed across all devices & YouTube services," YouTube said in a tweet https://bit.ly/36r4sjz, without explaining what had caused the outage.

If you’re having trouble watching videos on YouTube right now, you’re not alone – our team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. We’ll follow up here with any updates.

— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) November 12, 2020

Google did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on the outage.

When the netizens realised that their YouTube app weren't actually glitching, but it was a global outage of sorts—they expressed their frustration through hilarious memes. — With Reuters

Reactions: 

Me after disconnecting my WiFi 50 times even though it didn’t work the first time #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/EDB1a6lgGW

— Tyler (@7ylerCF) November 12, 2020

Me deleting and reinstalling YouTube 5 times jus to find out it’s down #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/IO1B5L3qOT

— Tina Devi (@TinaDevixxx) November 12, 2020

youtube is back up everyone go hug your routers and say sorry theyre your best ally you wont survive without them #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/0MeFAHYNHT

— Miles 🇺🇸🇺🇸➐ (@milesswya) November 12, 2020

Did I really just search up how to fix youtube in youtube ? #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/W24j9qXf3e

— Editz On Stickz #OneOfAkind (@TubeEditz) November 12, 2020

#YouTubeDOWN

Me being bored

YouTube starts working

It stop after 5 seconds pic.twitter.com/yI8v6qHdXk

— The Kitty Legends (@LegendsKitty) November 12, 2020

#YouTubeDOWN Me: "well let's spend more time on youtube since its 2020".

2020: pic.twitter.com/o9gM1RPZvR

— _deathlxrd_ (@AlekssJansons) November 12, 2020

All of us right now #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/jcaepT3mmZ

— dinosaurnugget (@WelchJazzy) November 12, 2020

Everybody going to Twitter from Youtube because of the issue. #YouTubeDOWNpic.twitter.com/sZyRo6WjKb

— Nayumeii 玉梅 (@YumeiiDesu78) November 12, 2020

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