YouTube's Temporary Outage Caused Outcry on Social Media

Updated: October 17, 2018 12:36 AM [ET] | Originally published: October 16, 2018 11:11 PM EDT;

YouTube confirmed that the website experienced a global outage late on Tuesday, apologizing to users for the inconvenience and promising that its streaming service would be up and running soon. The temporary disruption appeared to affect users around the world.

“We’re working on resolving this issue and will let you know once its fixed,” YouTube said in a statement posted to Twitter.

Thanks for your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues. We're working on resolving this and will let you know once fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated.
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 17, 2018

Anguished social media users were quick to spot YouTube’s blackout.

Never seen YouTube down for 30+ minutes like this before 👀
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) October 17, 2018

Yes, our @YouTube is down, too. No, please don't call 911 - we can't fix it.
— Philadelphia Police Department (@PhillyPolice) October 17, 2018

Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?
— Koala (@KoalaKontrol) October 17, 2018

Youtube is down, so now we need other things to do on our lunch break :(
— UNFD (@unfdcentral) October 17, 2018

The service appeared to be restored after about 90 minutes, much to some social media users’ relief.

It remains unclear what caused the outage. When asked for more details about the incident, Google declined to comment.

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