--- title: YouTube's Temporary Outage Caused Outcry on Social Media description: YouTube confirmed that the website was experiencing a temporary global outage and apologized to users for the inconvenience canonical: https://time.com/5426712/youtube-temporary-outage/ author: Eli Meixler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-17T03:11:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T16:59:23.000Z og:title: YouTube's Temporary Outage Caused Outcry on Social Media og:description: The disruption appeared to affect users around the world og:url: https://time.com/5426712/youtube-temporary-outage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73c5a8c999417032/69893cbd0a4a221a8b9d3f97/gettyimages-1045961624.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: YouTube Billboard Advertisement og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: YouTube's Temporary Outage Caused Outcry on Social Media twitter:description: The disruption appeared to affect users around the world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73c5a8c999417032/69893cbd0a4a221a8b9d3f97/gettyimages-1045961624.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # YouTube Went Down Around the World Today Prompting Outcry on Social Media by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Updated: Dec 12, 2023 4:59 PM UTCPublished: Oct 17, 2018 3:11 AM UTC  A man walks past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany. on on Oct. 5, 2018. A man walks past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany. on on Oct. 5, 2018.Sean Gallup—Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Updated: Dec 12, 2023 4:59 PM UTCPublished: Oct 17, 2018 3:11 AM UTC 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](https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1052373937839980544) posted to Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1052373937839980544) Anguished social media users were quick to spot YouTube’s blackout. > [](https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1052376140671840256) > [](https://twitter.com/PhillyPolice/status/1052371210384891904) > [](https://twitter.com/KoalaKontrol/status/1052374357224247296) > [](https://twitter.com/unfdcentral/status/1052392175013486592) The service appeared to be restored after about 90 minutes, much to some social media users’ relief. > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fcall%5Fme%5Fking0/status/1052390665005477889) It remains unclear what caused the outage. 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