YouTube was down Wednesday night, Downdetector and several news outlets have reported.
An apparent outage hit YouTube, Technology news outlet Endgadget reported the outage around 7:30 p.m. ET Wednesday.
User reports indicate Youtube is having problems since 7:13 PM EST. https://t.co/XrCFHBn78f RT if you're also having problems #Youtubedown
— Downdetector (@downdetector) November 12, 2020
The site’s Twitter account acknowledged 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,” they tweeted at 7:23 p.m. ET.
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
The issues were resolved around 9:15 p.m. ET.
YouTube users quickly noticed the outage and took to social media to express their displeasure.
#YouTubeDOWN quickly becomes Twitter rallying cry
https://twitter.com/BenToClaypool/status/1326693844977643520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1326693844977643520%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2020%2F11%2F11%2Fyoutube-down-videos-not-loading-playing-what-we-know%2F6260235002%2F
https://twitter.com/MANUALIZUKU/status/1326694106517659650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1326694106517659650%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2020%2F11%2F11%2Fyoutube-down-videos-not-loading-playing-what-we-know%2F6260235002%2F
https://twitter.com/HouseOfDrake/status/1326694195382407168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1326694195382407168%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2020%2F11%2F11%2Fyoutube-down-videos-not-loading-playing-what-we-know%2F6260235002%2F
https://twitter.com/yessgoodieee/status/1326695830766694401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1326695830766694401%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2020%2F11%2F11%2Fyoutube-down-videos-not-loading-playing-what-we-know%2F6260235002%2F
Me trying to eat my breakfast without YouTube
#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/JvTdsGJ3Ly— Sunn (@MrHaathi) November 12, 2020
According to Endgadget, the YouTube TV premium streaming service also appeared to be affected.
