YouTube down? Several users report ‘global outage’

Video streaming platform YouTube faced a global outage on Tuesday, according to Downdetector. The outage tracking website reported that thousands of users across the globe are facing trouble in streaming content on YouTube.

Netizens also took to Twitter to complain that the platform was not loading. According to Downdetector, the outage reported a spike at around 5.30 am on Tuesday.

The reason for the outage is not yet known and YouTube is yet to issue a statement on the same. However, responding to a user’s escalation of the matter on Twitter, the account – TeamYoutube – replied, “tysm for letting us know! we’re looking into this rn.”