YouTube users around the world reported facing issues accessing its platform. Several users reported an error appearing on the screen with a message, "something went, try again." At the time when users are frustrated, some netizens rushed to the Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and flooded it with memes and funny jokes.
Memes and Jokes Shared by Users
An X user said, "YouTube down worldwide and suddenly everyone's remembering they have X accounts."
Another user, while sharing a GIF image, said, "Everybody running to Twitter to see why YouTube is down."
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Some users are confused and said, "Is YouTube Down for You? Was trying to watch an important Peter Hotez interview, when all the sudden, they want me to verify captchas, prove I'm not a mind controlled robot, and they said, there was suspicious activity, from MY account. I find this highly suspicious. Considering."
DogeDesigner did not stay behind, sharing a meme with a photo featuring Elon Musk as X lying down in a relaxed mood and smoking, while YouTube and Google are on the ground. "BREAKING: Google and YouTube is down. 𝕏 is up!"
Meanwhile, a Google employee with TeamYouTube confirmed the outage and said, "We’re aware some of you are having issues accessing YouTube right now. Our teams are aware, and we’ll provide updates as soon as we have them."
Even TeamYouTube has responded to the issue on its official X handle and said that keeping a close eye on it. "We've been looking into this issue, and while we don't have a fix just yet, we're keeping a close eye on it. We'll provide any updates when they're available," TeamYouTube on the YouTube outages.
In the US, more than 320,000 people reported issues while accessing the Alphabet-Owned video streaming platform on the outage tracking website Downdetector. Thousands of users flooded social media platforms, including on X, to confirm the issue.
However, the cause of the YouTube outage remains unclear, as the company has not provided further details about it. Such outages can be cause due to server issues or some coding glitches.