A major global outage has hit YouTube, leaving millions of users unable to watch videos across multiple devices. Reports began surfacing rapidly as viewers noticed that videos refused to play, endlessly buffered, or displayed playback error messages.
The disruption appears to be affecting the YouTube mobile app, desktop browsers, smart TVs, and embedded videos on external websites, pointing to a widespread platform issue rather than a device-specific problem.
Within minutes, frustrated users turned to social media to confirm the outage, with thousands sharing similar experiences of videos not loading despite stable internet connections. The issue quickly became a trending topic online as the scale of the disruption became clear.
The downtime is already impacting content creators and businesses that depend on the platform for publishing, marketing, and monetization. With billions of daily views on YouTube, even a short outage can significantly affect engagement and advertising revenue worldwide.
At the time of publishing, YouTube has not yet released an official statement regarding the cause of the outage. Engineers are expected to be working to restore services as quickly as possible.
Users are advised to remain patient while the platform works toward resolving the issue. Updates are expected as more information becomes available.
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