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YouTube Outage Disrupts Access Worldwide Before Service Is Restored

Google has not detailed the cause despite more than 11,000 outage reports.

Overview

  • Service returned to normal after a short-lived disruption, with monitoring sites showing complaint levels dropping back to baseline.
  • Downdetector logged over 11,000–12,000 reports across multiple countries, including the US and India, indicating a broad but brief impact.
  • Many users encountered 502 server errors and stalled video playback, with related issues reported on YouTube TV and some Google services such as Search.
  • Outage data showed the website was hit hardest, with about 73% of reports tied to site access compared with roughly 18% for streaming and 9% for the app.
  • In India, tracker timelines showed issues beginning around 5:33 pm and peaking near 7:28 pm local time, as #YouTubedown trended on social media.