YouTube experienced the outage earlier on Tuesday, disrupting access for users across multiple countries, including the United States, with hundreds of thousands reporting problems loading videos and using related services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a public statement, TeamYouTube acknowledged the outage: “We’re aware some of you are having issues accessing YouTube right now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an update, the team said: “An issue with our recommendations system prevented videos from appearing across surfaces on YouTube (including the homepage, the YouTube app, YouTube Music and YouTube Kids).” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A couple of hours after the massive disruption, the team said all of its platforms were back to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social media platforms were flooded with posts from YouTube users across regions reporting simultaneous access failures. Outage tracking website Downdetector showed a sharp surge in complaints worldwide. In the United States alone, more than 320,000 users flagged issues at the peak of the disruption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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