The company confirmed its teams were actively working on a fix but did not immediately provide a cause for the widespread outage. Both the desktop site and mobile applications appeared to be affected, preventing content creators from uploading and viewers from streaming.
YouTube, via its official support channels, confirmed that they were aware of the issues. A statement from Google’s spokesperson, Dwight Harvey, confirmed that the technical teams were actively working to resolve the issue across all YouTube services. The statement read, “Confirming this is resolved across all YouTube services. Thanks again for your patience! Hi everyone, We’re aware that some of you are experiencing issues watching videos on YouTube, YouTube Music, or YouTube TV. We’re investigating the issue and will update this thread with the latest info. Really appreciate your patience.” [sic]
