Experiencing Issues? YouTube Faces Widespread Outage Affecting Users Everywhere
On Wednesday afternoon, YouTube experienced significant technical difficulties. Users across various regions reported that they were unable to watch videos due to persistent playback errors.
YouTube Outages Impacting Users Globally
The platform’s website displayed the message, “An error occurred. Please try again later,” preventing most videos from playing. Additionally, users of the YouTube app on both Android and iOS encountered a similar error message stating, “Something went wrong.”
Services Affected
While users could navigate YouTube for channel pages and search functions, selecting a video resulted in failure to play. The outage not only impacted video content but also affected YouTube Music, where streaming capabilities were disrupted. However, offline downloads for songs continued to play without issues.
- Affected Regions: United States and Europe
- Devices Impacted: Android and iOS apps, website
- Unaffected Services: YouTube TV in the US, Google Workspace, Google Cloud
Currently, YouTube has not acknowledged the ongoing issues. Users continue to hope for a resolution soon, as many rely on the platform for content consumption and music streaming. Emegypt will provide updates as the situation develops.
