Youtube down! After Microsoft, YouTube faces widespread outage across India & beyond, team responds

Following Microsoft's recent outage marked by the 'blue screen of death' error on Friday, it seems that Google's video platform, YouTube, is now experiencing widespread downtime across India.

According to Downdetector, YouTube is experiencing widespread outages across major Indian cities including New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. The issue isn't limited to India; users in Australia, the UK, and the US are also reporting disruptions.?

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The outage reports began surfacing around 1:41 PM IST.

Team YouTube has acknowledged the problem on X (formerly Twitter) and is actively investigating the issue.

Responding to a customer's complaint, they wrote, "thanks for flagging this! we're checking it out rn, we'll reach back out if we need any extra info!"

Here's what users have been facing:

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