Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a statement from a Google spokesperson.
On Tuesday night, YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, experienced a widespread service disruption. However, at the time of writing, the problem appears to have been resolved.
Widespread Reports Surface Across The US
YouTube was down for more than 355,470 users in the U.S. alone, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com.
Users reported that the homepage failed to load properly, while direct video playback, playlists and several other features continued to operate.
Multiple members of Benzinga’s overnight team noticed issues with YouTube’s homepage as it displayed a “Something went wrong” error.
YouTube TV And Google Also See Complaints
Downdetector also showed 8,565 issue reports for YouTube TV and 2,790 for Google, indicating limited spillover beyond YouTube’s main platform.
In an emailed statement to Benzinga, the Google team referred to an update posted on X, stating that a problem with its recommendation system prevented videos from appearing across YouTube.
This included the homepage, the main app, YouTube Music and YouTube Kids. “The homepage is back, but we’re still working on a full fix – more coming soon!”
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