YouTube down updates — Thousands of users report issue with video streaming app and website

THOUSANDS of users are struggling to access YouTube amid an outage.

Over 5,000 users couldn’t access the video website and app at 4pm, per Downdetector.

One user reported: “YouTube isn’t letting you see channels. It just says “Something went wrong” or the “error retry” message.”

Another added: “I cant add stuff to my watch later or view it.”

Reports have since dropped to around 500, with many users reporting that YouTube is “working fine again.”

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