YouTube acknowledges problem on the website as #YouTubeDown trends on Twitter

YouTube acknowledged that there indeed was a problem in the video streaming site.

"If you’re having trouble watching videos on YouTube right now, you’re not alone – our team is aware of the issue and working on a fix," YouTube tweeted early on Thursday morning (Manila time).

"We’ll follow up here with any updates," it added.

If you’re having trouble watching videos on YouTube right now, you’re not alone – our team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. We’ll follow up here with any updates.

— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) November 12, 2020

Users have been complaining about the platform being down early Thursday morning (Manila time) sending #YouTubeDown trending on Twitter.

According to The Verge, it was "a worldwide outage that prevented videos from loading for roughly an hour."  

Me trying to get my router to forgive me after yelling at it #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/1yUEoso9h8

— morgan (@just_morgan24k) November 12, 2020

Me constantly switching from data to wifi thinking my connection was the issue #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/PMZX1pbY0g

— Presto X (@PrestoX2) November 12, 2020

everyone running back to youtube and leaving twitter behind once again #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/s9eBGGzKfW

— holly ???? (@Hollycxrnwellx) November 12, 2020

People clicking over and over to see if YouTube is working again #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/xV1W1pZ3EY

— Elijha (@Elijha56232642) November 12, 2020

When you realize that WiFi isn't the reason YouTube isn't working ... it's too late#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/Ob5rBNTmME

— Younis (@1998_younis) November 12, 2020

— LA, GMA News