Is YouTube down? Users were experiencing "something went wrong" error messages across the video streaming service. However, the issue seems to have been fixed, with YouTube now loading for many users. Other Google functions and apps, such as Gmail, have also seemingly recovered following the outage.
If you try and head to YouTube now, things should be working fine. Users were experiencing a blank page and then a "something went wrong" message accompanied by a purple monkey holding a hammer – cutesy shorthand for YouTube experience some serious technical difficulties. There were also a handful of "There was a problem with the server [503]" error messages.
This all appears to be fixed for YouTube users. Gmail and Google Calander were experiencing issues as well, yet appear to be fixed. Of course, during the pandemonium of everything being down, everyone took to Twitter...
2nd time in 2 months.#ThisHappened2020 to @YouTube and @Google too.The monkey's now getting on my nerves.A hammer, without a nail. pic.twitter.com/xzsHCGowqgDecember 14, 2020
YouTube down again?? Cmon 2020...December 14, 2020
everybody in they bed right now just waiting for youtube to work again @YouTube #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/pz441JlblUDecember 14, 2020
To everyone who thought that it’s their wifi or mobile data problems which caused their YouTube not to work.#YouTubeDOWN #gmailDOWN pic.twitter.com/t5nPLmx757December 14, 2020
So, what went wrong? It’s not completely clear – but appeared to be a widespread problem with all of Google’s Suite services. Everything from Google Docs, to YouTube, to apps that use Google’s API to log in – such as Pokemon Go and Stadia – were all down.
Curiously, there was a workaround. Namely, the YouTube app did not go down, and those people not logged into YouTube were able to continue accessing the video streaming service. Things were fixed for YouTube users within around 30 minutes, and other Google services continued to recover soon after.
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