YouTube down for some users in India: Heres what we know so far

Google’s video streaming platform, YouTube, is reportedly facing an outage in India. Several users have reported facing issues with uploading videos on the platform and seeing their uploaded videos. Some users are also facing issues with the videos appearing in the feed. Users have also reported issues with YouTube Studio, the platform that lets users manage their channel and interact with their viewers on the platform. Also Read: High-Risk Alert Issued For Google Chrome Users: Update Your Browser Now

According to the details shared by DownDetector, the site that tracks IT outages globally, the outage began at around 1PM on July 22. The heat map of the YouTube outage shared by the platform shows that users in Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, Kolkata, Nagpur, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru are facing issues with the platform. Also Read: Gemini Nano Banana AI Image Editor Rolls Out To Google Search And NotebookLM: Here’s What’s New

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Responding to the reports, YouTube has confirmed that it is aware of the issue and that it is getting it checked. Here’s a post on X (formerly Twitter) by the company: Also Read: How To Create Unique Rangoli Designs For Diwali Using Gemini Nano Banana AI Tool: Check Prompt

thanks for flagging this! we’re checking it out rn, we’ll reach back out if we need any extra info!

— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) July 22, 2024

Another major outage this month

It is worth noting that this is the second major outage this month. It follows the Microsoft outage last week that grounded flights, stopped banking transactions and brought the world to a standstill. According to the details shared by Microsoft, the outage affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines across the globe.

For the unversed, the Microsoft outage was caused due to an update that a company called Crowdstrike pushed on to Azure’s servers, which led to the Blue Screen of Death or the Black Screen of Error appear on the PC screens of millions of Windows PC users across the globe. You can get a more detailed explanation of what transpired during the Microsoft Outage last week here.

Not the first YouTube outage this year

It is worth mentioning that this is not the first YouTube outage this year. Google’s services faced a major outage back in May this year. The outage affected several services including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search and YouTube. The issue was resolved shortly after.