For the first time in recent memory, video streaming giant YouTube has suffered a major global outage, which also included subsidiaries like YouTube TV and YouTube Music.
The service was down in many parts of the world for about an hour-and-a-half on Wednesday, with videos not working or crashing abruptly. Some people were unable to log in to their YouTube accounts, while others were met with blank home pages.
YouTube acknowledged the outage in a statement on its official Twitter account:
“Thanks for your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues. We’re working on resolving this and will let you know once fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated.”
Thanks for your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues. We're working on resolving this and will let you know once fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated.
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 17, 2018
About an hour after that was posted, the issue was resolved. YouTube confirmed this via Twitter, while some users still tweeted about intermittent errors.
We're back! Thanks for all of your patience. If you continue to experience issues, please let us know. https://t.co/NVU5GP7Sy6
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 17, 2018
However, the best thing about the apocalyptic, fear-stricken 90 minutes were the inevitable memes and jokes across Twitter, because the internet Never. Forgets.
Here are some of the best ones:
I'm the guy at YouTube that tripped over the extension cord that goes from the break room to the server room (not a lot of power points in this office!!!). sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused
— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) October 17, 2018
Awe man! Thano's snap has finally reached YouTube! #YoutubeDown pic.twitter.com/mKZjvA0FPK
— Jack Selby (@Blueface_selby) October 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/SerenityDiaries/status/1052374954551992325
https://twitter.com/Pornhub/status/1052371409903726593
https://twitter.com/LilBratAn/status/1052389210018070528
*youtube goes down*
Dailymotion,Vimeo,Facebook Videos:#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/RxtMez7asL
— Ricardo Joseph (@RicardoJoseph05) October 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/NadiyaTozo/status/1052396589657014272
https://twitter.com/Abhi5hekk/status/1052389160131186689
https://twitter.com/LilBratAn/status/1052389210018070528
…so YouTube is finally back #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/JjfC0g5la7
— Jaz ? (@aesthetic_gem) October 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/_chuu_/status/1052389454105718784
https://twitter.com/Paolagb1002/status/1052406845292331008
Imagine all the youtubers thinking “oh no, I have to get a real job” after seeing youtube down
#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/KoN1obCUZv
— Abraham Cavazos (@cavazus) October 17, 2018
