Syed Saif Ul Hassan 
Oct 16, 2025
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Globally popular video-streaming platform, YouTube, is reportedly restored after a global outage struck the services earlier on Thursday.
With the bygone YouTube outage in place, thousands of users were either unable to stream videos or even access the Google-owned video service.
The blackout took over not just the main YouTube site, but also YouTube Music and YouTube TV, and peaked at around 4:55am Pakistan Standard Time (PST).
According to an online outage tracker, Downdetector, over 366,000 US users reported disruptions with YouTube, with affected countries including the UK, Canada, and Australia.
The outage led frequent YouTube users to vent out frustration through social media posts, with some posting error screenshots, while others enquired whether YouTube was down.
Widely famed tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee joined the conversation with a light-hearted post, assuring users of the restoration and asking them not to fret.
After the full-fledged resolve, the YouTube outage was later confirmed by the company on X (called Twitter before Elon Musk's takeover), stating that services had been restored, with no mention of what actually caused the YouTube outage.
In today’s fast-paced, digitally connected world, platforms like YouTube need to quickly get around outages like this, especially considering the ever-increasing reliance on online infrastructure.
