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    Is YouTube down? Thousands of users report major outage

    Downdetector shows outage reports surged rapidly as users struggled to access platform
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    YouTube was hit by a major outage Tuesday, with hundreds of thousands of users reporting problems as the disruption spread across the platform.

    Data from Downdetector showed more than 390,000 reports of issues by 5:24 p.m. PT, with most users saying the app was not working properly.

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    The tracker also logged more than 10,000 outage reports tied specifically to YouTube TV.

    By 5:30 p.m., the number of reported problems had climbed past 470,000 as the disruption continued.

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    Just three minutes later, reports surged again to more than 570,000 users flagging issues.

    By 5:48 p.m., the total had exceeded 700,000, with some users saying they could still search for content but were seeing a blank homepage.

    At 5:50 p.m., Downdetector data showed the number of outage reports had passed 900,000.

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