YouTube down for thousands of users in the US, Singapore, Downdetector shows

YouTube was down for users in the United States and Singapore on Feb 18, according to Downdetector.com.

News agency Reuters, citing the outage tracking website, reported that more than 320,000 users in the United States complained of issues with the social media platform on the morning of Feb 18, Singapore time.

Some 8,923 reports of service disruptions for YouTube TV and 2,694 reports for service disruptions on Google were recorded on DownDetector in the US, as at 9.18am, Singapore time.

Google did not respond immediately to a Reuters request for comment.

Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources.

Users in the US were not the only ones who experienced disruption in YouTube’s services. In Singapore, more than 2,900 reports of service disruption on the platform were recorded on Downdetector.com at around 9.20am, Singapore time.

When The Straits Times opened the YouTube website, a blank screen showed up on the platform’s home page. However, links to videos could be opened and videos from such links could still be played.

ST has contacted Google Singapore for more information.

More to come.