YouTube Down In Several Parts Of India

YouTube has become the daily infotainment need for almost everyone on the planet. But it has faced something peculiar today. 

After Microsoft's global service outage due to a CrowdStrike cybersecurity update YouTube is now down across India.

According to Downdetector major cities like New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bengaluru are affected. Team YouTube is investigating the issue. Users in Australia, the UK and the US have also reported outages. 

Both YouTube and YouTube Studio are experiencing disruptions. Reports of the outage began around 1:41 pm IST with over 100 user flags and a peak of 136 cases. Additional cities reporting issues include Hyderabad, Nagpur and Pune. 

On X (formerly Twitter), Team YouTube acknowledged the problem and is working on a solution. Frustrated users took to X to share memes and confirm the outages.