Why is YouTube not working? Here’s what Google told users about outage and how you can continue watching videos

Alphabet-owned YouTube was down for over 320,000 users in the United States on Wednesday evening, according to Downdetector.

As of 7:47 p.m. ET, 321,990 users reported issues with YouTube, per Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.

Downdetector's numbers are based on user-submitted reports. The actual number of affected users may vary.

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How you can watch YouTube videos?

"If you’re having trouble with the app give this a try: delete and reinstall, and remember to restart your device in between! Hope that fixes it for you. If not, tell us!" said Team YouTube in reply to users who took to social media platform 'X' to complain about the outage.