After hours of frustration for users worldwide, YouTube has fully restored its service following a widespread outage that left millions unable to access videos, upload content, or stream live.

According to reports from BBC and CNN, the outage affected users across multiple continents, sparking social media buzz as fans flooded platforms like X (formerly Twitter) to vent their frustrations. Many speculated about the cause while memes and jokes about the platform’s downtime went viral.

The Verge reports that YouTube’s parent company, Google, confirmed the issue was related to server problems and promised measures to prevent similar disruptions in the future.

Users are now back to streaming, uploading, and sharing content, while experts warn that such outages highlight the global reliance on major digital platforms and the challenges companies face in keeping services uninterrupted.