[UPDATE] YouTube is currently down, video fails to load on both website and mobile apps

[ UPDATE 14/12/2020 20:44 ]: It appears that Google has solved the issue. We are able to access Gmail, Calendar, Drive, YouTube, Meet and Blogger in Malaysia.

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[ UPDATE 14/12/2020 20:30 ]: Major Google services including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Meet and Blogger are currently down. More details here.

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Can’t load YouTube videos? It appears that YouTube is having a serious service outage at the moment as its website and official YouTube apps are not working properly.

When you try to load the YouTube website, you’ll see a picture of a monkey holding a hammer with the message “Something went wrong”. Meanwhile, the YouTube app will not load any new video feed and eventually, it will display the message “There was a problem with the server [503].

Several users have already complained about the issue on social media. At the time of writing, Downdetector has received over 30,000 complaints for YouTube in the past few minutes. The issue seems to affect users worldwide including Malaysia.

The YouTube team is aware of the issue where users are unable to access their video platform. According to their recent tweet, they are looking into the problem and will update when they have more news.

Are you currently facing YouTube issues as well? Let us know in the comments below.