YouTube is down for some users, and the company says it's 'aware of the issue and working on a fix'

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YouTube is experiencing an outage, the company said on Wednesday.
"Our team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. We'll follow up here with any updates," YouTube said.
Users on Wednesday evening began reporting widespread issues with YouTube's services, including YouTube TV and YouTube Music, according to Downdetector.
The outage appeared to impact users around the world, but was most heavily concentrated in the US, according to Downdetector.
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YouTube experienced an outage beginning on Wednesday evening, the company said on Twitter after users reported widespread issues.

"If you're having trouble watching videos on YouTube right now, you're not alone – our team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. We'll follow up here with any updates," the company tweeted.

—TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) November 12, 2020

Downdetector, a website that analyzes reports of outages by social media users, identified a surge of users having issues with YouTube, YouTube TV, and YouTube Music starting at around 7pm ET. Some Google services appeared to be experiencing issues at that time as well, including Google search and Google Play.

Downdetector's outage map for YouTube suggested that the issues were mostly concentrated in the US, particularly in the Northeast, as well as some parts of Europe, South America, and Australia.