YouTube down in US? Over 24,000 outage reports as users face playback issues
YouTube acknowledged a service disruption on Wednesday, October 28, after users in the United States reported problems loading and playing videos on the platform. Downdetector recorded more than 24,000 reports related to YouTube at one point. The complaints included playback failures, videos stuck buffering and error messages. The figure reflects user-submitted reports, not a confirmed count of people affected. “Confirming we're aware and working to fix this,” TeamYouTube, the platform's official support account on X, said in a post. It directed users to its Help Community for further updates but did not provide a timeline for restoring normal service. What problems are users facing? The disruption appeared to affect both the desktop website and mobile apps, although the impact varied. While some users said they could not play videos, others reported that certain videos continued to…