Map shows areas affected by the YouTube outage
A map by Downdetector, a site that monitors online outages, shows the cities in the UK that have been hit by the YouTube outage.
THOUSANDS of users in the US and the UK have reported experiencing issues with accessing the YouTube app and website.
The video platform has crashed for thousands of users who say they are having trouble playing videos.
Users have reported seeing a blank screen instead of videos when logging into the app and website.
Reports received by Downdetector said that some 74 per cent of the users were experiencing issues with accessing the YouTube website.
A small two per cent of users said they could not access the app.
Some 24 per cent of the users reported they were having issues with video streaming on the platform.
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Users are increasingly experiencing glitches while playing videos on the website.
One user said that the Youtube's desktop site was not "playing videos reliably, especially livestreams", but added that the app was working fine.
YouTube is currently down for thousands of users in the US and UK, with most reporting that videos are not loading.