YouTube’s outage on Wednesday evening sparked a widespread meme frenzy as millions of users were unable to access the platform, including YouTube Music and TV. According to reports, error messages appeared on the platform around 7 pm ET, while mobile apps displayed, “Something went wrong.” The global disruption triggered a meme storm as social media users took to their X handles to report the issue.
Imagine logging into the biggest video-sharing platforms to watch your favorite music video, a famous influencer’s new podcast, or an upcoming movie trailer, but as you tap, you are asked to try again later. It is clear why users, largely across the United States and in major cities, were frustrated and chose to start a meme war.
Netizens Share Hilarious Memes
“So YouTube is down, but ads still work,” a user commented.
Another user wrote, “Everyone rushing to Twitter to check if YouTube is down for everyone else.”
A user shared a video, with the caption, “YouTube is down. I caught footage of it breaking in real-time.”
YouTube is down.
I caught footage of it breaking in realtime. pic.twitter.com/tWVAujPYZH— Woodman (@realwoodmanxd) October 15, 2025
“People coming to X to realize YouTube is down and it’s not their WiFi,” a fourth user said.
A user even wrote, “YouTube should give everyone free premium for a year as compensation for this.”
Here’s what other social media users said:
“YouTube down when i literally just sat down to eat dinner.”
“YouTube let me watch two unskippable ads but not the video.”
“Restarted my WiFi cuz I thought YouTube just was slow as shit, all to find out it’s down. Yet I still got ads during them buffers.”
“YouTube’s down. Had to eat without watching a video. Feels like I’m living in 2003.”
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