New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- A brief YouTube outage on Friday sent thousands of users rushing to X (formerly Twitter) - not just to check if the platform was down, but also to turn the disruption into a full-blown meme fest.

According to outage tracker Downdetector, Google-owned YouTube faced technical issues globally, with over 10,800 reports logged at its peak. Users reported problems ranging from slow website loading to video playback failures and app glitches.

Data from Downdetector showed that around 73% of affected users faced issues accessing the YouTube website, while 18% reported problems with video streaming and the remaining 9% encountered issues on the app. The number of complaints surged rapidly, jumping from about 3,500 to nearly...