YouTube down

YouTube users on Wednesday in multiple regions around the world were encountered issues in playing videos on the site.

The site’s TeamYouTube account acknowledged the issues in a Twitter post. “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,” it tweeted.

According to monitoring site DownDetector, user-reported YouTube problems spiked at around 7 p.m. ET. The issues appeared most acute in the Northeast U.S. and Western Europe, as well as in Mexico, Australia and South America.