Billions of people around the world collectively

held their breaths after YouTube went down last evening.

It was a catastrophe of near-biblical

proportions as users of the platform did what people do in 2020, take to other

social media to share their horror stories and find comfort in the arms of

other sufferers who sent the hashtag #YouTubeDOWN trending on Twitter.

YouTube addressed the outage in a tweet: “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.â€

When everyone realizes it wasn’t your WiFi — /inny Ÿ…±ï¸uffone (@Veno202)

When everyone realizes it wasn’t your WiFi — /inny Ÿ…±ï¸uffone (@Veno202) #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/KlAbAU9sqANovember 12, 2020

That

did little to comfort its legion of loyal users who spend hours on end searching

for recipes, watching try on hauls and viewing reviews of products they will

not buy.

Did I really just search up how to fix youtube in youtube ? — Editz On Stickz #OneOfAkind (@TubeEditz)

Did I really just search up how to fix youtube in youtube ? — Editz On Stickz #OneOfAkind (@TubeEditz) #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/W24j9qXf3eNovember 12, 2020

Almost two hours later, or an eternity for the rest of us, YouTube shared that the issue was resolved, tweeting:  “And we’re back — we’re so sorry for the interruption. This is fixed across all devices & YouTube services, thanks for being patient with us.â€

YouTube watching me restart my phone 15 times knowing damn well it’s the problem — made up in blue (@xplodeddiper)

YouTube watching me restart my phone 15 times knowing damn well it’s the problem — made up in blue (@xplodeddiper) #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/CCMbSqmj4bNovember 12, 2020

everyone running back to youtube and leaving twitter behind once again — EU knightâœŒï¸ (follow for follow) (@mide_knight)

everyone running back to youtube and leaving twitter behind once again — EU knightâœŒï¸ (follow for follow) (@mide_knight) #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/Y20mwozaF5November 12, 2020

Me calling my internet operator at 3AM Ÿ˜‚ and then came to knew about— Lelouch Lamperouge (@LelouchL11)

Me calling my internet operator at 3AM Ÿ˜‚ and then came to knew about— Lelouch Lamperouge (@LelouchL11) #YouTubeDOWNMy Internet operator Ÿ’‡ pic.twitter.com/8Bnwq6ViLtNovember 12, 2020

YouTube: we will be back shortly, we have encountered a technical issues — peps pesky pirates (@sheikoftheprem) Mf that’s fixing the problem:

YouTube: we will be back shortly, we have encountered a technical issues — peps pesky pirates (@sheikoftheprem) Mf that’s fixing the problem: #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/RQfrlndWMRNovember 12, 2020