Update 9:21pm ET: YouTube appears to be coming back online now for most users. If you’re still having problems, let us know down in the comments. If you’re having problems accessing YouTube this evening, you’re not alone. YouTube is experiencing a widespread outage, and there’s no estimate on when it will be fixed.

YouTube users were having trouble accessing the platform due to issues with the platform's recommendations system.

YouTube was not fully back online until after 10 p.m. Here's what YouTube said about the problems. "Aaaand we're back!! This issue has been fixed across YouTube. Thanks for all the reports and for bearing with us while we sorted it out,