Google's failure on YouTube has affected users in the United States, Australia, Asia and Europe.

Previously, when users were trying to access YouTube.com, they were greeted with a blank page containing no video. On the application, an error message said: "There was a problem with the network [503]. "

A map on DownDetector, which tracks real-time status and outage information for various types of services, showed that users located in the United States, Brazil, Japan, parts of Australia, in South-East Asia and Western Europe were affected.

YouTube acknowledged the crash on Twitter and said it was working to fix the problem.

YouTube Tweet: Thanks for your reports on problems accessing YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music. We are working on the resolution of this problem and we will let you know once resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and keep you posted.

More than an hour later, the company tweeted that she was back in business.

YouTube tweet: we're back! Thank you for all your patience. If you continue to have problems, please let us know.

A Google spokesperson told CNBC about the tweets and added that the company had nothing else to share for the moment.

It is unusual for Google services to experience downtime, but YouTube has had problems in the past. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup ™, YouTube TV – a paid live broadcast service – was briefly put out of service during the match between Croatia and England.