Yes, YouTube is down — it's not just you

Update:  The great YouTube outage of 2018 is over.  The video streaming site was down for more than an hour.
We're back! Thanks for all of your patience. If you continue to experience issues, please let us know. https://t.co/NVU5GP7Sy6
— Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 17, 2018
Original post: YouTube, the second most popular website in the world, is down.
The video-hosting website isn’t loading for most visitors and video embeds posted on other sites, including this one