Alphabet's YouTube platform was largely restored after a brief outage affected thousands of users worldwide on 19/12, according to Downdetector.com.

At the peak of the disruption, nearly 10,800 outage reports were submitted, though the number dropped rapidly. By 9:00 a.m. ET, Downdetector recorded only about 200 active reports from users.

Outage reports in the United Kingdom fell from over 3,000 to around 70, while users in Canada also experienced quick restoration of the service, according to Downdetector, which collects user-submitted status reports from multiple sources.

YouTube did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment regarding the cause of the outage. The actual number of affected users may differ from the Downdetector figures due to the nature of self-reported data.

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