Global Google outage leads to memefest – ET BrandEquity

On what seems like the Mundane Monday ever, Google services including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Meet, Hangouts, and YouTube are down globally. The cause for the outage is unknown, and the services have been down for the good part of an hour now.

Users globally took to social media to express their frustration; some celebrated the outage as a serendipitous break from work, and the meme-makers got busy.

Scroll on to see what netizens had to say:

The day came. When you can’t even google what happened with google.

It’s still 2020.#googledown pic.twitter.com/Eg1M520U9o

— ripon mitra (@Imrip007) December 14, 2020

The world if Google didn’t go down:-#googledown #YouTubeDOWN #Android pic.twitter.com/ZPeLejrMSI

— Mehak (@WtfMehek) December 14, 2020

when u realise it’s not ur shitty wifi’s fault#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/Lrf2UkPdQL

— john⁷ (@kimtaesheart) December 14, 2020

Searching in google for why google is
down*
Google:#GoogleDown #YouTubeDOWN #Google pic.twitter.com/LGqQUrB4Bq

— Akif Arham (@AkifArham) December 14, 2020

everyone on twitter the minute google eats shit:

#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/ib3KDu8qkq

— otorev (@otorev_pog) December 14, 2020

The world after two minutes without YouTube. #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/f6bU7Vhi8I

— imronieteot27 (@imronieteot27) December 14, 2020

Everyone after even Google and YouTube stopped working#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/QFJmbOlubB

— Nayantara Ghosh (@AuthorNayantara) December 14, 2020

#YouTubeDOWN
All the Google services including YouTube and Gmail stooped all over the world
Meanwhile hotmail and Yahoo~ pic.twitter.com/hbXSgJAP58

— Vaseem Khan (@vaseemkhan019) December 14, 2020

#YouTubeDOWN
Youtube, google, gmail, down.
Half of the world be like:#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/eLeRbirFgY

— Krishna (@most__wanted___) December 14, 2020

Every one is surprised by#YouTubeDOWN

Twitter users: pic.twitter.com/rRZsAFX0r8

— Param_Anand07 (@the_aryans119) December 14, 2020

Millennials after YouTube went down – #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/f7eZKOLBM8

— TauTumhare (@TauTumhare) December 14, 2020

#YouTubeDOWN @YouTube 2020 got youtube too! pic.twitter.com/Y1V5nfyrXA

— Pratham Prem (@_prathamprem_) December 14, 2020

Earlier in the day Microsoft revealed that major internet browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Yandex are hit by a massive malware campaign. “The malware is designed to inject ads into search engine results pages,” said Microsoft.