YouTube had a bit of a wobble last night - an internal server error caused masses of channels to be unavailable to view.

While the problem is now fixed, it took YouTube almost four hours to resolve, leaving creators without channels or views for a lengthy period. 

Despite creator pages being down, users were still able to manually search for channels and watch videos, or click on content via the homepage. However, when users clicked on to a specific channel in their subscribed list, an error message popped up.

Seeing this 500 error message on YouTube? We're on it! pic.twitter.com/ArPDUDxUcp

— Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) April 2, 2018

Dude, where's my channel?

While the issue only lasted a few hours, many creators took to Twitter to express their concerns over why their livelihoods had randomly dissapeared. 

Dear @YouTube

Um.

Where’s all our channels, bud? https://t.co/BWlSq72JQn

— Mikey Neumann (@mikeyface) April 2, 2018

Yep, YouTube still down. This makes me sad on so many levels. pic.twitter.com/0uRxeo9tzs

— Justine Ezarik (@ijustine) April 2, 2018

Some creators took the opportunity to have a little fun and crack some jokes at YouTube's expense.

.@youtube is down.. I’m working on it. pic.twitter.com/76rksHHNMa

— Ricky Berwick (@rickyberwick) April 2, 2018

Get the latest news, interviews and in-depth analysis on Twitter and Facebook.