I am a web and graphic designer.

There’s now a second server in France for people in Europe and nearby:

https://eu.yt.chocolatemoo53.com

It uses the same accounts, subscriptions and playlists as the main site, so you can switch between them anytime without signing up again.

Some expectations:

• It’s an extra option, not a replacement.
• It’s smaller. It’s mainly meant for people who live close to it and would get faster responses. If that’s not you, the main site or one of the other instances will serve you just as well.
• Saving things can take a moment longer, like subscribing or editing a playlist. Watching and browsing aren’t affected.
• It’s still new. Some videos might fail on one server and work on the other. If something doesn’t work, try the main site.
• Most outages come from YouTube’s side, so they usually hit both servers.

If you’re in Europe, give it a try, use whichever feels better, and let me know how it goes through the feedback form or social media.

My short link for Invidious is live, if you replace a normal YouTube link with https://m53.ch you will be automatically taken to Invidious and whatever page you were trying to go to. This will also be my shortened link for any other purpose, which you will see across my posts.

Along with the VP9, AV1, 4k testing, I have opened the API for people who need it for external APIs. Remember these are tests, I cannot say they will be up forever or work 100% of the time, but you are invited to try using your third party app with my instance and your account. If you are having trouble, please send me a message.

Performance and results of using the API may vary, not every app is automatically compatible and others work out of the box. If you’d like to view the status of the API, please visit my status page which also details the status of each backend.