# Why is youtube.com redirecting to the French language version?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-youtube-com-redirecting-to-the-french-language-version/465107>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 25, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-youtube-com-redirecting-to-the-french-language-version/465107 "2008-09-25T02:21:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-youtube-com-redirecting-to-the-french-language-version/465107/1 "2008-09-25T02:21:10Z")

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does it have the same videos? I read French enough to get by, but it’s weird.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-youtube-com-redirecting-to-the-french-language-version/465107/2 "2008-09-25T02:23:26Z")

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> [@YouTube](#):
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> We are currently performing site maintenance. Be cool - we’ll be back 100% in a bit.

So, there you have it.