Netflix down for thousands of users in the U.S., Downdetector says

FILE PHOTO: The Netflix logo is shown on one of their Hollywood buildings in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 12, 2023.

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Streaming platform Netflix was down for thousands of users in the United States late Friday, according to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com. This was just as viewers tuned into a highly anticipated boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.

According to Downdetector, the number of users indicating problems was 85,021 by 10:35 p.m. ET (0335 GMT Saturday). Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from various sources.

Downdetector reported that the outage primarily impacted users in major metropolitan areas, including New York, Seattle, and Los Angeles, with scattered reports from other regions.

Netflix said it had no immediate comment in response to a request from Reuters.

In the past, the platform has faced outages during live or highly anticipated events, with spikes in user traffic often being a contributing factor.

In April last year, it experienced a brief outage during a live stream of the dating reality show Love is Blind, drawing complaints from thousands of users.