Netflix down? Streaming fans dismayed by major outage as site stops working around the world
Binge-watchers have been forced to step away from their TVs and laptops as Netflix stops working globally

NETFLIX went down for users all around the world last night in a surprise outage that lasted several hours.
The video streaming service mysteriously stopped working, and was later confirmed as a known issue by Netflix HQ.
The issues seemed to begin at around 10pm on Monday evening, UK time.
And according to outage tracker Down Detector, the problems were resolved for most users by 1am this morning.
Netflix hasn't revealed exactly what went wrong, but did admit there was a problem via Twitter.
The customer support account posted: "We are aware of members having trouble streaming on all devices.
"We are investigating the issue and appreciate your patience."
An hour later, Netflix revealed that the problem had been fixed.
"The streaming issues we reported earlier have now been resolved. Thank you for your patience, and as always, happy streaming!"
Netflix – the facts
Everything you need to know about Netflix...
- Netflix is a major online TV show and movie streaming service
- But when it was founded in California in 1997, it was very different
- The initial business model included selling DVDs and postal rentals
- Eventually in 2007, Netflix decided to start streaming content over the internet
- And after early success in the USA, Netflix started making its own content in 2012
- In 2016, Netflix went on to release 126 original series/ films – more than any other US network
- As of April 2018, Netflix now boasts more than 125million subscribers worldwide, 56.71million of which are in the USA
- In 2017, Netflix turned over $11.7billion in revenue, and made a profit of $559million
An outage map highlighting the global scale of the problem suggests users all around the world were suffering a broken Netflix.
Some complaints are still trickling in about the issue this morning in the UK, but it looks like the outage has largely been resolved.
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Unsurprisingly, Netflix being broken sparked a frenzy among users who felt lost without their streaming platform.
Forlorn Netflix fans flooded Twitter to express their concerns about the outage:
Although many sites and services go down often, Netflix is fairly stable as a platform.
The most recent issues reported for Netflix not working were on May 24, May 9, and April 19, although those incidents weren't as large-scale as today's outage.
Have you experienced any Netflix issues recently? If so, let us know in the comments!
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