Is Netflix down? Downdetector reports thousands of outage spikes across US
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LOS ANGELES - Netflix appeared to suffer a major outage across the United States on Thursday night, with more than 17,000 users reporting issues as of 9:20 p.m. EDT.
The most common problem? A frustrating error message stating, "This title is not available to watch instantly."
Outage-tracking site Downdetector saw a massive spike in reports starting around 9 p.m. ET.
Netflix updated its official status page to confirm that users "may have problems streaming some titles," but later updated to say that the service had been restored.
The Source: This article is based on real-time data from Downdetector and user-reported outages on May 29, 2025.