Netflix Outage Hits Thousands During Boxing Match

Streaming giant Netflix experienced an outage affecting thousands of users in the United States late Friday, according to the outage tracking site Downdetector.com. The disruption occurred as viewers tuned in for the highly anticipated boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.

By 10:35 p.m. ET (0335 GMT Saturday), Downdetector reported 85,021 users experiencing issues. The platform tracks outages by aggregating 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 reporters.

The platform has faced outages during live or highly anticipated events in the past, 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.