Spotify Suffers Global Outage, Affecting Hundreds of Thousands
Translated & summarized from Globes by baba
Spotify experienced a global outage on Friday, with hundreds of thousands of users reporting issues with the app, music playback, and server connectivity across numerous countries. The company has acknowledged the problems and is working on a fix.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Spotify experienced a major global outage on Friday.
- Hundreds of thousands of users reported issues worldwide.
- Problems included app failures and connectivity issues.
- Spotify acknowledged the outage and is investigating.
- The cause of the widespread disruption is not yet known.
Hundreds of thousands of users worldwide reported disruptions to the music streaming service Spotify on Friday. According to Downdetector, over 20,000 users logged issues, with some unable to open the app, play music, search for songs, or connect to the company's servers. In Israel, Downdetector registered several hundred reports, while the United States saw approximately 17,000.
Forbes reported that Ookla received over 200,000 outage reports from more than 173 countries. The exact cause of the widespread technical problems remains unconfirmed.
Spotify acknowledged the issues via its X (formerly Twitter) account, stating, "We're aware of issues temporarily affecting our app. We’re actively working to quickly resolve them."
