Was YOUR Google down? Search engine hit with more than one-hour outage that impacted users worldwide

Google was down for more than one hour on Wednesday.

DownDetector showed issues appeared around 11am ET, but the glitch dissipated by around 12:30pm ET.

Users in the US, the UK, Australia, parts of Europe, South America and Asia reported problems with Search, the website and Google Drive.

It is unclear how many users were  impacted and what caused the glitch. 

DownDetector showed issues appeared around 11am ET, but the glitch dissipated around 12:30pm ET 

DownDetector’s outage map for the US highlighted that users had reported problems in New York City, San Francisco and parts of the Midwest.

In the UK, Glasgow and Cambridge was also in the red – but America appeared to be feeling more of the outage than other nations.

Americans reported that they were seeing a server error when attempting to connect to Chrome, which is also lagging for some users. 

Approximately 64 percent of problems reported to DownDetector cited Search as the main issue, 30 percent with the website and a small seven percent cited Google Drive.

Users shared their frustrations on Elon Musk’s X, with some saying Google Maps was also experiencing a glitch. 

Approximately 64 percent of problems reported to DownDetector cited Search as the main issue, 30 percent with the website and a small seven percent cited Google Drive 

It is unclear how many users have been impacted and what caused the glitch. But people impacted were sharing the issues on X

One Google user shared a screen shot on the social media platform that reads: ‘502. That’s an error. The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds. That’s all we know.’ 

However, the outage did not seem to be impacted all users in countries issue problem reports to DownDetector.