New Delhi, May 30 -- Netflix users across the United States were left exasperated on the evening of May 29 after the popular streaming service experienced a sudden and widespread outage. The disruption prevented viewers from accessing content, with many reporting the same error message: "This title is not available to watch instantly.

According to outage-tracking platform DownDetector registered over 75,000 user complaints by 9:40 p.m. EDT, indicating a major service disruption affecting a broad swathe of Netflix's US subscriber base.

The issue appeared to impact all genres and device types. Whether viewers were tuning in to anime, revisiting classic favourites, or simply attempting to unwind with a film, the same error appeared without...