NEW YORK, April 17 -- Spotify experienced a widespread outage Wednesday - with tens of thousands of users reporting problems with the popular music and audio streamer. But the platform said it was back up and running hours later.

"All clear - thanks for your patience," Spotify wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, just after noon E.T. The company pointed to its support account, @SpotifyCares, for users who might need further assistance, reports AP.

Earlier in the day, many Spotify users said that they were having difficulty loading both the app and desktop site, playing or hearing songs and using its search function. In addition to loading and playback issues, downtime updates noted that some users were also h...