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Is Netflix Down Right Now?

netflix.com is currently Up

HostTracker's monitoring network reached netflix.com and completed a full check without errors. Currently up for 5d 2h.

Last checked just now from 300+ worldwide locations

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Live Netflix Status

Operational

Current status

Operational

Currently up for 5d 2h

Last check

just now

Checked every 10 minutes

Last 24 hours

100.00%

0 incidents, 0m down

7-day uptime

100.00%

30-day uptime

100.00%

Response Time

Last 30 days

1854 ms avg

1854 ms

Average

509 ms

Minimum

24130 ms

Maximum

Monitored checks

HTTP

Operational

Page Speed

Operational

Uptime History

1 incident · 0m total · longest 0m

Daily uptime

90 days ago Operational Degraded Down No data Today

Started Duration

Jul 23, 2026 21:47 UTC 0 min

Why it happens

About Netflix Outages

Netflix streams video to well over 200 million households, and because most viewing happens in concentrated evening peaks — or during the simultaneous worldwide release of a major title — a Netflix problem is felt by huge audiences at exactly the same moment. Its architecture also makes "is Netflix down" genuinely ambiguous: the website and apps run on centralized cloud infrastructure, but the video itself is served by Open Connect cache appliances installed inside individual ISPs' networks, so playback can fail for one provider's customers while netflix.com loads perfectly everywhere else. Netflix's own error codes (NW-2-5 and friends) mostly point at local network issues, which makes an independent, multi-location reachability check the quickest way to tell a real Netflix incident apart from a problem between your device and their nearest cache.

Common Causes of Netflix Downtime

Login and profile-service incidents that block sign-in and the "Who's watching" screen while already-running streams keep playing

Open Connect CDN issues inside a specific ISP that cause buffering or playback errors regionally while the main site stays reachable

Demand spikes around major title premieres and live events — live broadcasts stress a different, less cache-friendly delivery path than regular on-demand streaming

Device-family-specific app or API incidents where smart-TV or console apps fail while the browser player works normally

Not sure whether it's Netflix or your own connection? Read the full breakdown in our website down checker guide for a general walkthrough of diagnosing any outage, from DNS failures to expired certificates.

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Frequently asked questions.

How can I check right now if Netflix is down or if it's just me?

The instant check tool above tests netflix.com live from HostTracker's network of 300+ worldwide locations at once, rather than from just your own connection. If every location fails to reach it, the outage is real and affects everyone; if only a few locations fail while most load normally, the problem is local to those regions or networks rather than Netflix being fully down. A single refresh from your own browser can never make that distinction, because it only ever tests from one vantage point on one network.

Can I get alerted automatically the next time Netflix goes down?

Yes. HostTracker lets you add any URL — including third-party services you depend on, not just your own website — as a monitored target, and notifies you automatically the moment it becomes unreachable. Before sending an alert, HostTracker re-verifies a failure from multiple locations in its 300+-location network, so you're notified about real, confirmed outages rather than a single location's momentary blip. The free plan checks two monitors every 30 minutes indefinitely at no cost; paid plans check as often as once a minute, with alerts available through SMS, email, voice call, and several messenger apps.

Netflix shows error code NW-2-5 — does that mean Netflix is down?

Usually not. NW-2-5 and most other NW-prefixed codes indicate a network-connectivity problem between your device and Netflix, which is far more often caused by your home network, DNS settings, or ISP routing than by Netflix itself. During a genuine Netflix incident, errors tend to spike across many different codes and device types at once rather than showing one code on one device. The fastest way to tell the difference is to check netflix.com's reachability from multiple independent locations: if it's reachable globally while your device errors, the problem is almost certainly on your side of the connection — restart your router and device before assuming an outage.

Why does Netflix buffer or fail only on my internet provider?

Netflix delivers the actual video from Open Connect cache servers placed inside or very close to individual ISPs' networks — so the streaming path differs by provider in a way most websites' traffic doesn't. Congestion or a fault affecting the cache cluster serving your ISP can degrade playback for that provider's customers specifically, while users on other networks stream normally and netflix.com itself stays up. If mobile data works but your home connection doesn't, this kind of ISP-localized delivery issue (or a peering/congestion problem at your provider) is the likely cause rather than a global Netflix outage.

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