Music streaming platform Spotify down for thousands, Downdetector shows

Spotify SPOT was down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

There were more than 27,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the music streaming platform, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.

Downdetector's numbers are based on user-submitted reports. The actual number of affected users may vary.