Google is DOWN! World's biggest search engine hit by outage plaguing thousands of users across the globe

Google has been hit with a worldwide outage that is impacting thousands of users.

DownDetector shows issues appeared around 11am ET, plaguing Search, the website and Google Drive.

Users in the US, the UK, Australia, parts of Europe, South America and Asia have reported problems with the tech giant's services.

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

Google has been hit with a worldwide outage that is impacting thousands of users

DownDetector shows issues appeared around 11am ET, plaguing search, the website and Google Drive

DownDetector's outage map for the US shows users have reported problems in New York City, San Francisco and parts of the Midwest.

In the UK, Glasgow and Cambridge are also in the red - but America appears to be feeling more of the outage than other nations.

Americans reported they are 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 have shared their frustrations on Elon Musk's X, with some saying Google Maps is also experiencing a glitch. 

Users in the US, the UK, Australia, parts of Europe and Asia have reported problems with the tech giant's services

It is unclear how many users have been impacted and what caused the glitch. But people impacted are 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 does not seem to be impacted all users in countries issue problem reports to DownDetector.