Twitch down
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The gist
Twitch suffered major outages Thursday after the GTA 6 trailer dropped, with over 17,000 user reports. The outage hit web, chat, and video services, affecting top streamers.
Background
Twitch experienced a major outage on Thursday, August 27, 2026, shortly after the release of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay trailer. The trailer was exclusively released on Netflix, prompting many users to turn to Twitch streams by popular creators like Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed to watch it. The surge in traffic likely contributed to the service disruption.
How it unfolded
- Aug 27, 2026 15:00GTA 6 gameplay trailer released exclusively on Netflix.
- Aug 27, 2026 16:00Twitch confirms issues impacting several areas of its site, including web, chat, and video services.
- Aug 27, 2026 16:45Downdetector shows over 17,000 user reports; pages of top streamers Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed become inaccessible.
Who’s saying what
- Official
- Twitch Support acknowledged widespread instability across web, chat, and video services and said it was looking into the issue.
- Public
- Users speculated the outage was tied to the trailer's release, as the spike coincided with massive traffic from top creators.
Still unverified
Speculation that the outage was directly caused by the trailer's release is unconfirmed; Twitch has not provided a cause.