Is Twitch down? That is the question that many users of the popular live streaming platform are currently asking themselves, as there looks to be many members of the Twitch community having trouble loading the website. These issues have resulted in many viewers receiving the Twitch error loading data message when they visit the website.
In the past hour, there have been many reports by popular streamers, such as Team SoloMid professional Fortnite Battle Royale player Ali "Myth" Kabbani and OpTic Gaming content creator Jack "CouRage" Dunlop, and other users that the website had gone down and they were unable to watch any streams when they visited the live streaming website. The sudden surge of error loading data trouble came out of nowhere in what was a surprise to many members of the platform's community.
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— OpTic CouRage (@CouRageJD) October 22, 2018
However, the Twitch error loading data issue does not look to be affecting every user of the live streaming platform.
The official Twitch Support Twitter account has posted an announcement stating that it is currently investigating issues some users are having with loading the website that is causing the error loading data issue for some streamers and viewers. At the time of this writing, no other information regarding exactly could be the cause behind the popular website going down or having loading issues has been provided by the organization.
"We are investigating issues with loading the website. Hang tight," stated Twitch Support.
? We are investigating issues with loading the website. Hang tight.
— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) October 22, 2018
Fortunately, the support division for the massively popular live streaming platform has confirmed on its Twitter account that the error loading data issues regarding the trouble users had with the website have now been resolved. Visitors to the website should now not be having any trouble watching any of the streams of their favorite personalities who are likely relieved to see that the issues that were plaguing the website are no longer affecting their viewership.
? Thanks for bearing with us as we resolved the issues with loading the website. We appreciate your patience!
— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) October 22, 2018
We will continue to update this story with more information regarding the current status of Twitch as it is made available by the platform.
(cover photo courtesy of Twitch)
