Gmail is DOWN! Users affected worldwide; Here’s what happened

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Did you face any issues in sending and receiving emails on your Gmail account? If yes, then you are one of those million users who have faced the effects of the Gmail outage. Users of Gmail reported the issues that they faced with Gmail in sending and receiving mail during the spark spike in the Gmail outage. Panicked users rushed to Twitter to share their experiences while reporting that they are unable to receive emails on their Gmail, while others said that they are unable to access the website.

DownDetector, which shows a chart indicating the cases of Gmail outages reported in the last 24 hours, indicated that these peaked around 8:24 PM today. The chart shows a view of problems reported by users in the past 24 hours. Most of the Gmail users had faced issues in receiving emails on Gmail, which was 84 percent of the cases. 9 percent users faced Server connection and 7 percent faced problems with the Gmail website.

Meanwhile, a few users also faced issues in getting access to the Google website. Downdetector report revealed that most of the cases were related to the website with 71 percent reports, while 17 percent of users faced difficulty in 'Search' and 13 percent says that they faced issues with Google Drive.