KEY POINT
More than 20,000 Pokémon GO problems had been reported by 3:27 p.m. PT.
Reports climbed above 40,000 by 3:53 p.m. and surpassed 53,000 by 4:13 p.m.
Game launch issues were the most commonly reported problem on Downdetector.
Pokémon GO users reported widespread problems Friday as outage reports on Downdetector increased rapidly over the course of the afternoon.
At 3:27 p.m. PT, more than 20,000 users had reported issues with the game, according to Downdetector, a service that monitors outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.
The most frequently reported problem involved launching the game. The reports indicated that users were encountering difficulties getting Pokémon GO to start normally.
The number of reports continued to rise after the initial surge. By 3:53 p.m. PT, Downdetector had recorded more than 40,000 reports connected to Pokémon GO.
The reported disruption continued to grow within minutes. At 4:13 p.m. PT, more than 53,000 users had reported an issue with Pokémon GO on Downdetector.
The figures represent user-submitted outage reports tracked by Downdetector and do not, based on the provided information, establish the specific cause of the reported problems.
For Pokémon GO players, the reported launch problems could prevent them from accessing the game. The rapid increase in reports shows that the issue was being reported by a large number of users during the period covered by the available data.
Platform: Pokémon GO
Initial reported total: More than 20,000
Time: 3:27 p.m. PT
Later total: More than 40,000
Time: 3:53 p.m. PT
Latest reported total: More than 53,000
Time: 4:13 p.m. PT
Most reported issue: Game launch problems.
