Verizon is down — live updates on the outage

It looks like something is wrong with Verizon. The popular content-sharing website is seeing a significant spike in user reports on Down Detector, indicating that something is wrong for many users.

We'll monitor the outage and ensure you're in the loop regarding what's happening, including the widespread issues with doing anything on Verizon. We'll dig in and see if we can discover why the popular mobile carrier is having problems and what you can do to get around them.

Verizon outage — live updates

2025-05-20T18:45:09.302Z

Visible, too

Verizon-owned MVNO Visible is also having issues, based on the reports.

Obviously, the number of reports is much lower with Visible having a lower user base. Still, the number of reports isn't what matters for the people who are having issues using their phone; they can't use their phones, and that's a problem.

2025-05-20T18:41:18.949Z

Even higher Down Detector reports

As soon as we published the outage report for Verizon, the Down Detector reports exploded to 2,262 — a jump of almost 1,000 from when the outage first began. It's clear that something is wrong with the mobile carrier and more users are realizing their mobile phone isn't working correctly and reporting the issue.

2025-05-20T18:37:21.093Z

Verizon is down — the VZW outage begins

We're seeing a significant spike in reports for Verizon on Down Detector. As of this writing, there have been 1,644 reports, which is a substantial amount for the popular mobile carrier and is indicative that something is wrong.

As the outage continues to develop, we'll monitor it and keep you posted regarding the number of reports and what else is happening with the developing Verizon outage.