Google is down for thousands of users across the world as of Tuesday morning.
Based on the graph showing on the outage tracking service DownDetector, the volume of user reports first started rising around 2:45AM Eastern Time.
While trying to search, users were greeted with the following message: “Search Engine is Showing the Following Message: Server Error. We’re sorry but it appears that there has been an internal server error while processing your request. Our engineers have been notified and are working to resolve the issue. Please try again later.”
Several Google users have also turned to social media to indicate errors with some of the search engine’s online services.
Google is yet to issue a statement on the same .
Netizens Reacts on Google Down
The Google down has shook the entire internet as it is the most used search engine worldwide. The users are worried regarding the Google Down but they are also sharing their humour on social media platform, particularly on X
google down.. sundar pichai aisa kya search kar liya bhai
— Arun Lol (@dhaikilokatweet) May 12, 2026
best thing about google being down is seeing what people were searching for when they screenshotted the error message #GoogleDown
— Katelin♡ (@KatelinNotFound) May 12, 2026
Me: I don’t use Google anymore. I mostly use Perplexity, ChatGPT, and other AI tools for my queries.
Also me, when Google is down: pic.twitter.com/9wP6pLwRqa
— Sanket (@svnket) May 12, 2026
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