Streaming platform Netflix was down for 1,182 users in the UAE late on Saturday morning, outage tracking website Downdetector.com said, just as viewers tuned into a highly anticipated boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.

According to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from various sources, 1,182 users in the country couldn't access the streaming platform at 7.42am local time.

Check out the Netflix outage in the country in the last 24 hours, as shown by Downdetector:

Likewise, Downdetector noted that Netflix was down for thousands of users in the US late on Friday.

The number of users in the US indicating problems was 85,021, by 10.35 pm ET (0335 GMT Saturday).

Downdetector reported that the outage primarily impacted users in major metropolitan areas, including New York, Seattle and Los Angeles, with scattered reports from other regions.

Netflix said it had no immediate comment in response to a request from Reuters.

The platform has faced outages during live or highly anticipated events in the past, with spikes in user traffic often being a contributing factor.

In April last year, it experienced a brief outage during a live stream of the dating reality show Love is Blind, drawing complaints from thousands of users.