iTunes is down for many users around the world [Update]

Update 3: Apple seems to have finally resolved the issue. iTunes is back up.

Join the club. Numerous users are reporting iTunes is currently unavailable.

So in case you can’t turn on your Apple TV, update your apps or buy your favorite album – you’re not the only one.

Apple hasn’t confirmed the outage on the official iTunes Twitter account, but the Twitterverse has taken notice.

Weird. Apple Status page says iTunes Store is fine. But I get “service unavailable” errors on all my Macs and iOS devices.

— Ted Landau (@tedlandau) September 16, 2016

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Hey @AppleSupport , is iTunes Store/App Store down because of the volume of people for the #iPhone7launch ? I can't download anything

— Sean Manning (@ThtFilmStudent) September 16, 2016

@TheNextWeb and for me several hours pic.twitter.com/JuXMQiuN4j

— Alexandru (@bitatgjiu70) September 16, 2016

@AppleSupport iTunes Store is also down in Austria. Cannot connect.

— Thomas (@traktuner) September 16, 2016

Check out the screenshot below to see areas where users have reported the interruption.

The official Apple status page doesn’t seem to indicate the issue either, so it’s likely the outage is intermittent.

We’ll keep you posted as the service gets back up. Hopefully, everything gets back to normal soon.

Meanwhile… find something else to do. Duh.

Update: Apple doesn’t seem to be acknowledging the issue, but there’s clearly something going around.

@nrowntree We haven't received any other reports. Which device are you downloading on? Have you tested another network? Let us know!

— Apple Support (@AppleSupport) September 16, 2016

Meanwhile, reports keep stacking.

As users on Twitter suggest, the outage might have something to do with today’s iPhone 7 madness.

Update 2 (19:35 ET): Apple has finally confirmed its servers are experiencing downtime on the official status page.