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Reddit Outage Disrupts Over 30,000 Users Before Service Restored

Engineering teams resolved elevated error rates to restore full service within hours

In this photo illustration, the logo of Reddit, Inc. is displayed on a smartphone screen, with the company's mascot and branding visible in the background, on April 26, 2025, in Chongqing, China.
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Overview

  • The outage on June 3, 2025 affected more than 30,800 users at its peak, according to Downdetector reports.
  • User incident reports peaked around 2:34 p.m. ET and declined to fewer than 600 by 3:31 p.m. ET.
  • Engineers traced the disruption to elevated error rates within Reddit’s infrastructure and launched an immediate investigation.
  • Service was confirmed as fully restored later the same day on Reddit’s public status page.
  • The incident prompted a 1.5% drop in Reddit’s share price and highlighted ongoing platform stability challenges.