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Reddit Suffers Global Outage as User Reports Top 24,000

The company acknowledged errors on X without identifying a cause.

Overview

  • Outage tracking site DownDetector logged roughly 19,400 to about 24,000 complaints as the incident unfolded.
  • Most reports cited website access failures at roughly 73%, with about 21–22% for server connection issues and around 5–6% for app or login problems.
  • Users across multiple regions posted screenshots, complaints and memes on X as the disruption continued.
  • Reddit said it was investigating internally after noting platform errors, with no confirmed root cause disclosed.
  • The disruption follows a November 15 Reddit outage and comes after a recent Cloudflare incident, while user speculation about infrastructure upgrades remains unconfirmed.