Overview

• Downdetector recorded more than 21,200 outage reports by 5:22 p.m. ET after a sharp spike beginning around 4 p.m. ET.
• User reports described widespread access failures across multiple states, with concentrations on the East Coast and in the Midwest.
• Many affected users turned to X and other social platforms to share screenshots of the error and confirm service problems.
• Reddit had not provided a cause or recovery timeline by Monday evening, and it did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
• Analysts suggested a server overload or an internal configuration issue as possible causes, pending confirmation from Reddit’s technical team.