Is Reddit Down?

Having trouble accessing Reddit? It’s easy to find out if Reddit is experiencing an outage, but spoiler alert: it’s probably not. At the time of writing, the platform has experienced a single partial outage in the past 90 days. Reddit maintains a real-time performance tracker that you can check to see if the site is experiencing issues.

As a daily (sometimes hourly) Redditor, I’ve had a few instances where I couldn’t access Reddit, and the causes have usually been external: VPNs, internet service issues, phone issues, etc. It’s more likely there’s an issue with your Reddit account, browser, internet connection, or your device. But I built this guide so you don’t need to guess. Let’s get to the bottom of it and get you back into your favorite Reddit rooms.

Check for a Reddit outage

Most folks might check crowd-sourced outage sites, like Downdetector, but this can often result in a false positive for big sites like Reddit. The most reliable way to check for a Reddit outage is to check Reddit’s status page.

This gives you an immediate yes-or-no answer in seconds. Reddit’s status page is a transparent log of the site’s performance over time. If there’s a large-scale outage, chances are it will be represented here.

The Reddit Status pages track Reddit’s performance in four categories: Reddit’s overall status, Reddit’s infrastructure status, media storage, and its ads. What you’re most likely looking for is an overall or infrastructure outage, which would indicate a problem with the underlying servers that support Reddit.

Here’s how you interpret the Reddit status page:

Step 1: Go to https://www.redditstatus.com.

Step 2: Look at the overall system status at the top of the page. You’ll see one of four status updates.

All Systems Operational: Reddit is likely not down overall.

Partial Outage / Major Outage / Degraded Performance: Reddit is experiencing issues.

Step 3: Look at the subsections: ads, infrastructure, and media storage. These label issues use the same terminology as the overall system status indicator.

Operational: This subsection is likely not down.

Partial Outage / Major Outage / Degraded Performance: This subsection of Reddit is experiencing issues.

Like any external site or service, if Reddit or one of its subsections is experiencing an outage, you’ll have to wait for the problem to be resolved.

Troubleshoot Reddit

If Reddit isn’t having an outage, but you’re still not able to access it, there are a few more things you can try.

• Log out of your Reddit account and try again.
• Access Reddit from a different internet browser.
• Access Reddit from a different device.
• Turn off any VPNs you’re running.

If these tips don’t help, it’s likely you’re experiencing a problem with your internet or Wi-Fi connection instead.

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