Reddit Outage History

Users across the Reddit app and website experienced degraded performance and content loading issues beginning around 6:45 PM UTC. Many reported slow loading of feeds, posts, and images, with some posts failing to render or timing out. Activity surged in the late afternoon, indicating a broad impact across regions and platforms. StatusGator detected the issue at Mar 27, 2025 6:58 PM UTC based on user reports, ahead of any official Reddit status updates, and the disruption persisted through the evening before tapering off after 8:03 PM UTC.

Reddit did not publish an official incident update during the event, leaving users to rely on community chatter for guidance. The volume of user reports clustered around the peak of the disruption around 7:15 PM UTC, underscoring the widespread nature of the issue across the platform.

Reddit users attempting to comment on the web experienced degraded performance for a short period, affecting both mobile web and desktop web. The issue began around 5:07 PM UTC when Reddit's status page flagged degraded commenting on reddit.com web and an investigation was opened. Some users reported delays or failures when posting comments.

Reddit faced a brief period of degraded performance as the reddit.com Comment Processing component encountered an elevated level of API errors and a lag in publishing comments. The incident began at 9:32 PM UTC and was resolved by 9:57 PM UTC, lasting about 25 minutes. Users may have experienced delays or intermittent failures when posting new comments during this window. The Reddit status page documented an investigation into the elevated errors, with the component returning to normal as the issue was resolved.

Reddit experienced a brief delay in new comments on reddit.com, impacting how quickly posts and replies appeared. The issue began at 11:02 AM UTC when the reddit.com / Comment Processing component entered a delayed state and an investigation began.

It lasted about 1 hour and was resolved by 12:02 PM UTC. Reddit issued two status updates during the incident describing the investigation and restoration of the Comment Processing component.

Reddit experienced a global outage impacting access to its app and website for a short period. The disruption began on 12:50 AM UTC and was resolved by 1:16 AM UTC. Users across North America, Europe, and other regions reported errors such as pages not loading and the app failing to connect, indicating a broad impact on both web and mobile experiences. StatusGator observed a surge in reports during this window, signaling widespread impact.

Reddit experienced a platform-wide outage that blocked access to content and threads for users around the world. The issue began at 12:30 AM UTC and was resolved by 1:01 AM UTC, lasting 31 minutes. Users reported being unable to open posts, comments, or any content across multiple regions, indicating a global impact. StatusGator detected the issue at Feb 21, 2025 12:30 AM UTC, ahead of Reddit's acknowledgement.

Geographically, reports came from North America, Europe, and Asia, with samples from Texarkana (USA), Tampines (Singapore), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Glasgow and Oxford (UK), Chicago and Longmont (USA), Rjukan (Norway), Stein (Netherlands), and others, underscoring a widespread outage. Reddit did not publish an official status update during the incident.

Reddit experienced a brief outage with server errors affecting page loads and the mobile app. Users reported server errors and internal server errors across several locations, with about 11 minutes of degraded service from 8:35 PM UTC to 8:46 PM UTC. Early reports began around 8:30 PM UTC, including observations from New York (Brooklyn), Alfafar (Valencia), Spain, and Columbus, Ohio.

Reddit experienced a brief issue affecting ad posts loading. Some users reported ads failing to load or displaying server errors, while the rest of Reddit remained accessible. The incident lasted about 4 minutes, beginning at 1:40 PM UTC and ending at 1:44 PM UTC. A small volume of user reports (4) appeared by 1:30 PM UTC, signaling early visibility, and StatusGator logged an Early Warning Signal at Jan 6, 2025 1:40 PM UTC based on those reports.