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Reddit outage history
Reddit published 21 incidents on its official status page since Oct 20, 2025. 5 were major or long incidents with their own pages; the biggest are listed first. Below them is every smaller incident, then our own 90 day check history.
Biggest Reddit outages
Ranked by the official impact level, then by how long they lasted. Each has its own page with the cause, the fix time and every official update.
- Oct 20, 2025: Elevated errors 12 hours 45 min · rated "Major"
- Jan 17, 2026: Increased error rates across the site 3 hours 17 min · rated "Major"
- Sep 1, 2026: Elevated site errors 1 hour 32 min · rated "Major"
- Jul 25, 2026: Degraded performance across the site 1 hour 22 min · rated "Major"
- Apr 6, 2026: Elevated site Errors 1 hour 8 min · rated "Major"
Every smaller Reddit incident
Minor and short incidents from the Reddit status page, newest first, each with a line from the official updates. Times are UTC.
October 2026
Oct 7, 2026, 19:58 UTC · Investigating elevated errors across reddit.com and native apps
57 minutes · marked as no impact
"Errors are returning to baseline and we're monitoring improvement. We'll continue to monitor the situation!"
September 2026
Sep 23, 2026, 00:23 UTC · Mods Unable to Approve Content
1 hour 4 min · rated "Minor"
"Currently investigating an issue related to moderators being able to approve content. Root cause it currently being investigated."
May 2026
May 20, 2026, 20:58 UTC · Investigating elevated errors and issues loading comments
59 minutes · marked as no impact
"This issue is now resolved. Errors have subsided and we're seeing consistent loading across comments."
May 18, 2026, 17:39 UTC · Investigating elevated site errors and issues accessing media
3 hours 25 min · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved. We're seeing consistent loading across feeds, posts and search. Media should now be appearing as expected."
May 8, 2026, 00:47 UTC · AWS availability causing degradation in user experiences for various services
3 days 14 hours · rated "Minor"
"We have mitigated issues caused by the AWS us-east-1 outage but continue to monitor as AWS has not yet fully recovered."
May 5, 2026, 23:44 UTC · Search experience and subreddit experience is degraded
34 minutes · marked as no impact
"We have identified the issue and a fix is being implemented."
April 2026
Apr 30, 2026, 19:32 UTC · Issues with reporting
37 minutes · rated "Major"
"Users may experience issues when trying to report posts, comments, or user details."
Apr 7, 2026, 20:18 UTC · Elevated Site Errors
36 minutes · marked as no impact
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
March 2026
Mar 4, 2026, 00:35 UTC · Degraded performance for reddit.com
12 minutes · rated "Major"
"A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results."
January 2026
Jan 18, 2026, 21:33 UTC · Elevated Errors
11 minutes · marked as no impact
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
Jan 13, 2026, 17:01 UTC · Investigating elevated errors across reddit.com and native apps
1 hour 3 min · rated "Minor"
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
December 2025
Dec 18, 2025, 22:49 UTC · Video posts are not displaying correctly
2 hours 11 min · rated "Minor"
"A fix has been rolled out and we have fixed the issues with impacted video posts."
Dec 9, 2025, 18:28 UTC · Elevated errors
34 minutes · rated "Major"
"This incident has been resolved."
Dec 9, 2025, 05:05 UTC · Elevated errors
56 minutes · rated "Minor"
"A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results."
November 2025
Nov 30, 2025, 18:48 UTC · iOS Push Notifications Not Working
5 hours 12 min · rated "Minor"
"We have identified the root cause, began a fix, and have seen a small uptick in push notifications being delivered to iOS"
Nov 4, 2025, 12:27 UTC · Increased error rates on Reddit
50 minutes · rated "Minor"
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
Reddit uptime, last 90 days
Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Every Reddit problem in the last 90 days
No outages, degraded periods or maintenance recorded since Oct 7, 2026.
Day by day
| Day (UTC) | Uptime | Avg response | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | 100% | 19 ms | Up |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 100% | 51 ms | Up |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 100% | 31 ms | Up |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 100% | 21 ms | Up |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 100% | 34 ms | Up |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 100% | 28 ms | Up |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 100% | 25 ms | Up |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 100% | 18 ms | Up |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 100% | 19 ms | |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 100% | 22 ms | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 100% | 21 ms | Up |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 100% | 16 ms | Up |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 100% | 23 ms | Up |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 100% | 25 ms | Up |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 100% | 26 ms | Up |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 100% | 13 ms | Up |
Reddit outage questions
Was Reddit down today?
No. We recorded no Reddit outage, degraded period or maintenance today (Oct 22, 2026, UTC).
Was Reddit down yesterday?
No. We recorded no Reddit outage, degraded period or maintenance yesterday (Oct 21, 2026, UTC).
When was Reddit last down?
The latest incident on the Reddit status page started Oct 7, 2026, 19:58 UTC: Investigating elevated errors across reddit.com and native apps (57 minutes).
What was the biggest Reddit outage?
Of the incidents on record since Oct 20, 2025, the biggest was on Oct 20, 2025: Elevated errors. The Reddit status page rated it "Major" and it lasted 12 hours 45 min.
How often does Reddit go down?
Reddit's status page posted 21 incidents since Oct 20, 2025, 2 of them in the last 30 days. Most incidents affect part of the service, not all of it. Uptime from our own checks over the last 90 days: 100%.
Times are UTC. Official incidents are the company's own posts, quoted from the Reddit status page. Problem periods start when the official status page or our checks first show a problem and end when the service is next found working, so durations are accurate to within a few minutes. Recent outages across all services.