Reddit status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Reddit reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Reddit users through our website.

• Website Down (61%)
• Errors (28%)
• Sign in (11%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Reddit outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Istanbul	Website Down	10 hours ago
Edmonton	Website Down	5 days ago
Pune	Sign in	6 days ago
Saint-Pierre	Errors	7 days ago
Melbourne	Website Down	10 days ago
Kensington	Errors	10 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Reddit Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Filip Panoski (@FilipPanoski) reported 6 seconds ago

  Reddit drives 50% of my signups. Here's the exact playbook anyone can copy: 1. Find the threads • Google "best [your category] reddit" • Google "[competitor] alternatives reddit" • Look for the "what do you use for..." threads 2. Reply with help, not a pitch • Answer the question first • Provide as much value as possible • Mention your tool by name only if it actually fits 3. DM the OP after, with context • Offer to help, not sell • Reference their exact problem • No link in the first message That's it. Boring. Repeatable. Works.

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  jprtr (@assay_j) reported 4 minutes ago

  Here's the pivot nobody sees coming. The thing that worked? Not the business. The *log*. The doc where every failure went. The capital error, the Reddit ban, the thumbnail that looked like a ransom note — that was the content people actually read. I was building a playbook. What emerged was an autopsy people found useful.

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  Sayujya Gupta (@GuptaSayujya) reported 4 minutes ago

  @alexejbkkr Man, there are so many good ideas in comments as well as reddit But yk the problem isn't finding them, it's the validation part I struggle with Like how do I know if it's even gonna work

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  Horizon (@horizon_trade_x) reported 5 minutes ago

  @aleabitoreddit 56% revenue growth, four beats in a row, stock down 30% YTD Says more about the tape than about Reddit

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  TaeCodes (@TaeCodesForFun) reported 8 minutes ago

  @yepp_emma Its a hit and miss. But I have some success with reddit. It is a slow grind tho. The key is to provide value first instead of doing the sales immediately

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  🦇 (@batkatebush) reported 10 minutes ago

  I used to make up fake problems and send them to the advice columnist hippo constantly which trained me to make up fake stories on reddit

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  Fantasy Author Brian A. Mendonça (@theauthorbrian) reported 12 minutes ago

  @_Knight_writer I think the problem with social media in general is how it tries to target everyone with everything. The internet needs to become more fragmented again, like the forums of old days. In theory, Reddit and Discord do this, but reputation systems and karma incentivize engagement farming. I don't know what the proper solution is aside from totalitarian gatekeeping, and even that might not be a silver bullet.

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  aloneandnameless (@anarimafornow) reported 14 minutes ago

  @sappholives83 Not as convenient, but you could create a community chat here, I think. I don't know how. But, then you'd have to add each person individually. I think. I don't have experience with reddit, but my thought is you would quickly be swarmed there by not-women, or shut down.

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  Hridoy Rehman (@hridoyreh) reported 20 minutes ago

  How to validate an idea using Reddit: 1. Search the Problem Go to Reddit and search for the pain point (e.g., "hate managing invoices" or "can't find good freelance designers") your idea solves. And set the filter to Top / All Time. 2. Read the Posts Like a Heatmap If you see dozens of threads complaining about the same problem across multiple subreddits, that's a real problem. Then, we all realize there is no solution or only a partial one. 3. Check the Upvotes / Comments High upvotes + many comments = strong pain, active community, real demand. Low engagement = niche problem or weak urgency, people don't care enough 4. "Someone Should Build This" Signal Search phrases like "I wish there was an app", "why doesn't X exist", or "I'd pay for...", these are goldmines. Users are literally handing you validated ideas. 5. Spot the Workarounds If people are sharing DIY solutions (spreadsheets, manual processes, duct-tape tools), that's a strong signal. This means the problem is real and no good solution exists yet. 6. Find Targeted Subreddit Check which subreddit the complaints live in. That community = your first customer base. You can post there, run surveys, or do direct outreach.

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  Alex Wyatt | Meta Ad Creatives (@Alexwyatt47) reported 23 minutes ago

  Your customers are writing your next winning ad right now. You're just not reading it. Amazon reviews. Reddit threads. Trustpilot. TikTok comments. The exact words people use to describe their problem, what they tried before and what finally convinced them to buy. We pull 1,000+ of these before writing a single line of copy. 30 minutes of reading reviews will do more for your ad strategy than a week of brainstorming.

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  nat (@mademoisellerat) reported 24 minutes ago

  @spamhilton mind you katseye doesn’t have creative control, are given songs that they think will be “career killers” and have some behind the scenes issues that get blasted on reddit plus no sleep like that seems awful to experience at like 19 years old

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  pisskum (@PissKum) reported 25 minutes ago

  @Whatadayindeed @footsweatlickr @iamnopilot The projection is on max here. Must’ve pushed a button or two, because you are accusing everyone here of exactly what you are doing. Conflating the issue to one Reddit post when there are millions of posts all over the internet about the topic of **********. Keep chudding

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  Anubhav (@Anubhavhing) reported 28 minutes ago

  the number that actually matters : 3,000 downloads per month one founder got there in 9 months two people full time, one part time here is how they think about the stages : month 1 to 3 : Reddit comments, ASO, first SEO pages indexed month 3 to 6 : double down on what moved the needle, ignore everything else month 6 to 9 : SEO starts compounding, community trust starts building month 9+ : optimize conversion and retention, you now have enough volume for the numbers to matter the 0 to 10K MRR in one month stories on Twitter are not real this is what real looks like.

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  Mostafa Saad | Mostavene (@mostavene) reported 29 minutes ago

  @discord @CrypSaf You're not Reddit, you shouldn't be allowed to go down!

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  echodyne (@nan0werx) reported 29 minutes ago

  @Sprocaine__ @AI_EmeraldApple Who said anything about beating it? Did you literally just come up with a point nobody was talking about so you could post your little reddit 'skill issue' bullshit?!

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  Neco The Sergal (@NecotheSergal) reported 32 minutes ago

  @Pirat_Nation Google itself is a broken mess but now they're relying on it's broken *** algorithm 'and' Redditor opinions? Really? lmao. 'Reddit Experts'. The only thing redditors are experts on is bitching and finding things to be offended about.

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  Siddharth Sharma (@hearsid) reported 34 minutes ago

  The "Social Contract" of the internet has been broken. The Old Deal: You write a Wikipedia article, a blog post, or Reddit comment. In exchange, search engines (Google/Bing) index it and send humans to your page. You get traffic, recognition, or ad revenue. The New Deal (AI): AI companies scrape your content to train a model. The model then answers the user's question directly. The user never visits your page. You get zero traffic, zero credit, and zero compensation, while the AI company sells a subscription. This is often called "Data Laundering." It takes data that was given freely for human education (Creative Commons licenses) and processes it into a commercial product that competes with the original creators. #data_laundering #probablistic_inference_engines #llm

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  David Somers (@DavidSomers4455) reported 37 minutes ago

  I’m on Twitter and FB I have IG , Substack , Reddit , Threads but they are problematic logins and saved passwords ( lot’s of problems ) …. I’m posting on two accounts going forward this X act and my FB 👍🏼

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  kiruwaaaa (@kiruwaaaaaa) reported 39 minutes ago

  > be vibecoder in 2026 > open Claude Code with zero clue what to build > spend 3 weeks on "cool idea" nobody wants > discover Reddit thread "I hate manually doing X" > build ugly MVP in 48 hours > charge $29/month before writing a single line > DM 50 strangers on Reddit, get 3 replies > one of them pays > cry tears of joy over $29 > add premium tier at $99 for the lulz > 2 strangers upgrade without asking why > redeploy on Vercel at 2am, break **** > fix in 11 minutes, nobody noticed > hit $1K MRR, tell nobody, just keep building > add one feature, raise price 30% > churn one user, acquire three > $5K MRR by month 5 > your "stupid little tool" replaces a $800/mo SaaS > become the guy who "just vibed his way to ramen profitable" CONFIRMED WORKING IN: Solo builds, weekend projects, broken MVPs, ugly UIs, zero marketing budgets, 3am deploys

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  Nakul Bhardwaj (@_NakulBhardwaj_) reported 40 minutes ago

  @TheAhmadOsman Why hasn’t anyone found Caffeinate for MacBook yet, which solves this issue, I guess people have stopped finding solutions themselves by Googling and reading through Reddit posts now.

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  James Kanasawa 金沢 (@OceanArmor) reported 41 minutes ago

  @WatcherGuru Reddit needs to go down permanently.

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  Dév (@dsdav3) reported 44 minutes ago

  this is precisely my issue with this reddit "game" If game mechanics are an afterthought, tacked on only to escape the interactive movie stigma, then your game is an interactive movie. Which DOES have a place, as far as entertainment media goes. But let's not call it a game, k?

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  **** Master Broda (@PimpMasterYoda1) reported 44 minutes ago

  @ChristinaTasty Calling this a game is pretty generous. A game has structured goals and outcomes of winning and losing. You literally can't lose in Mixtape or even get a different outcome like a different ending for failing. It's been said repeatedly but Mixtape is a Reddit fantasy of the 90s. Anyone who's been around back then knows the kids would've been doing a lot more ****, calling everything gay and getting into way more trouble.

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  Annie!!!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧(she/they/xyr) (@anniethegoober) reported 46 minutes ago

  @AxleLotl94 @noinconsistency <33: I think the problem is that its Reddit lowk

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  mskerri GME (@MsKerriishere) reported 51 minutes ago

  @ValueAddedRS @ryancohen I noticed while going through Reddit eBay complaints that this was a big issue. Also noticed complaints of wrong item and broken into packages where cards were removed etc with no help from customer service.

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  L the Collector (@Lthecollector) reported 52 minutes ago

  @BTCDumbMoneyAPE With his leveraged buyout, fees most likely would go up instead of down to cover the interest. Furthermore have you tried ordering from gamestop website? It blocks many people from buying. It's discussed on reddit. You'll have to use the app instead of ordering on pc.

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  Taiwo Oladosu (@TaiTechSolution) reported 53 minutes ago

  @xylo_business @tibo_maker Absolutely 👍 And honestly, that’s the reason I structure it as a test phase first Reddit can either become a very strong acquisition channel or a complete waste of time depending on execution. Most founders only see the “strict guidelines” side of it because they enter too aggressively or target the wrong conversations. Whenever you’re ready, we can break down Vynx specifically and map where the best entry points actually are for your type of product.

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  Gohar Ali Gohar (@goharaligohar_) reported 53 minutes ago

  @DramaAlert If true, they must have broken Reddit rules.

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  Marzooq Asghar (@marzooqahq) reported 56 minutes ago

  SEO in 2026 looks NOTHING like SEO did in 2020 the market has moved faster than ever before most companies are still wasting thousands of dollars on outdated tactics every month here’s what you need to be doing right now to keep up: - LLM SEO - entity building - reddit distribution - organic attribution - programmatic SEO - AI prompt discovery - buyer decision mapping - AI-first keyword research - growth loops from search - comparison page systems - decision page frameworks - topical authority architecture - structured all content for LLM citation - AI search discovery (ChatGPT / Perplexity / Claude / Gemini) the core principle: clear positioning around a specific problem your buyer has NOT random tactics targeting all broad keywords and hoping for the best we implemented this exact stack recently for our client Musicfy they went from ZERO organic visibility to: - 692k organic clicks - 7.4M impressions - 3,000–6,000 signups per day from search - organic search now driving the majority of their $2M+ ARR the playbook is changing change with it, or get left in the dust

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  Hamish (@Hamish_AI) reported 58 minutes ago

  Form44 acquires customers through Reddit. Freelancers post about scope creep, late payments, ghosting after delivery. I reply with real advice and mention Form44 as what I personally use. X is different. X is where I build credibility as a solo founder shipping in public. The two audiences barely overlap. Indie hackers here care about the build. Freelancers on Reddit care about the problem. The mistake is treating them as the same audience. Most niche B2B founders are in exactly this position. Few of them talk about it.