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Yes, Reddit is having issues for a chunk of users right now, even though the official status page is acting like everything’s fine. Reports on outage trackers like Downdetector show hundreds of complaints about login failures, 500 internal server errors, and pages that simply refuse to load, with most problems tied to the main website and the official app.
Is Reddit Down Right Now?
Yes, for many users, Reddit is effectively “down” or at least badly broken, even if it’s technically online. Outage-tracking data shows over 250 reports during the current spike, with issues peaking in the evening and affecting users across major markets like the US and India.
Roughly half of those complaints mention website access problems, around four in ten are about the mobile app, and the rest involve server connection errors or random failures in loading content. What makes it extra confusing is that Reddit’s own status dashboard is still showing everything as operational.
Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) noted on X that some users are reporting Reddit outages, asking whether others are experiencing similar issues, as the platform appears to be down for certain users.
Mohammed Anzil (@anzilone) shared on X that Reddit appears to be facing issues, noting that the site is completely down for him with pages failing to load, and he asked whether others are experiencing the same outage.
That usually means one of two things: either the incident isn’t big enough (yet) to flip their internal alarms, or it’s hitting specific regions, ISPs, or parts of the infrastructure that don’t immediately register as a full-blown outage. From a user point of view, though, if you’re staring at a 500 error or a spinning Snoo, it doesn’t really matter what the dashboard says; it feels down.
What Has Reddit Said Officially?
Yes, Reddit has now acknowledged the problem and says a fix has been rolled out, but they’re still watching things closely. The official status message first moved from “Investigating” to “A fix has been implemented, and we are monitoring the results,” which is basically engineer-speak for “we think it’s fixed, but don’t trust it 100% yet.”
That means you might still see some hiccups, slow loads, and random errors while traffic stabilises. Earlier, the status page simply read: “Investigating: We are currently investigating this issue.”
That’s usually the first public sign that the internal alerts have gone off and the on-call team is digging through logs, error rates, and traffic patterns to figure out what broke. It’s not the most detailed communication in the world, but it does confirm this wasn’t just a few unlucky users having local network problems.
What Exactly Are People Seeing?
Most people are hitting a mix of “something’s wrong, but nothing is fully dead” symptoms. A few patterns keep coming up in user reports and live status trackers:
- Pages are loading partially, then timing out
- Home feed or subreddits not refreshing, even after multiple retries
- Login attempts are failing or kicking users back to the sign-in screen
- “Internal server error” or generic 5xx-style error messages
Around 48% of reports are specifically about website issues, things like blank pages, error codes, or endless loading on desktop browsers. Another 42% are tied to the mobile app, where users open Reddit and get stuck on loading screens or error toasts instead of posts.
The remaining chunk is “server connection” and “other,” which usually means people can open the app but can’t actually do anything useful, like posting, commenting, or upvoting.
Anecdotally, this is the kind of outage where you might notice weird behavior before you see any big headlines: maybe your feed won’t update, you assume it’s your Wi‑Fi, you restart the router twice, and only then do you check an outage tracker and realise thousands of others are in the same boat. It’s the classic “Is it just me?” moment that every regular Redditor has lived through at least once.
Why Is Reddit Showing Internal Server Errors Again?
No official root cause has been posted for this particular incident yet, but the pattern lines up with the kind of backend issues Reddit has run into more than once over the past few years.
Historic incident logs show a long list of disruptions tied to elevated site errors, infrastructure problems, and server-side hiccups that hit both web and mobile at the same time.
Often, these don’t get acknowledged immediately on the status page, or they appear there with a noticeable delay compared to what users are already reporting in real time.
It also doesn’t help that the broader internet has been wobbly lately. In just the past couple of months:
- A Cloudflare outage on December 5 briefly broke access for trading platforms like Zerodha, Groww, and Angel One, plus a long list of global sites that rely on Cloudflare for DNS and security.
- A massive AWS incident in October knocked out or degraded services for Snapchat, Reddit, Fortnite, banking apps, and more than a thousand sites across over 60 countries.
So even when the problem starts inside Reddit, it’s happening in a wider context where one change in a big infrastructure provider can ripple across half the apps people use daily. That’s why outages like this feel more frequent lately, even if each one has a different technical cause.
What’s Actually Affected Right Now?
Pretty much every “normal” way of using Reddit can be flaky during this kind of outage.
- Browsing the home feed or popular tab
- Opening specific subreddits or posts
- Logging in or switching accounts
- Posting, commenting, or voting
- Loading media-heavy content like image galleries or videos
Outage maps show clusters of issues popping up across multiple regions; it’s not one single country having trouble. Users in the US, India, and other parts of the world are all contributing live reports, which suggests this isn’t just a local ISP glitch.
That said, some people will inevitably report “everything is fine,” because partial outages can hit certain networks or data centers harder than others. From a lived-experience angle, this is one of those nights where you might get Reddit to load on mobile data but not on your home broadband, or vice versa.
Maybe old threads you saved are still open, but new ones won’t. Maybe your friend in a different city is scrolling happily while your app keeps throwing “internal server error” at you. It feels random, but it’s usually just how traffic is being routed behind the scenes.
How Does This Compare to Other Recent Outages?
Compared to some of the truly huge outages this year, tonight’s Reddit disruption is annoying but not apocalyptic. When Cloudflare had its December 5 issue, entire categories of sites, brokers, e‑commerce, and AI tools went down in one sweep.
When AWS stumbled in October, the impact was massive: social apps, games, banking, streaming, even airline and shopping platforms were affected for hours, with millions of users locked out at the same time.
Reddit has its own history of outages layered on top of that. Monitoring data shows hundreds of recorded disruptions over the last decade, including ones where content wouldn’t load, apps wouldn’t open, and server error 500 messages popped up everywhere.
Many of those incidents either weren’t acknowledged at all on the official status page or were listed much later than when users first started complaining. So if tonight feels like déjà vu, that’s because, in a way, it is.
The silver lining is that most of these Reddit outages tend to resolve within minutes to a few hours rather than dragging on for days. It’s still frustrating, especially if you were in the middle of a long comment, typing out a heartfelt post, or just winding down with your usual late-night scroll. But in outage terms, this one looks more like a spike than a full meltdown.
What Can You Do If Reddit Is Down For You?
If Reddit is throwing internal server errors at you right now, there are a few practical steps worth trying, just don’t expect miracles if the issue is on their side.
- First, confirm it’s not just you: check an outage tracker like Downdetector or a live status site to see if reports are climbing.
- Try switching networks: move from Wi‑Fi to mobile data, or vice versa, to see if routing is the culprit.
- Clear app cache or browser cookies for Reddit, then relaunch.
- Log out and back in, but avoid hammering the login page repeatedly; sometimes that just adds to the mess.
If nothing helps and reports are still high, the reality is simple: the problem is almost certainly not on your device. At that point, the best move is to wait while Reddit’s engineers quietly wrestle with infrastructure, even if the public status page is still pretending everything is green.
In the meantime, people usually drift to X, Discord, or other social platforms to rant, share screenshots of error messages, and swap tiny survival tips like “just read cached threads” or “touch some grass for an hour.” It’s not ideal, but for tonight, “Reddit down” is very real for a lot of users.
Disclaimer: The information above is based on publicly available outage reports, user feedback, and social media posts at the time of writing. It is not officially affiliated with Reddit, its engineering team, or any infrastructure provider. Service conditions may change rapidly, so for the most accurate and up-to-date status, refer to Reddit’s official channels or verified service-status platforms.
