Reddit experienced a widespread outage globally this evening, affecting users in various countries, including the US and UK. The issues were reported on both the Reddit website and app, as indicated on DownDetector where a significant increase in problem reports was observed earlier in the evening.
Social media users expressed frustration over the outage, with one individual lamenting, “#Reddit is down again!” This incident follows a previous issue on January 18, during which users encountered errors related to creating and viewing posts with images or videos. Reddit promptly acknowledged and resolved the issue after implementing a fix.
Prior to this, on the day before, Reddit users faced increased error rates when posting images or signing up for accounts, but this issue was also swiftly resolved. Thousands of users worldwide have reported problems with Reddit, with over 1,000 individuals specifically flagging issues with the app on DownDetector since 9:27 pm.
The widespread impact of these disruptions has been felt by users across different regions, with a surge in reports on social media platform Reddit. DownDetector has recorded numerous complaints, highlighting the extensive reach of the issues experienced by users in the US, UK, and other parts of the world.