Reddit appears to be experiencing significant issues for thousands of users across the US on Monday. Downdetector, which tracks real-time outage reports, showed at least 3,000 user submissions at the time of writing. Reddit’s official server status page, however, showed no problems.
Social media quickly filled with frustrated users comparing notes.
“Reddit is down again for hundreds of users right now. Are you one of them?” one person posted on X. “Is reddit down? :((” asked another. A third noted that the problem appeared broader than just Reddit – “Reddit, Microsoft 365, Go Daddy are experiencing issues,” they wrote.
What You Can Do Right Now
While the platform sorts itself out, a few things are worth trying. Check status.reddit.com for real-time updates directly from Reddit’s engineering team, that’s the most reliable source for knowing when things are fixed.
Try old.reddit.com – the legacy desktop version of the site. Many users report it stays at least partially functional when the modern interface and app go down completely.
Switch networks. If you’re on Wi-Fi, try mobile data instead, some outages are tied to specific DNS or ISP routing problems that affect certain connections more than others. Clear your cache and restart the app or browser. Force-closing and relaunching can sometimes restore access to cached content even when live servers are struggling. Don’t hammer the login button. Repeated failed login attempts can trigger temporary account flags that make things worse.
Why Does Reddit Go Down?
Millions of people visit Reddit every month. That scale means things break, sometimes badly, when even minor problems hit.
Traffic is one culprit. A massive news event or a post that suddenly goes viral can send user numbers through the roof faster than servers can handle. The site wasn’t built to absorb unlimited simultaneous visitors, and sometimes it shows.
Software updates are another. Engineers push changes to fix bugs or add features, and occasionally those changes introduce entirely new problems. What was supposed to be a quiet backend update becomes the reason half the site stops loading.
Then there’s plain old human error. Someone enters a wrong command. A DNS record gets misconfigured. It happens at every tech company, including big ones. Reddit is no exception.
Outside Reddit’s own walls, the platform leans on Amazon Web Services for its cloud infrastructure. AWS going down, even partially, can drag Reddit and a dozen other major sites with it. And then there are DDoS attacks, where bad actors flood a site with so much artificial traffic that real users simply can’t get through. What’s causing today’s issues specifically hasn’t been confirmed.
