Reddit experienced a global outage today, impacting users worldwide, including those in the US and UK. The website and app were both affected, as reported on DownDetector, with a significant surge in reported issues starting earlier in the evening.
Social media users expressed frustration over the latest outage, with one individual on X lamenting, “#Reddit is down again!” Reddit had previously encountered an issue on January 18, causing errors related to posting and viewing media content. The company acknowledged the problem and successfully implemented a fix to resolve it.
The day before the recent incident, Reddit users faced increased error rates, particularly with image uploads and account sign-ups, which were also swiftly addressed. DownDetector indicated over 1,000 complaints about the Reddit app since 9:27 pm, with thousands of users globally reporting problems on the platform, including in the UK and the US.
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