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Is Reddit down? Outage reported by social media users

By Stephanie Weaver
Published  November 20, 2024 8:35pm CST
Consumer
Fox TV Stations

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The Brief

    • On Wednesday, thousands of Reddit members reported issues accessing the social media platform.
    • At 3:35 p.m. ET there were about 46,000 errors reported.
    • Reddit told FOX Television Stations that there was a "bug" in a recent update the company made, which is what caused the issue.

SAN FRANCISCO - Reddit appears to be back up and running after thousands of users reported issues accessing the social media platform on Wednesday. 

At 7:35 p.m. ET Reddit said that a fix had been implemented. 

"A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results," Reddit stated.

Error reports began to increase at around 3:00 p.m. ET on Downdetector, an internet monitoring service. There was a spike of more than 46,000 error reports for Reddit at 3:35 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector.

At 4:38 p.m. Reddit said it was looking into the issue.

At 1 p.m. there were still more than 21,000 users impacted.

Reddit responded to FOX Television Stations' request for comment citing that there was a "bug" in a recent update the company had made.

"A fix is in place, and we're ramping back up," a spokesperson for Reddit told FOX.

Reddit logo is displayed in the Apple App Store on an iPhone. (Credit: Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The majority of consumers (58%) indicated that accessing the website was the problem. Some users cited an issue with the app and posting.

The Source

  • The information for this story was gathered from a Reddit spokesperson, Downdetector.com and X. This story was reported from Los Angeles.