Reddit down app not working: Thousands affected as site struggles to stay online, issues with login failures

Reddit went down for tens of thousands of users in the United States on Wednesday, causing widespread frustration. The problem, which started earlier in the day, prevented users from accessing posts or loading content.

Reddit down for multiple users across the United States

The outage tracking website Downdetector reports that the social media platform Reddit was unavailable to thousands of users in the United States on Wednesday, as per a report by Reuters.


On July 16, reports of Reddit outages surged on Downdetector just after 11:30 a.m. ET. As of 11:44 AM ET, user reports show that more than 72,897 US users were experiencing issues on Reddit, as quoted in a report by Forbes.

On Wednesday, at approximately 11:40 a.m. EDT, Reddit users started reporting an outage and by noon, there were over 100,000 reports.

In the meantime, the team began "investigating elevated site errors," according to an update posted on the Reddit Status page at 11:52 a.m. ET.

Reddit stated that it is looking into increased site errors. The platform has since identified and is working to resolve the issue.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Identified: We&#39;ve identified the cause of the issue and are working to address it. <a href="https://t.co/ypn8IRe7SP">https://t.co/ypn8IRe7SP</a></p>&mdash; Reddit Status (@redditstatus) <a href="https://twitter.com/redditstatus/status/1945515562412765265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Reddit: "WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE AND ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS IT."

Reddit posted on X at 11:52 a.m. without providing an explanation for the outage.

FAQs

Is Reddit down right now?
As of late morning on July 16, thousands of users in the United States had reported issues.

What caused the Reddit outage?
Reddit stated that it has identified the source of the issue and is working to resolve it, though the exact cause has not been disclosed publicly.