Reddit suffers outage globally, thousands locked out of accounts
On Down Detector, reports the platform suffered an outage spiked dramatically from about 7am AEDT.
Social media platform Reddit is suffering a major global outage, with thousands of users around the world currently unable to access its website and app.
Reddit wrote online on Thursday morning that it is looking into what caused the platform to go down, saying "we are currently investigating this issue".
On Down Detector, reports the popular social media service suffered an outage spiked dramatically from about 7am, with about 1,500 reports in Australia alone by 8.30am AEST — and many more worldwide.
Thousands locked out of Reddit around the world
Some users say when trying to access the site, they are shown a message which states: "Upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. Reset reason: connection failure."
For others, just a couple old posts were appearing.
Investigating: We are currently investigating this issue. https://t.co/PLSwLrcuYd
— Reddit Status (@redditstatus) November 20, 2024
Hundreds flocked to Twitter to share their frustration at the outage. "Is Reddit down AGAIN," one person wrote. "Reddit is down, the time to touch grass has come," joked another.
"What is going on…over 35,000 reports that Reddit is down and over 1,000 reports that Bluesky is down. Anyone else?" questioned a third.
Reddit has approximately 500 million monthly active users globally, it is most popular among the 18-29 age group.
More to come.
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