Reddit is down – live updates on the huge outage

Written on 11/20/2024
Lance Ulanoff

Reddit is not loading – everybody panic!

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2024-11-20T21:53:03.596Z

Some parts of Reddit appear to be performing normally except for this annoying error message banner that appears at the top of almost every page. It's another sign that all is not well in Reddit Land.

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2024-11-20T21:50:49.097Z

Even upstart social media platform Bluesky was paying attention though it, too, was suffering through a series of small outages on Wednesday. There is no indication they are connected. Bluesky keeps going down because of its sudden and almost unprecedented popularity.

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2024-11-20T21:46:07.270Z

As is usually the case, people on other social media platforms are enjoying a little schadenfreude over Reddit's ongoing problems.

I hear Reddit is down Y’all know what that means #GME pic.twitter.com/ghFDPuTkoPNovember 20, 2024

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2024-11-20T21:42:36.606Z

While the function for adding a new Reddit post appears, the system is still reporting multiple errors, and ultimately nothing gets posted. Guess all those anxious Reddit users will have to head over to Discord to post updates.

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2024-11-20T21:38:47.935Z

As of 4:36PM ET, Reddit's homepage was failing again. Clearly, the issue, whatever it is, is significant enough that Reddit's developers are likely playing a game of whackamole with critical failures.

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2024-11-20T21:35:46.113Z

While the Reddit homepage appears to be sort of functional, Reddit's own status checker is reporting degraded performance for most of its services. No word, yet, on what's causing the issues. and, yes, "popular" remains offline.

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2024-11-20T21:31:56.382Z

Today, perhaps coincidentally, was also the day of US News Anchor Katie Couric's first-ever Reddit AMA. It launched at 2PM ET, though we're not pointing any fingers.

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2024-11-20T21:31:40.264Z

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On the bright side, you can still peruse some of Reddit's homepage.

2024-11-20T21:26:32.063Z

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Some pages, like the all-important Popular, remain blank.

2024-11-20T21:15:41.443Z

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Reddit appeared to be recovering by 4:13PM but the instability remains.