Is Reddit Down? Company Says It Is Investigating Outage
More than 100,000 users reported a Reddit outage on DownDetector.com by noon EDT on Wednesday. ... More (Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Reddit users began reporting an outage at about 11:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, which swiftly spiked to more than 100,000 reports around noon.
Reddit did not specify a reason for the outage, but made a post on X at 11:52 a.m. EDT saying it is 'currently investigating this issue.'
Forbes has reached out to Reddit for comment.
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