Reddit On Thursday, March 20, 2026, a widespread outage occurred around the world, preventing tens of thousands of users from loading feeds, viewing posts, submitting comments, or normally accessing websites and applications. DownDetector, a platform that tracks online outages, logged more than 16,000 reports during peak periods in the United States.
Users reported endless loading spinner, “something went wrong” errors. “Reddit is down again. We have outages every week. What’s going on in the world?” one user wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Another user tweeted: “I’m trying to buy the new JW Transfusion Doctrine tea and Reddit is down.”
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Reddit’s server page appears fine. The company has yet to issue a statement.
5 Ways to Fix or Resolve Reddit Issues Now
View the official status page
Please visit status.reddit.com for real-time updates from the Reddit engineering team. If the page says “Under Investigation” or “Partially Outage”, the problem is server-side – pending resolution.
Clear cache, restart, switch networks
Clear browser cache/cookies or application cache/data (mobile devices).
Force close and restart the application/browser.
Switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data; if VPN is active, disable it.
Restart the router/modem for 30 seconds.
Avoid repeated login attempts
Too many logins or refreshes may trigger the temporary account flag. Wait 10-15 minutes between attempts to prevent lock-up.
Past Reddit outages
Reddit was last down on Monday. This follows the shutdown of the platform on March 3, 2026, which affected thousands of users (about 82% of complaints) mainly through the app.
According to Down Detector, the outages peaked around 7 p.m. ET with about 6,869 reports; by 8:20 p.m. ET, the outages were mostly cleared and the number of reports dropped to 20 to none.
Another blackout occurred in January 2026, when the global power outage lasted for about an hour. According to Down Detector, more than 2,000 reports were received around 4 p.m. ET.
However, by 5 PM ET, the outage was restored, and Reddit had not released any official statement confirming the brief outage.
