Reddit status: is it down right now?
Our own check of reddit.com from Europe and the US, every 3 minutes, with recent history.
reddit.com responded. The server refused access in 147 ms.
reddit.com responded.
The server refused access in 147 ms.
Checked (just now) from Europe and the US, automatic every 3 minutes.
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This checks the response from reddit.com. It does not test playback, login or every Reddit feature.
Reddit status history
Our own checks from Europe and the US. Green means every check passed, amber means some checks failed, red means most checks in that period failed.
Outages our checks detected
None since Oct 9. A problem has to fail two checks in a row before we record it.
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About Reddit
Reddit is a global discussion platform organised into subreddits, used by hundreds of millions of users monthly. Outages hit patterns like: the home feed fails to load, individual subreddits return 502s, comment submission loops, voting silently fails, or mobile apps log users out. Moderators of large subreddits lose access to modqueues, and bots that rely on the Reddit API (AutoModerator, toolkit bots) stop running. The API overhaul in 2023 broke many third-party apps and introduced stricter rate limits, so API incidents now have wider downstream impact on the remaining authorised integrations.
The official Reddit status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours.
outage patterns
Why Reddit outages cluster around peak usage
Social platforms like Reddit experience their loudest outages during peak engagement windows: evenings, weekends, and major news events. The pattern is predictable: capacity that handles average load fine starts to struggle when the entire user base logs in at once, and the failure mode is partial degradation rather than total outage.
The live tool above checks public reddit.com reachability from EU and US. It cannot publish a post, load a personalized feed, or verify notification delivery, so use it as one signal alongside the provider status reference and a direct feature test. Business and Agency monitors can repeat the public-endpoint check every minute.
Common signs Reddit is having issues
- Feeds loading but new posts not appearing for minutes after publish
- Direct messages sending but not arriving, or arriving in batches after a delay
- Notifications missing entirely or arriving 15+ minutes late
- Login or password reset endpoints throwing intermittent 5xx errors
What to do when Reddit is degraded
During suspected Reddit outages, the social signal is usually faster than the official status page. If multiple independent monitors (yours, ours, third-party check tools) all report problems for reddit.com and the user community is also complaining, treat it as a real incident and tell stakeholders so before the platform confirms it.
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Get independent alerts when the public Reddit endpoint fails a confirmed check. Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes; Business and Agency check every 60 seconds.
5-minute checks from Solo
Business and Agency support 60-second uptime checks.
Multi-region
EU & US checks. Catch regional outages.
Alerts where you work
Email and push on every plan, plus team and incident channels by plan.
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why independent monitoring
Provider status references
and endpoint checks answer different questions.
Independent endpoint evidence
The regional check can show that a public endpoint is failing before or after a provider posts broader incident context. It does not validate every product subsystem.
Scheduled alerts
Monitor Reddit on your plan interval and route confirmed endpoint failures through the notification channels available to your workspace.
Multi-region verification
EU and US results can reveal a regional difference in public-endpoint reachability. Confirm the exact workflow and provider region you use.
Historical data
Track Reddit uptime over time. See trends, identify recurring issues, and make informed decisions about your dependency.
Frequently asked questions
Is Reddit down right now?
See the latest check of reddit.com and its timestamp at the top of this page. If Reddit is down, you can also check the official status page for extra context.
How do I check if Reddit is having issues?
This page checks the public Reddit endpoint from EU and US. You can also monitor that endpoint on a schedule and receive confirmed-failure alerts through the channels available on your plan. Test the exact provider feature you use for a complete diagnosis.
How can I get alerted when Reddit goes down?
Add reddit.com to Visual Sentinel and its first check is free. To keep monitoring, start a 7-day trial (card required) or subscribe now: Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes, Business and Agency every 60 seconds, with email, push and chat alerts.
Where can I find Reddit outage context?
The official Reddit status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours. Visual Sentinel checks the public Reddit endpoint independently from EU and US. Paid Business and Agency plans support 60-second uptime checks.
Why does old.reddit.com sometimes work when new Reddit is down?
Old Reddit and the redesign share backend services but have different frontend stacks. A frontend-specific issue on new Reddit does not always affect old Reddit. Backend-layer outages affect both.
Does a Reddit outage break RES or Apollo-style apps?
Third-party apps like Apollo were mostly shut down after the 2023 API pricing change. RES (Reddit Enhancement Suite) is a browser extension that wraps old Reddit and depends on Reddit being reachable, so yes, any Reddit outage breaks RES functionality.
Often checked together with Reddit
Social apps are separate services. Each page below checks one of them on its own, every 3 minutes.