What is FutureLearn current status?

FutureLearn is currently operational. You can check FutureLearn status and current incidents and outages on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the issues affecting customers.

How to monitor or check FutureLearn status?

You can use IsDown service or go to FutureLearn official status page. Some accounts also use Twitter to communicate the status.

How can I be notified when FutureLearn is having issues or undergoing maintenance?

You can create an account in IsDown and monitor multiple services or subscribe for updates on the official status page. IsDown will send you a notification in real-time when FutureLearn has issues. FutureLearn official status page might also offer notification options such as email, SMS, or Slack.

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FutureLearn Status. Is FutureLearn Down?

Q: Is FutureLearn down today?

FutureLearn was not down today according to the official status page. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported. IsDown continuously monitors the FutureLearn status page, looking for the latest outages and issues affecting customers. Check all recent outages in the section 'Latest FutureLearn outages, issues and problems' at the top of the page.

Check if FutureLearn is down, official outages, user-reported issues, and outages map.

Is FutureLearn down right now?

FutureLearn is working normally

IsDown checked FutureLearn status on January 10, 2026 at 06:49 PM EST, and appears to be operational. We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours. IsDown collects in real-time FutureLearn status data from official sources and user reports.

FutureLearn service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Check the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.

Working Normally

Possible Incident

Confirmed Outage

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User reports for FutureLearn

See what users are saying about FutureLearn issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage.

3 months ago

Chandani - 503 service temporarily unavailable.
over 1 year ago

saumya - the website is not working.
over 1 year ago

A - FutureLearn website returning a 'Bad gateway' error message..
over 1 year ago

Hannah - Not working, error screen given in response. Broadband and web browser working fine, futurelearn not accessible suddenly. .

FutureLearn outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 32 incidents since started monitoring FutureLearn status in October 2022. We collect data from 5350+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official FutureLearn outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Major 30 minutes

Site outage

Oct 03, 2025 at 03:58 AM

Minor about 1 hour

Homepage not loading

Sep 02, 2025 at 04:06 AM

Minor about 16 hours

Error when posting a comment

Jul 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM

Major about 2 hours

503 Service Temporarily Unavailable

Jul 08, 2025 at 08:32 AM

Minor about 18 hours

Intermittent video performance

Sep 11, 2024 at 10:56 AM

Minor 34 minutes

Homepage not loading

Jul 17, 2024 at 07:21 AM

Major about 19 hours

Degraded performance of FutureLearn site

Jul 15, 2024 at 09:57 AM

Minor about 3 hours

Error page for new Unlimited subscribers

Apr 08, 2024 at 07:27 AM

Minor 7 days

Video playback errors in UAE and China

Mar 20, 2024 at 07:45 AM

Minor 3 days

Cloudflare causing some response time delays

Jan 12, 2024 at 10:50 AM

Date	Incident	Duration
Oct 03, 2025 03:58 AM EDT	Major Site outage We are currently investigating a site outage.	30 minutes
Sep 02, 2025 04:06 AM EDT	Minor Homepage not loading The homepage is currently unavailable. Our technical team is actively investigating the issue, an...	about 1 hour
Jul 31, 2025 11:40 AM EDT	Minor Error when posting a comment We are currently investigating an issue where comments of more than 200 characters are prevented ...	about 16 hours
Jul 08, 2025 08:32 AM EDT	Major 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable We are currently investigating an incident which is causing an outage of the whole site. We apolo...	about 2 hours
Sep 11, 2024 10:56 AM EDT	Minor Intermittent video performance We are currently investigating an issue where videos are playing intermittently across our course...	about 18 hours
Jul 17, 2024 07:21 AM EDT	Minor Homepage not loading The FutureLearn homepage is not loading. The rest of the website is working as expected. Please t...	34 minutes
Jul 15, 2024 09:57 AM EDT	Major Degraded performance of FutureLearn site We are currently experiencing some problems with FutureLearn and are investigating the cause. Thi...	about 19 hours
Apr 08, 2024 07:27 AM EDT	Minor Error page for new Unlimited subscribers We are currently investigating an issue where new subscribers are seeing an error after they subs...	about 3 hours
Mar 20, 2024 07:45 AM EDT	Minor Video playback errors in UAE and China We are currently investigating an issue with our videos which is causing playback issues in the U...	7 days
Jan 12, 2024 10:50 AM EST	Minor Cloudflare causing some response time delays Some users may experience loading delays on FutureLearn due to Cloudflare instances. Cloudflare i...	3 days

FutureLearn components or services current status

Component	Status
www.futurelearn.com	OK

Frequently Asked Questions

Is FutureLearn down today?

FutureLearn isn't down. You can check FutureLearn status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors FutureLearn official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current FutureLearn status?

FutureLearn is currently operational. You can check FutureLearn status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a FutureLearn outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is FutureLearn down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of FutureLearn being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are FutureLearn outages detected?

IsDown monitors the FutureLearn official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is FutureLearn having an outage right now?

FutureLearn last outage was on October 03, 2025 with the title "Site outage"

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring FutureLearn?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if FutureLearn is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about FutureLearn's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.