Outage in Reddit
Investigating elevated site errors and issues accessing media
Resolved MinorIncident Report
Summary AI Generated
Reddit experienced elevated site errors affecting media storage, desktop web, mobile web, and native mobile apps for 3.5 hours. Users encountered loading issues across feeds, posts, and search, with recently uploaded images and videos not appearing as expected, and some users reported posts not loading at all. The issue was identified and fixed, with consistent loading restored across all affected areas.
We are currently investigating this issue.
Components affected
Reddit Media Storage Reddit Desktop Web Reddit Mobile Web Reddit Native Mobile AppsTrusted by 1,000+ teams
Never miss outages in third-party dependencies
Stop finding out about outages from your users. Monitor 6,320+ cloud services and get alerted the second something breaks.
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED
about 15 hours ago - at 05/18/2026 09:04PM
This issue is now resolved. We're seeing consistent loading across feeds, posts and search. Media should now be appearing as expected.
MONITORING
about 16 hours ago - at 05/18/2026 07:44PM
A fix has been implemented and we're seeing recovery. We're continuing to monitor the situation!
IDENTIFIED
about 18 hours ago - at 05/18/2026 06:06PM
The issue has been identified and we are working on implementing a fix. While this is ongoing, you may encounter errors and general loading issues across feeds, posts, and search. Recently uploaded images and videos may not appear as expected.
INVESTIGATING
about 18 hours ago - at 05/18/2026 05:39PM
We are currently investigating this issue.
source IsDown
Users report possible problems with Reddit
Reports started less than a minute before official outage was reported
Latest Reddit outages
Search experience and subreddit experience is degraded - 13 days ago
Issues with reporting - 19 days ago
Elevated Site Errors - about 1 month ago
Elevated site Errors - about 1 month ago
Never miss outages in third-party dependencies
With IsDown, you can monitor all your critical services' official status pages from one centralized dashboard and receive instant alerts the moment an outage is detected. Say goodbye to constantly checking multiple sites for updates and stay ahead of outages with IsDown.
Start free trialNo credit card required · Cancel anytime · 6320 services available
Integrations with
