Is Substack .com Down? Check current status

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

Current Substack .com status

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Substack .com 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.

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Substack .com recent outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 47 incidents for Substack .com since started monitoring Substack status in April 2020. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official Substack .com outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Date Incident Duration
Sep 15, 2025
03:24 PM UTC
Minor
We are currently investigating reports of increased latency and slow response times across Substack.
about 4 hours
Jun 23, 2025
05:45 PM UTC
Minor
We are currently investigating a higher error rate when trying to load Substack
about 12 hours
Jun 23, 2025
04:50 PM UTC
Minor
We are currently investigating a higher error rate when trying to load Substack
about 1 hour
Apr 29, 2025
05:03 PM UTC
Major
We are currently investigating this issue.
about 2 hours
Mar 24, 2025
11:41 PM UTC
Major
We have identified an issue preventing users from loading the notes feed and are implementing a fix
about 1 hour
Mar 01, 2025
03:38 PM UTC
Minor
We are currently investigating an issue causing problems loading the Notes feed.
about 7 hours
Feb 28, 2025
11:43 PM UTC
Minor
Publisher Dashboard and Notifications are experiencing slowdowns. We are investigating the cause.
about 1 hour
Feb 03, 2025
07:25 PM UTC
Major
We are investigating reports of Notes not loading on the Substack homepage.
about 2 hours
Jan 21, 2025
11:44 PM UTC
Major
We are investigating reports of increased latency and errors for Substack.com, publication websit...
about 1 hour
Dec 13, 2024
04:21 PM UTC
Major
We are experiencing an outage, but we are recovering.
about 1 hour
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User comments about Substack .com status

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Substack .com down today?

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

What is the current Substack .com status?

Substack .com is currently operational. You can check Substack .com 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 Substack .com 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 Substack .com down today or just slow?

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

How are Substack .com outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Substack .com 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 Substack .com having an outage right now?

Substack .com last outage was on September 15, 2025 with the title "Substack experiencing increased latency"

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Substack?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Substack 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 Substack'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.

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