What is Unsplash current status?

Unsplash is currently operational. You can check Unsplash 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 Unsplash status?

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

How can I be notified when Unsplash 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 Unsplash has issues. Unsplash official status page might also offer notification options such as email, SMS, or Slack.

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Unsplash Status. Is Unsplash Down?

Q: Is Unsplash down today?

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

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Is Unsplash down right now?

Unsplash is working normally

IsDown checked Unsplash status on January 05, 2026 at 04:31 AM EST, and appears to be operational. We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours. IsDown collects in real-time Unsplash status data from official sources and user reports.

Unsplash 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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User reports for Unsplash

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

3 months ago

API Key Rejected.
3 months ago

Mandy - Unsplash.com won’t load on my desktop or phone..
11 months ago

- - Website is really slow then stopped loading. Thought it was my internet, now it's a blank white page..

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over 1 year ago

Xavier - Unsplash's random images are returning a Heroku error..
over 1 year ago

Igor - https://source.unsplash.com/random?wallpapers - images are not loading. Giving an Application error (heroku error)..
over 1 year ago

Diogo - source.unsplash.com images are not loading, giving a heroku error.

API

Unsplash outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 59 incidents since started monitoring Unsplash status in March 2021. 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 Unsplash outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Minor about 4 hours

AWS us-east issues

Oct 20, 2025 at 03:23 PM

Minor about 4 hours

Partial search outage

Oct 09, 2025 at 08:03 AM

Minor about 11 hours

Performance issues after DB upgrade

May 20, 2025 at 03:44 AM

Minor about 5 hours

Performance issues during database upgrade

May 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM

Minor 43 minutes

Performance issues

Feb 06, 2023 at 11:41 AM

Minor about 22 hours

Elevated API errors

Nov 30, 2022 at 10:14 AM

Minor about 1 month

Increased error rates and connection timeouts

Feb 24, 2022 at 11:57 AM

Minor 11 months

Elevated error rate

Apr 30, 2021 at 09:41 AM

Minor about 1 year

Degraded performance

Mar 17, 2021 at 12:38 PM

Minor about 1 year

Degraded performance

Mar 03, 2021 at 09:49 AM

Date	Incident	Duration
Oct 20, 2025 03:23 PM EDT	Minor AWS us-east issues We are seeing networking errors in our AWS dependent services.	about 4 hours
Oct 09, 2025 08:03 AM EDT	Minor Partial search outage We are currently investigating the elevated error rates observed at our search cluster.	about 4 hours
May 20, 2025 03:44 AM EDT	Minor Performance issues after DB upgrade We are currently investigating this issue.	about 11 hours
May 19, 2025 12:47 PM EDT	Minor Performance issues during database upgrade We are seeing performance degradation during search due to a database upgrade.	about 5 hours
Feb 06, 2023 11:41 AM EST	Minor Performance issues We are currently investigating this issue.	43 minutes
Nov 30, 2022 10:14 AM EST	Minor Elevated API errors API is currently experiencing intermittent elevated error rates and slow response times. We are c...	about 22 hours
Feb 24, 2022 11:57 AM EST	Minor Increased error rates and connection timeouts We are experiencing connectivity due to issues at our upstream hosting provider.	about 1 month
Apr 30, 2021 09:41 AM EDT	Minor Elevated error rate We are currently investigating this issue.	11 months
Mar 17, 2021 12:38 PM EDT	Minor Degraded performance We are currently investigating this issue.	about 1 year
Mar 03, 2021 09:49 AM EST	Minor Degraded performance We are currently investigating this issue.	about 1 year

Unsplash components or services current status

Component	Status	Details
API status	OK	View details
Data Service status	OK	View details
Image Service status	OK	View details
Search Infrastructure status	OK	View details
Server Infrastructure status	OK	View details

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Unsplash down today?

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

What is the current Unsplash status?

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

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

How are Unsplash outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Unsplash 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 Unsplash having an outage right now?

Unsplash last outage was on October 20, 2025 with the title "AWS us-east issues"

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Unsplash?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Unsplash 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 Unsplash'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.