"The website is operating normally as of this writing, but thousands of Reddit users were asking this question on Tuesday, Jan. 13, when the popular online discussion platform appeared to suffer a brief outage. According to Downdetector, the problems started around 11:33 a.m. ET, with tens of thousands of Downdetector users reporting problems accessing the Reddit website and app. ( Disclosure: Mashable and Downdetector are both owned by Ziff Davis.)"
"At the peak of the outage, Downdetector received 89,943 user error reports. "Reddit is currently experiencing a significant internal outage causing widespread service disruptions," reads a Downdetector summary (emphasis in original). "The impact is categorized as Very High, primarily affecting mobile app access (55%) and website connectivity (39%)." Again, as of this writing, Reddit's website and app appear to be fully operational."
Reddit experienced a brief, widespread outage on Tuesday, Jan. 13, beginning around 11:33 a.m. ET. Downdetector logged tens of thousands of user reports, peaking at 89,943 error reports. Downdetector characterized the outage as a significant internal issue and categorized the impact as Very High. The outage primarily affected mobile app access (55%) and website connectivity (39%). Users reported difficulties accessing both the Reddit website and app during the event. Services were restored and the website and app returned to normal operation after the disruption. Reddit was contacted for comment and additional updates were anticipated.
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