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Reddit was down. What we know.

Reddit was offline and experiencing a "major outage."
By Mike Pearl  on 
The Reddit logo on a phone
Credit: Avishek Das / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images

UPDATE: Mar. 15, 2023, 2:24 p.m. AEDT Reddit is back up as of 8:41 p.m. ET according to Redditstatus.com, so you can finally get back to scrolling through r/AmItheAsshole. Original story follows.

Yes, Reddit is down.

You've probably already noticed Reddit.com won't load. But if your first instinct was to check Reddit to confirm that Reddit was down, you're not alone(opens in a new tab).

But the answer to your question is yes. The link-sharing giant is experiencing an "internal systems issue," according to Redditstatus.com(opens in a new tab). Reddit started investigating an outage a little after 3 p.m. ET, according to that same site, and now they say they're working to "determine a fix."

Reddit had signaled that it was making plans for an IPO later this year. One little outage shouldn't throw that plan off track, however, particularly with one of its main competitors, Twitter, experiencing headline-grabbing turmoil — including outages — that seems to grow more extreme every day.


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