Reddit down updates — Hundreds of users reporting ‘service unavailable’ message and say there’s errors with website
HUNDREDS of Reddit users are reporting that they are receiving a "service unavailable" error message.
users in and the are having problems accessing the website, according to .
"Reddit has service unavailable," one user wrote, while another say "down it goes."
However, reports ended up dropping shortly after at around 1pm BST/8am ET and users were able to access the site again.
The Sun has reached out to Reddit for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
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Reports begin to fall in UK and US
User reports in the UK and US have declined in recent minutes.
They have fallen to 180 and 108 in the UK and US respectively, according to DownDetector.
Most issues affecting the website
Most users are reporting issues with the Reddit website, rather than its app.
When did Reddit become popular?
Despite being around since 2005, Reddit grew in popularity in 2011 when it began reaching one billion page views a month.
Just three years later the site had accumulated over 71.2billion views.
Reddit boasts more than 52million daily active users.
in January 2021 after its users sent .
Hundreds report issues
According to DownDetector, hundreds of users are reporting issues with the service.
This blog is now closed...
With today's Reddit outage now resolved this Live Blog has been closed.
You can find out more about today's outage by clicking the link below.
More on today’s Reddit outage
Reddit appears to have suffered a major outage on Monday.
Thousands of reports regarding Reddit began flooding at around 10 am EST today.
Around 52 percent of reports noted issues surrounding the website.
Another 38 percent of reports flagged problems with Reddit’s app.
The remaining 10 percent of reports noted problems with the server connection.
Some users in Downdetector’s comments said they were having trouble accessing the website at all.
“I thought the whole blackout ordeal was for certain subs, not the entire website. What am I supposed to do at work now?!” one frustrated user commented.
“Is it normal that the whole thing is down?” another Reddit user asked.
Complaints in the US continue to fall
US-based Reddit users have seen the website come back online in the last few minutes.
This has seen DownDetector complaints plummet from over 40,000 to just 200.
Checking if Reddit is unavailable to you
Users can check the to see whether Reddit is unavailable.
Keeping up with Reddit’s status page on is the best method to acquire the most recent information, per .
They are accessible via @redditstatus.
Website back up and running for most
Reddit's website is now back up and running for most users.
The outage affected thousands of users across the globe but now has seemingly come to an end.
When did Reddit become popular?
Despite being around since 2005, Reddit grew in popularity in 2011 when it began reaching one billion page views a month.
Just three years later the site had accumulated over 71.2billion views.
Reddit boasts more than 52million daily active users.
in January 2021 after its users sent .
Complaints in the UK begin to fall
Reddit seems to be coming back online as user complaints fall in the UK.
However, there are still well over 4,000 reported complaints as of now,
Users fume as Reddit faces outage
Users have taken to social media to rage as Reddit faces an outage.
One angry user wrote: "OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE, REDDIT COME ON."
Another wrote: "RIP Reddit."
What is Reddit and how does it work?
Reddit is a social news aggregation website that covers a variety of topics posted by its users.
Registered members of the website can share content like links, images, and texts and can interact with other users regarding the post.
Posts are typically organized by subject into categories called "communities" or "subreddits."
Users can vote the post with a thumbs up or down and the one with the most positive votes appears towards the top of their subreddit.
If the post receives enough thumbs up it gets featured on the site's front page.
The website is completely free and does not require an email address to access, just a username in order to start posting.
Why are so many subreddits 'going dark?'
Communities on Reddit are going dark for the next two days in protest of a costly rule change.
Tens of millions of users are set to have their usual Reddit experience disrupted.
Some of the platform's main subreddits for gaming and music, which have nearly 70million members combined, have decided to go offline with no new posts.
It is a boycott led by Reddit's communities against a new rule that could see some of the platform's top third-party apps forced to shut down over additional charges.
Reddit is aware of the outage
Reddit has confirmed it is working to fix today's issues ASAP.
More on today's Reddit outage
Reddit appears to have suffered a major outage on Monday.
Thousands of reports regarding Reddit began flooding at around 10 am EST today.
Around 52 percent of reports noted issues surrounding the website.
Another 38 percent of reports flagged problems with Reddit's app.
The remaining 10 percent of reports noted problems with the server connection.
Some users in Downdetector's comments said they were having trouble accessing the website at all.
"I thought the whole blackout ordeal was for certain subs, not the entire website. What am I supposed to do at work now?!" one frustrated user commented.
"Is it normal that the whole thing is down?" another Reddit user asked.
Checking if Reddit is unavailable to you
Users can check the to see whether Reddit is unavailable.
Keeping up with Reddit's status page on is the best method to acquire the most recent information, per .
They are accessible via @redditstatus.
Reddit users face outage AGAIN
Reddit users are once again reporting outages.
Over 300 users have reported issues, according to DownDetector.
Hundreds report issues
According to DownDetector, hundreds of users are reporting issues with the service.
Reddit faces global mass outage
Reddit is facing a global outage, according to DownDetector.
Over 40,000 complaints have come from the USA alone.
Stick with us for live updates.