Reddit down? Downdetector shows over 45,000 users report service disruption across the US
Posted on: Dec 20, 2025 06:24 IST | Posted by: Livemint
Reddit appeared to meet a serve perturbation on fri even (December 19), with tens of thousands of users in the United States reporting problems accessing the platform.
According to the outage tracking website Downdetector, complaints began to spike around 4:00 PM EST, suggesting a significant interruption to Reddit’s services.
Tens of thousands report issues
At the peak of the disruption, more than 40,000 users had logged complaints on Downdetector. The data indicates that most users were affected on mobile, with 53% reporting problems with the Reddit app.
Meanwhile, 37% of users said they were facing issues on the website, while 10% reported server connection problems. Users took to social media platforms such as X to share their frustration, with many saying feeds were failing to load or posts were not displaying correctly.
Video posts issue flagged earlier
Earlier in the day, Reddit’s official status account on X acknowledged a separate issue related to video content. In a post, the company said it was investigating reports that video posts were appearing as static images instead of playing normally.
It remains unclear whether the earlier video-related issue was connected to the wider disruption reported later in the evening.
Official status page shows no active incidents
Reddit’s official service status page currently shows “No incidents reported today.”
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