The huge forum “reddit” is offline on Tuesday evening, March 14th. The outage is worldwide. It started around 8:18 PM. The reason for the unexpected disruption is internal issues. We are monitoring the situation at MeinMMO and what reddit says about the outages.
Help, Tuesday evening is in danger. For many users in the gaming and tech cosmos, it is part of the evening ritual to check the platform reddit. But on March 14th, there have been problems since around 8:20 PM.
Those who want to access the platform find their browser freezing. Simply no page opens. This is not an individual problem with your PC or smartphone; the app simply isn’t working right now.
Even though reddit is responsible for a lot of positive things, the forum also has its downsides:
Problem occurred at 8:18 PM – Reddit has found the reason for the outage
What is the status of the problem?
- Through the Twitter account “reddit Status”, the platform reported at 8:18 PM that they are currently investigating why reddit is offline. They are working on identifying the cause.
- At 8:56 PM our time, the message came that reddit has identified the problem and is working on a fix.
The problem was apparently a bug in an “internal system.”
Tens of thousands report the outage of reddit on Tuesday evening
What are the effects of the outage? Reddit is known to be huge. Countless subcultures discuss their favorite topics on the platform: gaming, hardware questions, and events on the streaming service Twitch are also being discussed in the corresponding forums at a rapid pace.
You can see how many people are affected by the outage of reddit on Tuesday evening at the sites that deal with outages:
- On the German site allestörungen there are already around 5,000 reports of an outage.
- On the English equivalent downdetector, nearly 58,000 people are raising the alarm at peak times.
Live ticker with all information about the outage at reddit on March 14th
Update 9:07 PM: Reddit is working on a fix; the site is currently at least reachable again. However, the content is still missing.
Update 9:17 PM: We will keep you updated at MeinMMO on what is happening with reddit. We will report back with the latest status by 9:30 PM.
Update 9:19 PM: The current status of reddit shows “Major Outage” for the “Desktop Web” and “Mobile Web” apps. This is very rare. Both functions are actually online 99.9% of the time – based on the last 90 days.
Update 9:28 PM: The Twitter thread is becoming a replacement reddit. Just like on reddit
- users are giving valuable tips (“Have you tried turning it off and on again”)
- spotted around the area (“Did someone forget to feed the hamsters”)
- or explaining why they urgently need reddit back (“I just thought of a good argument for the online discussion I was just in!”)
Update 9:30 PM: No official new message from reddit yet. We will report back at the latest by 10:00 PM with the latest status.
Update 9:51 PM: For everyone missing their daily fix of reddit trivia. The Facebook page has some “Best of reddit” postings. For example, the actors and actresses who received the most money for a production. It leads Keanu “You’re breathtaking” Reeves.
Update 10:00 PM: Even now there is still no new statement from reddit. Apparently, the technicians are still busy figuring out how to best resolve the internal problem. We will report back at MeinMMO by 10:30 PM at the latest with the then current status.
Update 10:30 PM: The problems seem to be severe. Even at 10:30 PM there is still no news from reddit about the status of the outage. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will report back at the latest by 11:00 PM.
Reddit says they have identified and are working on a fix
Update 10:53 PM: At 10:43 PM, reddit announced they have now identified a fix. However, “it will take some time” until the fix is implemented. In the meantime, users should remain patient.
An exact time for when the fix will come and when reddit will function properly again is not yet known.
Update March 15, 8:35 AM: Reddit reported last night at 1:41 AM German time that everything is back to normal.
