Reddit's Website And App Are Down: What's Going On?

Tuesday afternoon, Reddit’s website and app stopped working. According to Downdetector, a site that tracks website outages, reported that Reddit, along with a number of other sites also crashed.

What Happened: According to Downdetector, multiple high-traffic sites such as Expedia Group Inc's EXPE travel site Expedia, Meta Platform Inc's META Facebook, Block Inc's SQ Cashapp, and online gaming site Runescape are also effected.

On Tuesday afternoon, Reddit confirmed that the outage was caused by an internal problem and the company was working on a resolution.

Identified: We've identified an internal systems issue and are working to determine a fix. https://t.co/H3Lt6FkrDl

— Reddit Status (@redditstatus) March 14, 2023

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Benzinga tested Reddit’s website and app, and neither were working properly.

When Will Reddit Be Back? Typically, outages at big sites like Facebook and Twitter are resolved quickly. But, depending on the specific issue, it could take longer to get the servers back up and running. 

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified AWS as being the source of the outage.

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