PayPal and Venmo Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows

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By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 11 months ago on

October 16, 2025

Thousands of users reported outages with PayPal and Venmo on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, according to Downdetector. (Shutterstock)

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Update on Oct. 16, 2025 at 10:26 a.m. PT

“PayPal and Venmo experienced a brief service disruption that has since been resolved,” a PayPal spokesperson told GV Wire.

Original Story

PayPal and Venmo are experiencing an outage Thursday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 20,000 users had reported problems with PayPal and another 20,000 users report issues with Venmo as of 9:09 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

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Anthony W. Haddad,

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.