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Reddit Down for Thousands of Users Monday, Downdetector Reports
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By Anthony W. Haddad
Published 43 minutes ago on
May 18, 2026

Reddit's logo is displayed, at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 21, 2024. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

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Reddit is experiencing a possible outage Monday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 6,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 10:40 a.m. PDT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said they were experiencing issues with the mobile application and website.

Reddit’s status checker says, “Investigating elevated site errors and issues accessing media

Update at 10:44 a.m.

More than 8,500 users have now reported an issue with Reddit.

Update at 10:55 a.m.

More than 13,000 users have now reported an issue with the platform.

Update at 11:01 a.m.

More than 17,000 users have now reported an issue with Reddit. The status checker still says that they are investigating the issue.

Update at 11:19 a.m.

More than 25,000 users have reported an issue with the platform. The status checker now says, “The issue has been identified and we are working on implementing a fix. While this is ongoing, you may encounter errors and general loading issues across feeds, posts, and search. Recently uploaded images and videos may not appear as expected.”

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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.

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