Tumblr Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows

Tech

By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 2 months ago on

August 7, 2026

Tumblr had a possible outage on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (Shutterstock)

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Tumblr experienced a possible outage Friday, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 3,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 9:57 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users who reported an issue to Downdetector said that they had issues with the mobile application.

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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.