Reddit faces a global outage on Nov 4, 2025 — thousands report “internal server error” as Reddit confirms rising error rates; Downdetector shows a surge in reports from US and India.
Reddit Faces Widespread Outage
Reddit suffered a widespread outage on November 4, 2025, leaving thousands of users worldwide unable to access the app and website. Reports spiked on outage tracker Downdetector and users across the United States and India led social-media conversations as feeds failed to load and many saw “internal server error” messages.
The platform acknowledged the issue on its status page, saying it was aware of “increased error rates” while engineering teams investigated the root cause. Downdetector and multiple news sites recorded peak complaint volumes in the evening hours, with mobile-app access accounting for the majority of reports and web access also affected.
Users reported timeouts, login failures and broken feeds across popular subreddits; some turned to Twitter and other services to share screenshots and workarounds. The outage disrupted communities used for everything from news and trading tips to support groups.
Historically, It outages have been caused by a mix of software bugs, traffic spikes and occasional upstream cloud-provider faults. Outage trackers and analysts urged users to check Reddit’s official status page and Downdetector for live updates while engineers work on a fix. For now, affected users are advised to try the web interface if the app fails, clear app caches, or wait for the platform’s update to avoid repeated failed attempts that can create more load.
