If you had some issues accessing Reddit – either on the web or via the app on Android or iOS – earlier, you're not alone. First spotted by my colleagues in the UK, Reddit had a widespread outage on July 16 for about an hour.
“Oops” was appearing when trying to open the main page of the app and on a desktop, this “We encountered an error.” message was being displayed. Additionally, Down Detector, a service that tracks website outages in the UK and the US, saw massive spikes in reports, reaching over 130,000.
For a majority of the outage, it appeared that subreddit pages were still loading at the top with no visible posts, and that the main page wasn't pulling in trending feeds properly.
Reddit was quick to note the issue, posting at 11:52 AM ET that it was “investigating elevated site errors" on its status page and kept that updated very frequently during the outage. Ahead, you can read our live reporting of Reddit's July 16, 2025, outage.
Here's a look at Reddit's Down Detector page in the United States right now, currently at over 133,00 reported issues.
My colleague Hamish shared these shots of what the Reddit app on Android looks like right now in the UK. It appears that the main home page displays a "Wow, such empty" notice, and that subreddit pages are loading partially.
On the latter, the name and top bar appear, but then no posts are visible.
Reddit's now identified the cause of the issue and is working on a fix, and in pretty fast fashion as the update was posted to its status page at 12:06PM ET – shortly after the spikes of reported issues came.
The message in full reads, "Identified - We've identified the cause of the issue and are working to address it." It stops short of stating exactly what it's, but it's also worth noting that the outage is primarily affecting viewing posts and other parts of the site.
There are some signs that Reddit might be recovering, making this a relatively quick blip of an outage. I'm able to load the site again on my computer, both within Google Chrome and Safari, with the homepage populating with trending posts and individual subreddits.
My colleague, Amelia Schwanke, TechRadar’s Senior Editor for Streaming and Home Entertainment, shared a screenshot of the mobile app still being down, but notes that the site is loading fine on desktop in the UK.
Reddit's implemented a fix
In line with the site beginning to load again for me and some of my colleagues, Reddit is now saying that has fix is live.
It reads in full, "Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results." and was posted at 12:21PM ET. Granted, it might take a bit to trickle out to everyone, but it seems like Reddit is on the path to recovering from a partial outage.
Down Detector reports are way down
While reported puitages for Reddit on Down Detector were over 133,000 a bit ago, it appears that the platform's fix is working as reports have dropped significantly. As of 12:17 PM on July 16, 2025, there are 3,096 reported outages on Down Detector in the US, and only 296 outages are reported on the platform in the UK.
Reddit says all systems are operational
Well, it's always a relief when outages are quick, and Reddit certainly kept its users informed via a status page and got a fix rolled out pretty fast. The service's status page now shows the incident as resolved and that everything is back to normal. This comes as Reddit is loading normally for me and most of my colleagues again.
Similarly, Down Detector reports are away way down, back to numbers that don't indicate an outage or issue.
