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Reddit Recovers from 15-Minute Outage Affecting 120,000 Users

7/17/2025

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Reddit faced a major outage on Wednesday, impacting over 120,000 users. A recent update caused the disruption, but the company swiftly resolved the issue within just 15 minutes. A spokesperson reassured users that services are now returning to normal, though this incident adds to a series of outages Reddit has experienced lately.

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Reddit faced a major outage on Wednesday, impacting over 120,000 users. A recent update caused the disruption, but the company swiftly resolved the issue within just 15 minutes. A spokesperson reassured users that services are now returning to normal, though this incident adds to a series of outages Reddit has experienced lately.