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Reddit Outage Hits Thousands, Service Slowly Restored
9/15/2025
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- On September 15, 2025, Reddit experienced an outage impacting thousands of U.S. users.
- By late afternoon, the downtime had significantly eased.
- Downdetector.com recorded nearly 650 incidents by 5:40 p.m. ET, down from over 21,000 earlier.
- Reddit has not commented on the outage, which underscores the platform's technical vulnerabilities.
- Users encountered disruptions while accessing the service.
