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Reddit has confirmed their platform has experienced "degraded performance" in recent hours as tens of thousands of users reported outages.
According to Downdetector, over 32,000 users reported outages at approximately 2:05 p.m. CT, with the amount decreasing to around 17,000 users by the end of the hour.
Reddit said the platform was "investigating the issue" in a social media post.
Investigating: We are currently investigating this issue. https://t.co/5rR7QzN41C
— Reddit Status (@redditstatus) March 27, 2025
According to Downdetector's outages map, Chicago is among the hotspots for platform outages.
A significant amount of outages were also reported in the Kansas City and Detroit areas.
There was no further information available.
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