Are Reddit and X down? Here's what we know their reported issues today

If you've been having trouble with Reddit and X today, you're far from alone — but Downdetector now suggests that their issues are fixed, or at least close to recovery.

X and Reddit were the biggest hit by what appeared to be cloud infrastructure issues, according to Downdetector — with over 30,000 and 2,700 reports at their peak respectively.

Several other apps and services, from Zoom to Canva and Fortnite, also saw spikes in reports earlier today, but similarly seem to have recovered.

There was no official cause for the issues, although Cloudflare — a cloud infrastructure service used by many major sites, including X and Reddit — did confirm "increased error rates" earlier, which were later fixed. Here's how all of the issues played out...

A series of big spikes

Right now, X is seemingly the worst hit by today's issues, with almost 36,000 reports on Downdetector. But Reddit is also seemingly struggling for many in the US, with over 3,000 reports.

This may well be a cloud infrastructure outage or issue, because we're seeing more minor spikes across a range of services, from Zoom to Fortnite and Canva. Is this related to a service Cloudflare or AWS? It isn't clear yet, but we'll find out soon.

Is this cloud related?

Given how many services are showing spikes in reported problems right now, there's a good chance this is all related to cloud infrastructure issues.

We're currently seeing smaller spikes on Downdetector for Cloudflare and AWS, though there's no official confirmation that either are having major issues.

However, Cloudflare is now experiencing "increased error rates" as of 10.20am ET / 3.20pm BST, so that could be a potential cause given the likes of X and Reddit are known to use it for their cloud-based content delivery.

X is still struggling for many

X appears to be on the mend, but it definitely isn't its usual self. We're currently able to see the Trends section, but have no feed.

Reddit seems to be faring better, with reports on Downdetector now down to around 365 in the US (down from just over 3,000 half an hour ago).

Those are promising signs, but hopefully they aren't a false dawn — and a number of other services like Zoom and Fortnite continue to show a significant number of reported problems.

William Shatner captures the mood

When in doubt, turn to William Shatner — the actor has captured what many have been experiencing with a post on X showing the "posts aren't loading right now" error message.

But how did he post his reaction when X is down? Well, the site is seemingly recovering from its wobble, with reports now down below 10,000 in the US, so I'm feeling confident that normal Shatner service will resume soon.

A return to normality...

Good news, it looks like the issues that hit X, Reddit, Zoom and more today were just a minor blip — and this isn't going to be a repeat of the big Cloudflare outage of November 2025.

We don't know for certain if the large spike in reported issues today was Cloudflare-related, but the cloud infrastructure giant did confirm it was investigating a problem earlier — and now says "a fix is being implemented".

That fix seems to be doing the trick for many services, according Downdetector — but I'll continue to keep an eye on them, just in case.