- Reddit faced a major global outage due to a bug in a recent update.
- The issue was promptly fixed, and Reddit assured a swift recovery.
- Despite outages, Reddit celebrates 47% user growth and first-ever profit.
On Wednesday afternoon, Reddit users began facing major issues accessing the site, with reports pouring in from all over the world.
What Caused the Global Outage?
By 5:30 p.m. ET, nearly 50,000 users had reported outages, unable to connect to the platform.
Those who tried to visit their favorite site received a message, “Our CDN [content delivery network] was unable to reach our servers,” CBS news reported, signaling a problem with the website’s connection.
Reddit users got bit upset and started looking for the reason that lead to this incident. However, the company instantly acknowledged the issue and released a statement through email, “There was a bug in a recent update we made, but a fix is in place and we’re ramping back up.” Reddit has assured the frustrated fans that the site will be back to it’s fixed state, their server status site and X post mentioned that “we are currently investigating the issue.
While Reddit is a widely trusted site or like an online hub for all discussions, debates, and communications, technical malfunctioning like this are not uncommon when it comes to such websites and social media.
From Facebook to Twitter, social media giants regularly experience outages due to software updates, server issues, or bugs within their systems. All this thriving platforms with complexities need large scale maintenance and such interruptions keep happening often.
Reddit’s Ongoing Growth
Reddit also reported the major milestone– gained the its first ever profit of $29.9 million and generated a massive revenue. The site also reported a significant 47% increase in daily users, which now stand at an impressive 97.2 million compared to the same time last year. This surge in user engagement brings spotlight on Reddit’s importance in this digital era.
Users rely on this platform for every kind of discussion— gaming, politics, memes, and what not. So, even minor inconveniences can impact the large substantial user base.
