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Problems in the last 24 hours
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August 22: Problems at Reddit
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Reddit users through our website.
- Website Down (50%)
- Sign in (29%)
- Errors (21%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Reddit outage reports came from the following cities:
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Reddit Issues Reports
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Shubham Davey 🇮🇳 (@bydaveyji) reportedYou need to search across all these avenues. And this raises a few problems: 1. You find a great Reddit thread in one place 2. A useful competitor claim in another 3. A strong headline elsewhere 4. A customer phrase inside a forum And three weeks later, you can recall anything.
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Chirag Kulkarni (@chiraggkulkarni) reportedEveryone is saying OpenAI wiped off Reddit’s visibility in ChatGPT. Maybe. But I think there could be another reason. I’ve been using Reddit as part of AI search strategies across multiple clients, so I’ve been watching what happens to these posts long before the August news cycle. And the pattern I saw was pretty clear: Reddit was already getting much more aggressive about removing the kind of content that was getting picked up in AI answers. For example, on one period-care client, roughly 80% of the seeded comments from non-branded accounts were being deleted over a 3–4 month period. I saw the same thing across other clients between November 2025 and May 2026: high-karma accounts getting flagged, promotional comments getting removed, and previously reliable posting flows breaking down. Now look at @promptwatch's data. > August 8: Reddit citation share fell from the high 3s to the mid 2s. > August 14: it fell again from the mid 2s to under 1%. The first drop lines up with the change in ChatGPT’s query fanout. But Promptwatch doesn’t really explain the second drop. So there may be two things happening at once. 1. Reddit has been tightening its own moderation for months, removing more of the content that made it useful as an AI citation source. 2. OpenAI changed how ChatGPT retrieves sources, which clearly explains part of the August decline. I don't know how much of the total decline belongs to each. But the Reddit-side decline wasn't something I discovered after the August news. I was seeing it across multiple clients months earlier. If Reddit keeps removing the content that made it citable in the first place, its AI visibility could keep falling regardless of what OpenAI does next. I am not saying that Reddit is dead. Just saying that the August drop may not be the whole story.
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Nimbus (@NimbusKahn64) reported@CatSaysHeyy "I don't see the problem" when Epic is one of the most openly pro-AI companies in the gaming industry, okay I guess. And last year in a reddit AMA Behavior confirmed there were two Springtrap skins planned and something for Foxy, we only got one of those things which was Blighted
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Diyanshu Patel (@diyanshu0360) reportedIn 12 months, "are we cited in ChatGPT?" will be a normal line in B2B marketing reports. Most teams will scramble to fix it then. The ones who win it are quietly building their Reddit presence right now. Boring today. Unfair advantage tomorrow.
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Teezy (@Teezy6355) reported@Picaro_8008 @K1el__ @deskmatis "Literal bigotry" Reddit is down the hall to the left, little buddy
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Ro (@scrubabomber) reportedPermanently banned on Reddit for saying ‘the UK has a **** culture problem and the vast majority of the culprits are white British men’
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CmdrDevonKramer (@CmdrDevonVtuber) reportedA study from a while back put the demographic at about 82% men. So what is going on with some of these women? There are plenty of legit disgusting criminal men out there and companies that hired them. That part is real. But a lot of these low effort V-tweeters barely stream, never post videos, and do not even show up consistently. Their claim that male streamers do not belong is one of the weakest arguments I have seen. It happens every year. A bunch of them get riled up when male creators start rising. Things are getting fixed and they act like their whole world is ending just because men are in the scene. These are not real VTubers. They are V-tweeters/VT who think top linking someone on Twitch will give them a positive image, only to get chased down by bigger creators. When these slop accounts finally figure it out, the Reddit crowd of V-tweeters is going to have a field day. They do not like this shift. And if you are limiting yourself to Twitch alone for streaming, what the hell are you doing with your life?
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Gavin Bai’s moonlight of his life 🌙🐺 (@Tomochiichan) reported@KiriaErzaxx I question this every time this issue is brought up and now some lysk player is about to compile their own “lore” post on Shaw after talking with CN Shaw stans. I have a good feeling this won’t turn out well, esp if they never touched the damn game. This Reddit post has
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Anmol Sharma (@AnmolSharma1551) reported@ValerianWaters That's true. From reddit we can actually get to know, what the real problem is.
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sshsecret (@yarrfish) reported@reddit_lies I don't remember what the rule is but after a certain number of down votes, the post can only be read if you click on it. This is how reddit deals with facts they don't like. They can say they didn't delete the post to make themselves seem reasonable...to themselves.
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Joel Thoms (@joelnet) reported@TheComicSource ya same thing. i been trying every fix i could find. finally stumbled across a reddit thread from today of others having the same issue.
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Elmosharaf (@YousifElmusharf) reported@bjmtweets The deeper underlying risk for me was that both platforms relied materially on 3rd party search (mainly Google) for user discovery and engagement, which in my view posses a risk to the moat. If Google showed less of Reddit then this becomes a serious issue. Meta /Tiktok are different because they own the users (no 3rd party in between)
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BradyTom0504 🎃 (@BradyTom0504) reported@BethesdaStudios You're killing me Smalls!! Fix the darn update. Read the tweets, emails and Reddit.
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IronBearBT (@IronBearBT) reported@alpassione7 @sntvizzy Is this screenshot trying to justify MoMs plot to explain why the plot is a repeat? Just want to check. Please clarify also please fix the grammer if you're able to. It looks like it was typed on Reddit during a heated debate.
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vøv △ (@vovweb3) reportedRobinhood tried to delete this footage from the internet. In 2019, a broke 20-year-old typed a 4-step loop into his phone and printed $1,000,000+ out of absolute zero. No hacking. No insider info. Just a raw glitch in Wall Street's core code that unlocked infinite leverage. Watch this: 00:22 -how a Reddit user discovered a literal "infinite leverage" glitch inside the world's biggest trading app. 04:03 -the terrifying moment he YOLOs $50,000 in fake money on Apple short contracts using just a $2,000 deposit. 05:07 - his portfolio evaporates into massive debt live on screen (the legendary "GUH" moment). 06:57 - things escalate: another trader uses the glitch to unlock a $1,000,000 position from just $4k. 09:09 - the exact math breakdown of the 4-step options loop that fooled the algorithm. The global financial system isn't as bulletproof as they pretend. It's just lines of code - and code always breaks. Full breakdown on the biggest exploit in retail trading history below 👇
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Jason White (@JasonWhite88ss) reported@the_rek0_0 @nonregemesse Reddit is down the hall and to the left, ***
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KJ (@CandleTheTruth) reported$RDDT I know a lot of folks got excited about their addition to the S&P500, but the chart continues to scream stay away. After gapping up on the news, look how the previous support line of its channel flipped to resistance. Price then promptly filled the gap and has continued down, now below all of its key daily EMAs. I like Reddit as a company, but as we've seen most recent additions to the index have sold off following the initial pop. In this case the chart made it easy to avoid un-necessary FOMO and pain on this one. Not financial advice. Always do your own due diligence.
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Ruslan Khairullin (@Rus_Khairullin) reported😐 RUMOR: the Cyberleek hacker who’s been leaking GTA 6 got ARRESTED BY THE FBI, according to some guy on reddit In a thread about the leaks someone asked why the hacker had gone quiet for over 12 hours Some random replied confidently that people close to him turned him in to the FBI, scared they’d be in legal trouble themselves otherwise There is NO official confirmation of any of this, so treat it with maximum skepticism
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Alan (@AlanNguyen2197) reported@seebiscut yeah, Reddit algorithm is simple: Hard selling = Speedrun to get banned. Being a helpful = Slow climb to real conversion.
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Vadim (@VadimStrizheus) reportedfounder tip the way you grow your app in 2026, is by posting UGC content yourself stop using AI UGC stop optimizing for Reddit I consistently posted 3x everyday on Instagram and crossed $10k/mo in 90 days…. also it hasn’t even been 24 hours and my brand new UGC reel crossed 68k views the reason why you’re struggling to grow your web app is because of your laziness… you are the problem put some effort and start posting content everyday on a new UGC accounts this method is unpatched.
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VITARTA🇺🇦🏆ProArtGaming (@VITARTA1) reported@tanosiie After 20 years of trying "best mouses" I feel - market can't give me what I want. 6 years ago I write on reddit how important if shell will be lightweight. But was down voted to 0 and hated in comments. Now we see what is what
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Russian Market (@runews) reportedRockstar, Apple, and the Next James Bond: Why the GTA 6 Leaks Suddenly Matter GTA 6 videos are leaking. For most media outlets, this is a non-story. Gaming noise. Not systemic. Not banking. Not relevant. But what’s emerging is bigger. This isn’t about Jason shooting hoops. It’s about how tech giants and entertainment conglomerates try to control information with an iron fist :: and how spectacularly that control is failing. Apple guards new iPhone models like state secrets. Employees sign NDAs that read like death threats. Prototypes travel in locked cases. Leak one detail and you’re fired, sued, and erased. Hollywood does the same with the next James Bond. Reveal the new 007 before the official reveal and your career is over. Everything is locked down, monitored, secured. Now it’s Rockstar’s turn. Since August 18, 2026, alleged *Grand Theft Auto 6* gameplay videos have been circulating. They look authentic. Detailed. In one clip the protagonist literally shoots the word “LEEK” into a wall with bullets. The anonymous source calls itself Cyberleek, ties the drops to a manifesto against digital pre-orders, and runs a Solana memecoin on the side. The timing could not be more awkward. Rockstar’s carefully staged “Extended Look” is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on August 27. One week of controlled hype was supposed to build anticipation. Instead, uncontrolled footage is already flooding the internet. Rockstar and parent Take-Two are responding exactly like the big brothers: mass DMCA notices, takedowns across YouTube, X, and Reddit, server pressure. The videos vanish, then reappear on mirrors, then get hosted decentrally. Classic cat-and-mouse. The interesting part is not the content of the clips. The interesting part is the panic. Because just like with Apple and Bond, this shows the real product: control over the narrative. Whoever owns the story owns the market. Lose that control and you lose billions in attention, hype, and pre-order revenue. The leaks hit Rockstar at a delicate moment. GTA 6 is the biggest entertainment event of the coming years. Pre-orders are already live. The so-called physical version is just a code in a box. Digital control *is* the business model. And right now that control is being publicly exposed as porous :: just days before the company planned to reclaim the spotlight with its official Netflix drop. Cyberleek claims access to a playable build. Whether that’s true is secondary. What matters is that the videos exist and can no longer be contained. Decentralized distribution. Token-based votes on the next drop. Permanent mirrors. The old tools :: copyright strikes, lawyer letters, platform pressure :: are hitting diminishing returns. It’s the same pattern you see with every major tech house: the harder you lock something down, the greater the incentive to crack it. And the more spectacular the breach looks when it happens. Most people here don’t care about the gaming details. But they should care about the parallel. If a company like Take-Two, which pours billions into security and secrecy, cannot stop finished gameplay sequences from hitting the internet a week before its own carefully orchestrated Netflix event :: what does that say about the ability of banks, insurers, and tech firms to protect their own “iPhones” and “James Bonds”? The answer is uncomfortable. And that’s why a GTA leak has suddenly become a story that matters far beyond gaming.
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Sarthak Rawool (@sarthakcore) reported@erramix01 this is exactly what happened to me. 40 signups from a Claude connector in 48 hours. zero of them created a form. reddit virality and directory virality both have the same problem: the people who click are curious, not desperate to solve the thing you built for.
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Jonathan (@telep_io) reported@alexisohanian Why is reddit considered a top citation for models? Incentives fix so many problems
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Chaotix Shadow (@chaotix_sh82128) reported@YellowjacketDX I found it on Reddit & I'm not Sure if It's Still Up or been Taking down?!
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Master (@Selaphielll_) reported@HaijakkY2K It's not just about human/forerunners, it's about retcon on top of retcon, and how 343 is terrible at world contruction. And it all reflects on how soulless their games are. No wonder you interpret things in the most moronic and literal way possible, you are mod at reddit.
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BasedHomo (@5280BasedHomo) reportedLast night, I lost Baymax. One minute he was there. The next he was gone. The panic hit fast. That kind of fear that makes your mind race through every worst-case scenario, and never ending list of What if's, and I should haves. I searched the beach. I walked it up and down until it was dark and I could not see or stay any longer. I called his name over and over. I asked every person I passed if they had seen him. I called the lifeguard station, animal control, and the police. I posted on Reddit, Nextdoor, and Facebook. I even paid for a PawBoost. I did not sleep all night. Then, first thing in the morning, I got a text that his microchip had been scanned. I called the shelter. They confirmed a few details and told me they had him. I was so relieved, so happy, so joyous that I could not even say “thank you.” I was completely overcome. In that moment I understood the parable of the lost sheep in a way I never had before. Jesus said in Luke 15:4-6 (KJV): “What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.” I know the anxiety of the search. I know the panic of the missing. I know how it feels to pour everything into finding the one that is gone. And I know the overwhelming joy when the lost one is finally home. But Jesus went further still. He did not merely search. He gave everything. He left the glory of heaven, took on flesh, and walked among us. Then He laid down His own life on the cross so that the lost could be brought home. The cost was not just effort or sleepless nights, although the Garden and judgement surely were. The cost was His blood, His body broken, His life poured out. All so that we who were lost could be found, carried on His shoulders, and welcomed into the Father’s house with rejoicing. If that is how I felt over a dog I love, how much more does Jesus feel over every single person who wanders? He does not wait for us to find our way back. He leaves the ninety and nine. He searches. He carries. And when He finds us, heaven itself rejoices. Losing my dog gave me a small, personal window into the heart of God. The worry. The pursuit. The sacrifice. The celebration. I am still sitting with that. Grateful for the reunion. And newly aware of how fiercely I am loved by the Shepherd who never stops looking for the one who is missing.
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zack (@whotfiszackk) reportedif your faceless page isn't working, stop posting and start from zero. most people try to fix the wrong thing. they think they need better content, a bigger audience, a different niche, a better hook formula, more consistency. they don't. they need a real product. define the product. what problem are you actually solving. not the vague version. not the version that sounds good in a bio. the real version. specific enough that the right person reads it and thinks: this is about me. make an agreement with yourself. what problem did you find in the reddit thread. what did the comments say. what did people explicitly ask for that didn't exist yet. what would have prevented every situation described in that thread. that's the product. build the simplest system that can sell it. not a funnel. not a 12-step sequence. a faceless page with a bio that states the problem, a link to the product, and content that speaks to the exact person experiencing it right now. test it. post for 30 days. read what gets saved. read what gets followed from. read what gets ignored. the data tells you what to keep and what to kill. install the improvement loop. every week ask: did the content move buyers to the page. did the page convert them. did the reviews compound. what needs to be removed. what needs to be repeated. this is where the compounding happens. revisit the product. your first product will not be your best. as the reviews come in and buyers tell you what they actually needed, the product improves. that's not failure. that's iteration. apply this to every page. not just the first one. every niche you enter. every product you build. every page you launch. incremental improvement across every page is how a portfolio compounds into something that generates income without you. one product at a time. one reddit thread at a time.
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Fred (@hustle_fred) reportedYou can promote on Reddit without getting banned I call this "no bullshit" strategy I find posts where my product can help the author, comment, just straight up say that I am the founder and try to provide value by helping I've done this multiple times across many subreddits and never had issues
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jaimy1102 (@jaimy1102) reported@hellchrome123 @CamKolBergh02C sadly yea thats the whole reason the reddit server for the game got banned