Several popular apps experienced simultaneous crashes on Tuesday, raising concerns of a potential mass outage.
Reddit and X went down around 10am ET, leaving many users unable to access the platforms.
At the peak of the disruption in the US, Downdetector, a site that monitors online outages, recorded over 67,000 reports for Reddit and 25,000 for X. The actual number of affected users may have varied, as the reports are submitted by users.
Other apps, including the investing platform Betterment and the EV charging app ChargePoint, also saw some issues, though reports were far lower than for Reddit and X.
During the outage, some X users noted that pages like trending topics still loaded, while the home feed displayed error messages.
Reddit confirmed the disruption, saying it detected an unusual surge in errors. The company later identified the cause and implemented fixes, and both platforms have since returned to normal.
X and Reddit were down worldwide, hitting the UK, where thousands of users reported issues with the sites.
The popular Monzo banking app had also crashed, which is a popular digital bank that lets you manage your money, budget, save, and spend
Downdetector, a site that monitors online outages, received over 25,000 issue reports for X and more than 67,000 for Reddit
Downdetector showed that the X and Reddit outages were still affecting users in the U.S. earlier Tuesday.
By 1:19pm ET, Reddit announced that its systems were fully operational, though some X users continued to report issues.
In the UK, Downdetector indicated that the X outage had subsided, while problems with Reddit and the banking app Monzo remained.
