According to Downdetector data, Reddit and X users encountered widespread service disruption on Thursday afternoon.
The issue was reported as thousands of users were flooded down detectors, so they started spikes around 3pm. This is a site that tracks real-time issues and outages across websites and services.
At peak, more than that 30,000 users reported issues Go to Reddit and there are over 15,000 flags X problem.
On Reddit, users cited issues loading issues, logging in, and accessing SubredDits.
The cause of the outage remains unknown.
Neither company commented on whether the issue is related or coincidence.
The post has been asked to comment from both companies.
These disruptions follow a series of recent technology outages affecting major platforms, and raise new concerns about infrastructure reliability as more users rely on these services for communications and content.
