On Monday afternoon, Reddit, the popular social media platform, experienced a widespread outage that left thousands of users unable to access its app and website. Reports of issues began around 2:45 p.m. EDT, with over 15,000 incidents logged by 3 p.m. Users faced difficulties in loading posts, viewing images, voting, and posting content, with many seeing the 'You broke Reddit' error message or Error 500 alerts. The outage affected both mobile and desktop users across the United States, leading to confusion about whether the issue was local or global. While some users reported partial access, the overall disruption severely impacted daily activities on the platform. As of now, Reddit has not released an official statement regarding the outage's cause or a timeline for recovery, leaving users reliant on outage trackers and social media for updates. Such outages typically occur due to server overload, maintenance issues, or technical failures, but Reddit has not confirmed any specifics.