Reddit is currently experiencing a big outage affecting its websites and apps, according to the company’s status page. I’m consistently seeing an error message when trying to load Reddit on my Chrome browser. When I downloaded and opened the iOS app, it just shows a Reddit Snoo mascot with X’s for eyes.

“Reddit is currently offline,” according to a message on the status page. “We’re working to identify the issue.”

The problem appears to be widespread, with about 50,000 people reporting issues on Downdetector. Many Verge staffers are experiencing problems loading Reddit as well.

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