Is Discord down? Outages explained

DISCORD is an instant messaging and digital distribution platform.

The platform is used as a social media platform where users can communicate using voice calls, video calls, and text messaging.

Discord is a social media platform that was launched in 2015Getty Images – Getty

Is Discord down?

The social media platform reported outages as of January 26, 2022.

Downdetector reports that nearly 50,000 users reported outages on the platform.

The most reported problems at Discord were for the server connection at 43 percent of users reporting issues.

41 percent of users reported issues with the Discord app itself.

However, only a small fraction of 16 percent of users had issues sending messages.

The official IGN Twitter account reported that Discord is down due to “widespread API issues.”

The outages began to peak on January 26, 2022 at around 9.27am according to Downdetector.

By 11.42am the outages skyrocketed with over 49,000 reports of server issues.

The official Twitter for Discord also released a statement on the outages.

“We are currently investigating a widespread API outage and are working to resolve this ASAP. More details on our status page: http://dis.gd/status“

How can I check if Discord is not working?

There are some websites that report server outages for different websites like Discord.

Users can visit the Downdetector website when they are experiencing issues to double check if the platform is indeed down.

The social platform, Twitter, is also useful when checking for outages to see if others in your area are also having trouble.

If it appears the problem may not be widespread, try checking the internet connection on your device or exiting the app before logging back in.

When have there been Discord outages before?

Downdetector’s website does not list the dates of other outages from Discord.

The latest comments and reports on outages for Discord on their site are from January 26, 2022.