Wikipedia is down for millions here's what we know about the outage

Date:
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:50:41 +0000

Description:
Thousands of Wikipedia users are reporting that the site is down for them here's what we know about the outage so far.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Get notified of updates 2026-10-21T15:57:11.373Z Please try again later... THATS
A FIRST, I HAVE NEVER SEEN WIKIPEDIA GO DOWN LIKE THIS?
everything but the index page fails to load huhhh??? https://t.co/5DtJ51QIki October 21, 2026 This is what Wikipedia and Wikimedia currently look like for many users an "error" page with a "please try again later" message. I've also never seen it go down like that, although it's working fine for me in the UK.

Strangely, there are a few other outages running concurrently right now, including Asana and the Internet Archive. It isn't yet clear if they're related, but they did start at very similar times (around 10am ET / 3pm BST). Wikipedia is certainly the worst-hit, though. A sharp spike in reports (Image credit: Downdetector) Wikipedia is working okay for me here in the UK, but it isn't for thousands of users right now the reports graph on Downdetector is now over 3,000 in the US, and it's climbing in the UK too.

The cause is so far unclear, as there are no current issues at the major
cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud or Cloudflare. I'll be digging into this and reporting back shortly... View More You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. Logout



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