Is Discord down? It is the question that millions of users are asking after the platform suffered major outages on Friday, May 8, 2026.
According to Downdetector, a site that measures outages in real time, about 70,000 users reported problems at 3:49 p.m., and complaints fell to 40,000 users at about 4:11 p.m.
The outage was observed in different cities in the United States (US), including New York, Miami, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle.
Downdetector reports that around 57% of users had issues with the app, 25% with messaging, and 13% with login.
Discord, the popular online gathering place, acknowledged the issue through a post on X. In its first update, the company wrote: “Discord is not working.” About an hour later, the account posted another update saying, “Working on it.”
Discord has not yet announced the full restoration of services.
For the uninitiated, Discord is one of the most popular online platforms where people form communities to meet each other, play video games, chat with friends, and other communities.
Many people posted humorous responses below the tweet and one shared a photo of Wumpus, the official Discord mascot, to which the official server account responded: “WHY ARE YOU WUMPUS? HOW IS THIS GOING TO HELP ANYTHING?”
Another said, “Because of you, I had to go out and hit the grass,” Discord replied, “THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY POSITIVE RESULT THAT WE DIDN’T INTEND FOR.
The company has not yet revealed the cause of the outage or provided a timeline for full restoration of services.
