Downdetector May 2026

In , Downdetector was acquired by Ookla , the company behind the popular Speedtest platform. This partnership combined user-reported outage data with Ookla's extensive network performance analytics. More recently, in March 2026 , the platform was acquired by Accenture .

is the world's leading real-time platform for tracking outages and service disruptions across thousands of online services. Founded in April 2012 by Tom Sanders and Sander van de Graaf, it has become the "go-to" digital barometer for millions of users trying to determine if their favorite app, internet service provider, or gaming network is actually down or if the problem is on their end. How Downdetector Works downdetector

To avoid false alarms from a few isolated issues, Downdetector calculates a baseline volume of typical reports for every service. An incident is only flagged when report volumes significantly exceed this historical average. In , Downdetector was acquired by Ookla ,