Wikipedia and Internet Archive Hit by Widespread Outages

WHO:

Mashable - The Internet Archive and Wikipedia were affected by the outages.

TechRadar - Thousands of Wikipedia users reported that the site was down for them.

WHAT:

Mashable - The Internet Archive and Wikipedia went down for users.

TechRadar - Wikipedia was down for many users.

WHERE:

Mashable - The outages affected users of the Internet Archive and Wikipedia; no specific location was given.

TechRadar - The outage affected Wikipedia users; no specific location was given.

(UPDATED October 21, 2026 17:25 UTC)

The Internet Archive and Wikipedia experienced outages, leaving users unable to access the sites. Thousands of Wikipedia users reported that the service was down for them, and many others encountered the same problem. The disruption affected both platforms, though reports described the impact most clearly on Wikipedia. The outages were reported among users, but no specific country or region was identified. It was not clear how many people were affected across both services, or whether access problems were universal. The Internet Archive was also among the sites affected, alongside the online encyclopedia. For users trying to reach either platform, the disruption meant the services were temporarily unavailable. The reports did not provide further details about the cause or the duration of the outages.