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Up · checkedNo, Medium is not down right now: medium.com answered our check at 18:07 UTC, and Medium’s status page reports no problems.
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Medium is up
medium.com answered our last check in 31 ms. The official status page reports no problems.
- Last checked
- Response
- HTTP 403 · 31 ms
- Checked from
- Stockholm, New York and London
- Uptime since 19 Oct
- 100%
HTTP 403 is expected here: medium.com’s bot protection answers automated checks, which shows the site is reachable. Outages show up as errors (5xx) or no answer.
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What isn’t working?
Reports, last 24 hours
Per 15 minutes, in UTC
- Last hour
- 0
- Usually per hour
- 0
- Last 24 hours
- 0
No problems with Medium reported in the last 24 hours.
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Medium not working? Common problems and fixes
What usually helps when Medium fails for you while it works for others.
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Medium response time
How long medium.com took to answer our checks from Stockholm, New York and London, averaged per 15 minutes.
- Average
- 23 ms
- Slowest
- 62 ms
- Failed checks
- 0
//_04 Uptime
Medium uptime, last 90 days
- 24 hours
- 100%
- Since 19 Oct
- 100%
//_05 Outages
Recent Medium outages
Since we started checking Medium on 19 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found Medium down. Medium’s status page reported no incidents in that time.
- Outages in our checks, since 19 Oct
- 0
- Downtime, since 19 Oct
- None
- Longest outage
- –
- Status page incidents, since 19 Oct
- 0
Outage timeline
No outages of Medium, in our checks or on its status page, since we started checking it on 19 Oct 2026.
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No open incidents on Medium’s status page right now.
Every Medium outage since our checks started, with start, end and duration, and an Atom feed for your reader or Slack.
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About Medium outages
Is Medium down right now?
No, Medium is not down right now: medium.com answered our check at 18:07 UTC, and Medium’s status page reports no problems.
When was Medium last down?
Our checks haven’t found Medium down since we started checking it on 19 Oct 2026.
How often does Medium go down?
Since we started checking Medium on 19 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found Medium down. Medium’s status page reported no incidents in that time.
How does Uptimecheck check Medium?
We request https://medium.com/ every 2 minutes from Stockholm, New York and London. Any answer below HTTP 500 within 10 seconds counts as up, since large sites often answer automated requests with 403. A failure only counts once a second check confirms it. We also read Medium’s official status page every 2 minutes.
What can I do when Medium is down?
Check Medium’s official status page for updates and try again in a few minutes. If medium.com works for us but not for you, try another network or browser, or clear your DNS cache. If your own product depends on Medium, tell your customers on your status page before they email support.
Why is Medium not working for me when it is up?
Our check shows that medium.com answers. Your own network, a VPN, browser extensions, an outdated app or a problem with your account can still break Medium for you alone. The common problems on this page list what usually helps, and when many people report the same problem, it shows here.
Can I get an alert when Medium has an outage?
Yes. Start a free trial and Uptimecheck watches Medium’s official status page for you and alerts you by email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram or webhook when it reports an outage, and again when it is resolved.
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