Downdetector is an online platform that provides users with real-time information about the status of variouswebsites and services.
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| Owner | Ookla[1] |
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| URL | downdetector |
| Launched | April 2012; 13 years ago (2012-04)[2] |
| Current status | Online |
The information that is provided by the site is based upon user outage reports, which are collected from various sources, including the page for each website on Downdetector itself andTwitter.[3][1] A map is also shown with the locations of the outage reports, and a list of cities with the corresponding number of reports is shown above the map. Downdetector is available in 45 countries, with a different site for each country.[2][4] Additionally, Downdetector tracks over 12,000 services internationally.[5]
Downdetector was founded in April 2012 by Tom Sanders and Sander van de Graaf.[3] Downdetector was acquired by Ookla, the company behindSpeedtest.net, in August 2018.[1][6]
On January 14, 2025, the standalone application added a banner stating its discontinuation in favor of merging with the Speedtest by Ookla application on iOS and Android.[7]
References
edit- ^abcTiffany, Kaitlyn (February 25, 2020)."Where Everyone Goes When the Internet Breaks".The Atlantic.Washington, D.C.:Emerson Collective. RetrievedOctober 28, 2020.
- ^ab"Status overview".Downdetector. Archived fromthe original on October 6, 2021. RetrievedOctober 28, 2020.
- ^abMiners, Zach (May 7, 2013)."Downdetector.com scours Twittersphere to detect service outages faster".Computerworld.Boston:IDG Communications. Archived fromthe original on October 31, 2020. RetrievedOctober 28, 2020.
- ^Massie, Graeme (October 15, 2020)."Twitter Down: Users complain that service is suffering outage".The Independent.Los Angeles. RetrievedOctober 28, 2020.
- ^Stafford, Kevin (July 20, 2023)."How Gaming Companies Can Detect and Resolve Outages Faster [Webinar] - Ookla®".Ookla - Providing network intelligence to enable modern connectivity. RetrievedAugust 28, 2023.
- ^"Downdetector is now part of Ookla".Speedtest by Ookla. August 13, 2018. RetrievedOctober 28, 2020.
- ^"About Us".Downdetector.com. RetrievedJanuary 14, 2025.
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