Check if a website is down or online in real time. Our website status checker helps you instantly find out whether a site is down for you or unavailable for everyone worldwide.
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When you wonder "is it down right now", our free online website checker gives you instant answers. This tool helps determine whether the website is accessible globally or experiencing issues. Perfect for checking popular sites like google.com, youtube.com, or any domain.
This is the most common question people have when a site won't load. Our checker answers it definitively by testing the URL from multiple server locations worldwide.
If our checker shows UP:
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If our checker shows DOWN:
When you check a website, you'll see:
How fast the server responds
HTTP response codes (200 = OK)
Availability around the globe
When a website check returns an error code, here's what it means:
| Code | Name | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | OK | Site is online and responding normally |
| 301 / 302 | Redirect | Site is redirecting — usually still accessible |
| 400 | Bad Request | The server couldn't understand the request |
| 403 | Forbidden | Access denied — the site is up but blocking access |
| 404 | Not Found | Page doesn't exist — server is up, page is gone |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | Generic server-side error — the site is having problems |
| 502 | Bad Gateway | Proxy/CDN received an invalid response from the origin server |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | Server overloaded or under maintenance — usually temporary |
| 504 | Gateway Timeout | Server took too long to respond — often a load or routing issue |
Our tool provides real-time monitoring with timestamps showing when each site was last checked. You'll see updates like:
Our system performs live checks when you use the tool. The marquee above shows sites checked every 10 minutes. When you manually check a site, you get results right now.
Yes! Our basic website checker is 100% free with no limits. You can check as many sites as you want, as often as you need, with no registration required.
Timestamps show when a site was last tested:
We test from multiple server locations around the globe to determine if a site is down everywhere or just in specific regions. This distinguishes between a genuine global outage and a local network or ISP issue on your end.
Absolutely! Enter your domain to check its current status, response time, and server performance from an external perspective. Useful for site owners who need to verify their site is accessible worldwide.
For most websites:
Websites can go down for many reasons: server outages, scheduled maintenance windows, DDoS attacks, expired domain registrations, DNS failures, overloaded hosting infrastructure, software bugs, or misconfigurations after a code deployment. Our checker lets you instantly confirm whether a site is actually down before you spend time troubleshooting further.
All three mean the server is having trouble, but the cause differs:
Enter the URL into our checker above. If we report the site as UP, the problem is local to you — try clearing your browser cache, flushing your DNS cache, or switching to a different network (mobile data vs. Wi-Fi). If we report the site as DOWN, it's a genuine outage affecting everyone worldwide.
Yes — you can check any website including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok, Netflix, Reddit, Discord, Steam, Spotify, and any other domain. Simply enter the URL and click Check Status for an instant live result.