Altmetric outage history and status
Is Altmetric down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
99.35%
uptime, 90 days
4
incidents, 90 days
16 h 21 min
median time to fix
Sep 18, 2026
last incident
Altmetric components
- Altmetric Explorer Operational
- Altmetric Details Pages Operational
- Altmetric Details Pages API Operational
- Altmetric Badges Operational
- Data Processing Operational
- altmetric.com website Operational
Altmetric outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026, 19:12 UTC | Altmetric Details API functionality degradation Altmetric Details Pages API | Major | 14 h 05 min |
| Aug 11, 2026, 09:03 UTC | Delay across all attention sources Data Processing | Minor | 13 h 11 min |
| Aug 7, 2026, 11:10 UTC | Delay in news mention collection Altmetric Explorer, Altmetric Details Pages, Altmetric Details Pages API, Altmetric Badges, Data Processing | Minor | 6 days 2 h |
| Jul 29, 2026, 20:38 UTC | Data processing delay Altmetric Explorer | Minor | 18 h 37 min |
| May 26, 2026, 21:35 UTC | Data processing delays Data Processing | Critical | 5 days 13 h |
| Feb 1, 2026, 11:24 UTC | Altmetric Explorer & Altmetric Details Pages unavailable Altmetric Explorer, Altmetric Details Pages | Critical | 4 h 22 min |
| Nov 18, 2025, 12:07 UTC | Cloudflare CDN global incident Altmetric Explorer, Altmetric Details Pages, Altmetric Details Pages API, Altmetric Badges, Data Processing, altmetric.com website | Critical | 5 h 58 min |
| Nov 3, 2025, 09:45 UTC | Altmetric Explorer outage Altmetric Explorer | Critical | 3 h 49 min |
| Oct 21, 2025, 16:50 UTC | API and Detail Pages service outage Altmetric Details Pages, Altmetric Details Pages API | Critical | 2 h 26 min |
| May 28, 2025, 12:48 UTC | Altmetric Explorer on-going issues Altmetric Explorer | Critical | 6 h 29 min |
| May 9, 2025, 10:50 UTC | Data processing delays Data Processing | Minor | 7 h 56 min |
| Feb 13, 2025, 10:49 UTC | Altmetric Explorer Data refresh delay Altmetric Explorer | Minor | 7 h 08 min |
| Nov 29, 2024, 09:41 UTC | Application deployment infrastructure instability Altmetric Explorer, Altmetric Details Pages, Altmetric Details Pages API, Altmetric Badges, Data Processing, altmetric.com website | Minor | 6 h 50 min |
| Oct 29, 2024, 15:48 UTC | Detail pages API downtime Altmetric Details Pages, Altmetric Details Pages API, Data Processing | Major | 8 h 09 min |
| Oct 22, 2024, 08:35 UTC | Altmetric website outage Altmetric Badges, altmetric.com website | Critical | 4 h |
| Oct 16, 2024, 06:45 UTC | Details Page outage and data delays Altmetric Details Pages, Data Processing | Critical | 8 h 59 min |
| Sep 24, 2024, 16:27 UTC | Data processing delays Altmetric Explorer, Altmetric Details Pages, Altmetric Details Pages API, Altmetric Badges, Data Processing, altmetric.com website | Major | 4 days 17 h |
| Feb 25, 2024, 09:44 UTC | Altmetric Explorer data delays Altmetric Explorer, Data Processing | Minor | 4 h 22 min |
| Oct 28, 2023, 13:25 UTC | Altmetric Details Page API downtime Altmetric Details Pages, Altmetric Details Pages API | Critical | 22 h 18 min |
| Jul 28, 2023, 11:16 UTC | Intermittent access issues to Altmetric Explorer Altmetric Explorer | Minor | 5 h 15 min |
| May 18, 2023, 09:30 UTC | Altmetric Explorer functionality issues Altmetric Explorer | Minor | 6 h 07 min |
| Mar 17, 2023, 16:37 UTC | Explorer delay in data processing Altmetric Explorer, Data Processing | Minor | 6 days 15 h |
| Mar 15, 2023, 14:18 UTC | Altmetric Details Page API downtime Altmetric Details Pages | Critical | 3 h 07 min |
| Mar 10, 2023, 00:49 UTC | Altmetric Details API outage Altmetric Details Pages, Altmetric Details Pages API | Critical | 6 h 39 min |
| Mar 2, 2023, 11:20 UTC | Altmetric Explorer data delays Altmetric Explorer, Data Processing | Minor | 3 h 10 min |
50 incidents in our archive since September 27, 2019.
When and where Altmetric fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Tue.
- Mon3
- Tue13
- Wed13
- Thu6
- Fri11
- Sat2
- Sun2
Most affected, last 12 months
- Altmetric Explorer5
- Data Processing4
- Altmetric Details Pages3
- Altmetric Details Pages API3
- Altmetric Badges2
- altmetric.com website1
When Altmetric went down with others
- Nov 18, 2025, 10:52 UTC 172 services reported incidents within the hour
Scheduled maintenance
- Oct 27, 2026, 08:30 UTC Periodic maintenance
- Nov 24, 2026, 08:30 UTC Periodic maintenance
- Dec 29, 2026, 08:30 UTC Periodic maintenance
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FAQ
- Is Altmetric down right now?
- At our last check Altmetric's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does Altmetric go down?
- Altmetric reported 4 incidents in the last 90 days (1 major or critical), with 845 minutes of major outage: 99.35% uptime.
- When was the last Altmetric outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Sep 18, 2026, 19:12 UTC: "Altmetric Details API functionality degradation", resolved after 14 h 05 min.
- How long do Altmetric outages last?
- Half of Altmetric's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 16 h 21 min.
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