Is It Down, or Is It Just You?
Enter any website and PingStuff checks it from outside your own network to tell you whether it's genuinely down or just unreachable from where you are.
PingStuff currently checks from a single location. If a site loads here but not for you, the problem is almost certainly local; confirmation from multiple regions is rolling out.
When a site won't load, the first question is whether it's down for everyone or just for you. PingStuff answers it by loading the site from its own server, well away from your device, browser, and internet provider. If it responds here, the wider internet can reach it — so a failure on your end is local, usually a cached address, a VPN, or your ISP's DNS.
Being honest about method: today PingStuff checks from one location, which is enough to separate "the server is answering" from "my device can't reach it." True multi-region confirmation — the same site checked from several places at once — is on the way and will make regional outages easier to spot.
What to do next
- If PingStuff reaches the site but you can't, switch to a different network (mobile data works well), clear your DNS cache, or try a private window. That isolates a local problem quickly.
- If PingStuff also can't reach it, the outage is on the site's side — note the exact stage that failed and check the operator's or host's status page.
- Ask a friend on a different network to try the site too; a second data point outside your own connection is the fastest manual way to confirm a "just me" problem.
If it's your own site, turn on monitoring with email alerts — SMS alerts are rolling out — so you hear about the next outage before your visitors report it.
Frequently asked questions
What does 'down for everyone or just me' actually mean?
It's the difference between a real outage and a problem confined to your device or connection. If a site is reachable from the wider internet but not from you, it's 'just you' — usually caused by caching, DNS, or your ISP.
Why can a website be down for some people and not others?
DNS changes propagate at different speeds, CDNs route users to different regional servers, and caches expire at different times. So one person can hit a broken or old server while another reaches a healthy one.
Is PingStuff checking from multiple locations?
Right now it checks from a single vantage point outside your network — enough to tell 'the server answered' from 'my device couldn't reach it.' Multi-region checks, which confirm outages from several places at once, are rolling out.
The site is down for me but PingStuff says it’s up. What should I do?
Treat it as a local issue. Try mobile data or another device, flush your DNS cache, disable any VPN, and reload. If it works elsewhere, the site itself is fine.
How can I confirm an outage myself?
Load the site from a network you don't normally use — phone data instead of home Wi-Fi — or ask someone in another city. Two independent failures strongly suggest the site, not you.