Sling outages and problems
In the past 24 hours, 94 user reports came in for Sling. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 100.00% uptime for the day.
The busiest 15-minute window had 10 reports, about 20 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.
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Elevated reports
Ended 20 h agoLasted 15 min10peak reports
Sling in October 2026
- Problem reports in October (since 27 October)
- 96
Monthly report for October 2026
What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for Sling, as a share of those reports:
- 62% Video Streaming
- 23% Server Connection
- 15% App
Where Sling problem reports come from
Recent reports came from 36 areas. The most came from around Charlotte, NC, Philadelphia, PA and Indianapolis, IN. Share of recent reports by area, named after its biggest town:
- 13% Charlotte, NC
- 7% Philadelphia, PA
- 7% Indianapolis, IN
- 7% New York City, NY
- 6% Jacksonville, FL
- 6% Phoenix, AZ
From 90 recent problem reports. Big cities always send the most, so reports from many places point to a widespread problem, and one area far ahead of the rest can mean a regional one. Town names: GeoNames.
Sling problem spikes, last 30 days
Since 27 October, Sling had no outage spikes, but 1 period of elevated reports.
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Elevated reports
Wed 28 Oct, 01:18–01:33Lasted 15 min10peak reports
A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 27 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services
How to fix Sling not working
Sling is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:
Your browser tries to reach sling.com over your own connection, right now. Nothing is sent to us or stored.
Reload and restart
Reload the page (Ctrl+F5, or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac), or fully close the app and open it again.
Try another connection
Switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data. If it works on one and not the other, the problem is your network, not Sling.
Update the app
Install the latest version from the App Store or Google Play. Old versions can stop connecting after a server-side change.
While Sling is down: what to use instead
- Sling web player If the app will not start a stream, open the service in a browser; the web player is the fallback when the app alone is failing.
- YouTube TV Use it for live channels and cloud DVR on a TV or in a browser.
- Hulu + Live TV It helps when you want live channels and on-demand shows in one app.
- Pluto TV Pluto TV has free channels, and you do not need a paid login to watch.
Problems at the same time as Sling
Since 27 October, Sling's only spike in problem reports overlapped a spike at another service.
When several services get problem reports at once, something they share, such as a cloud host or a network, can be the real cause. Matching times alone do not prove it.
During the latest spike
Sling: Wed 28 Oct, 01:18 to 01:33
- Spotify, outage,27 Oct 19:16 to 01:41
- ESPN Fantasy Football, outage,27 Oct 19:50 to 21:03
- USPS, outage,27 Oct 19:50 to 01:30
- Astound, outage,27 Oct 19:50 to 08:26
- Verizon, outage,27 Oct 20:14 to 02:25
- Brightspeed, outage,27 Oct 20:35 to 03:12
- Straight Talk, outage,27 Oct 20:35 to 02:18
- 3 (Three), outage,27 Oct 20:35 to 01:27
32 more services. Red dot: outage. Amber dot: elevated reports.
A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, as the live pages showed it. Times are Central European time.
Sling IP address, servers and network
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Service updates from @slinganswers
No posts about problems from @slinganswers in the last 14 days. The latest is from .
Put the Sling status badge on your site
Paste one of these into a web page, a blog post or a README. The badge shows the same status as this page, based on user problem reports. Browsers can keep a copy for up to 4 hours. It links back here.
<a href="https://isitdownrightnow.app/services/sling/"><img src="https://isitdownrightnow.app/badge/sling.svg" alt="Sling status" height="20"></a>[](https://isitdownrightnow.app/services/sling/)The badge is a plain image: no scripts, no cookies. People who see it on your page load it from our server.
How we track Sling
The status on this page comes from user-submitted problem reports for Sling, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Each window is compared with the normal level for Sling, so a few complaints on a quiet day don't trigger anything, but a sudden jump well above normal does.
When reports climb well above normal, the status here changes to partial outage or major outage and the chart moves with it. Sling doesn't publish a public status page that we know of, so user reports are often the quickest sign that something is wrong on their side.