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- Uptime, 24 hours
- 100 %
- Uptime, 7 days
- 100 %
- Uptime, 30 days
- 100 %
Based on 1 day of checks so far. Checks that failed because of how we test, not because of the site, are left out.
Response time per hour, last 24 hours
Response time by location, last 24 hours
| Location | Average response | Reached |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin 1, Germany | 765 ms | 2 of 2 checks |
| Falkenstein, Germany | 767 ms | 3 of 3 checks |
| Berlin 2, Germany | 708 ms | 1 of 1 checks |
Each check runs from all locations at once. A location far from the site’s servers answers later; that says nothing about the site being slow.
Outage history
No confirmed outage on record. An outage is listed once Mental Floss could not be reached from at least two locations in two checks in a row.
Recent checks
| Time | Status | Locations | Response |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 08:09 UTC | Up | 1 of 1 | 712 ms |
| 2026-10-10 07:06 UTC | Up | 1 of 1 | 726 ms |
| 2026-10-10 06:02 UTC | Up | 1 of 1 | 764 ms |
| 2026-10-10 05:20 UTC | Up | 1 of 1 | 708 ms |
| 2026-10-10 04:17 UTC | Up | 1 of 1 | 766 ms |
| 2026-10-10 03:14 UTC | Up | 1 of 1 | 864 ms |
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