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This graph shows IMDb errors and response times for the website over the past day. Website status and slowness is related to downtime for IMDb and errors for their site.

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This chart above shows IMDb error reports submitted in the past 24 hours (one day) compared to the recent average over similar days. The status of IMDb is marked as "down" when the number of reported errors is significantly higher than the average errors.

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IMDb is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. As of June 2021, the database contained some 8 million titles and 10.4 million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's well-used message boards were disabled in February 2017.

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