ESPN Fantasy app down: Thousands of users complain about issues; ‘not working the first week of playoffs’

The ESPN Fantasy Football app reportedly ran into issues on December 11 with thousands of users complaining about the services.

Updated on: Dec 12, 2025, 08:02:46 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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The ESPN Fantasy Football app had appeared to run into problems on December 11. Over 2,700 users had complained they were facing issues, as per Downdetector.

The app was down for several users with issues being reported with Follow Live Matchup. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)

Many complained that this outage came during the first week of playoffs. One person noted that the Follow Live Matchup was not working.

A cause for the outage is not known and the company has not addressed the matter.

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Now, the issue appears to have been resolved. One person on X noted that the app was back working again. On Downdetector too, the number of complaints dropped drastically.

Reactions to app outage

Several people reacted on social media and the Downdetector site. “What is this bro I can’t get points for Tampa or atlanta,” one person wrote.

A person on X remarked, “ESPN fantasy app not working the first week of playoffs.”

Another added, “me trying to map out my Fantasy matchup score with the ESPN Fantasy app down,” prompting a reaction from a third person who said, “How does @ESPNFantasy app not work into the second quarter of TNF during fantasy playoffs. World wide leader in sports, what an embarrassment for @Disney @espn @RobertIger.”

ESPN Fantasy Football has a record of over 14 million people playing their game during the 2025 season.

Given the wide following, many others jumped in. “Can’t see the points but I see Kyle Pitts is killing me. Fantasy Football playoffs espn app down,” one commented.

Another remarked, “ESPN Fantasy app buggin????” Various people faced different kinds of problems. “@ESPNFantasy fix the ESPN Fantasy Football App it is not showing the players scores! This is ridiculous!,” one person remarked.

Yet another chipped in, saying, “Espn fantasy... wanna update and fix your app?.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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