Are Outages Really Decreasing? Here's What the Data Says
When it comes to uptime, perception and reality often don’t match.
We compared 2024’s full-year data with the first 8 months of 2025 — and the results are surprising:
2024 Uptime Overview
Uptime rate: 98.53%
Downtime: 1,000,000+ hours
39% of organizations faced at least one outage
2025 So Far (Jan–Aug)
Uptime rate: 94.47%
Downtime: 12,339 hours
Only 15% of organizations experienced any outages
So what’s going on here?
Although the uptime percentage appears lower in 2025, the total downtime and incident frequency are dramatically better.
This highlights a crucial insight:
Aggregate uptime percentage ≠ operational reliability.
It's not just about aiming for 99.9%. It's about minimizing real disruptions and ensuring outage resilience.
What This Means for Infra Teams:
Monitor beyond uptime percentage
Track incident frequency + severity
Focus on alert response time and mitigation, not just availability
2024–2025 Robotalp Uptime Report:
