Last updated: November 9, 2026
Is Sohu down? User reports indicate possible problems with Sohu
Sohu is a portal and news app with channels for news, business, cars, property and entertainment, plus Sohu Video for dramas and shows. Readers follow topics and authors, and accounts carry reading history across site and app. This page tracks Sohu when channel feeds stall, video buffers or sign-in fails.
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Is Sohu down right now?
Readers checking Sohu status usually see a feed topped by hours-old headlines. Sohu down reports arrive here from users whose video buffered without starting, whose comments never posted, or whose channel page loaded as a shell. One missing story is often an editor move, not a fault.
A wider Sohu outage stalls feeds, video and comments in the same window. Reports then cover every channel at once. When news reads fine but video fails, the video service alone is down.
Is Sohu down for me or everyone?
Open the portal front page in a browser as a guest. The front page is heavily cached and answers during most app trouble. A live front page beside a frozen app feed points at the app. A stale front page too means the publishing side is stuck.
Is Sohu News a separate app from the Sohu portal?
The news app is its own app carrying the portal channels in a feed layout. The portal site keeps the classic channel pages and sections. Your account, follows and history work across both without extra setup.
Video sits in its own section and app under the same brand. A news app sign-in does not always carry video membership benefits. Each product shows its own membership state on its account page.
Does Sohu Video stream full dramas inside its section?
Yes, drama and show pages carry full episode lists with in-page playback. Free episodes play with ads, and later episodes can need membership. The episode list marks which entries are free before you start.
Does the Sohu app let you follow topics and authors?
Topic and author pages carry a follow button that feeds their new pieces into your stream. Follows stack into a personal channel tab in the app. Unfollowing is one tap on the same page.
Can you read Sohu pages without an account?
News and channel pages read freely as a guest on site and app. Comments, follows and history sync need an account. Guest reading keeps no cross-device record of what you read.
Common Sohu Problems and Fixes
Stale feeds, buffering video and silent comments lead the Sohu complaints. Work through the fix matching the screen in front of you.
Refresh a feed stuck on old headlines
Pull the feed hard and wait for the time marker at its top to change. Feeds serve cache when fresh pulls fail, hiding the failure. If the marker stays old on Wi-Fi, the publishing feed itself is stalled.
Start video that buffers forever
Drop the stream quality one level in the player settings. Buffer loops often come from a quality your line cannot hold. A video buffering at the lowest level while news loads is a video service fault.
Post a comment that never appears
Check your account state, because held comments sit invisibly until review. Comment holds show nothing on the page, which looks like a failure. A comment with links is held by rule in most channels.
Fill a channel page that loads as a shell
Enter the channel from the portal front page rather than a saved shortcut. Old shortcuts point at retired channel addresses that render empty. Front page entries always use the live address.
Restore push alerts that stopped
Re-open the app notification switch inside your phone settings. System cleaners often revoke it after updates. Topic alerts also need the topic follow to still exist in your account.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why is my Sohu feed showing old news?
The fresh feed pull is failing and the app serves its cache instead. A hard refresh with a changed time marker proves recovery. Long stale periods across users mean the publishing side stalled.
What should I do when Sohu Video will not start playing?
Lower the quality setting and retry. Persistent buffering at low quality beside working news marks a video service problem. Saved links to single episodes can also expire and need a fresh entry from the episode list.
How do I follow a topic in the Sohu app?
Open any story on the topic and tap its topic tag, then follow on the topic page. New pieces from followed topics gather in your personal channel. The follow list is editable from your profile.
Does Sohu need an account to comment?
Yes, comments post under your Sohu account only. Held comments wait for review and show nothing publicly meanwhile. Guest readers can read every comment thread freely.
Can I download Sohu videos to watch offline?
The video app offers downloads on many titles for in-app offline viewing. Rights decide per title, and the download button shows only where allowed. Downloads expire with membership on paid titles.
Is the Sohu account the same on site and app?
One account covers the portal, the news app and the video section. Follows and history follow it everywhere. Membership benefits can still differ per product, as each shows on its own account page.