Social media platform X recovers after outage hits thousands globally
An X outage eased on Tuesday after thousands of users worldwide reported issues with accessing the social media platform, according to Downdetector.
The outage began around 9 am ET, peaking at more than 28,300 logged issues with Elon Musk’s platform in the US before cooling to about 700 reports, according to Downdetector.
In the UK, reports fell to roughly 130 from a high of more than 8,000, while Canada saw issues decline after topping 3,200 earlier in the day, according to the website that tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.
In Pakistan, complaints peaked at 93 at 7:38pm, falling to four by 8:23pm.
The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on what caused the outage.
The actual number of affected users may differ from what is shown on Downdetector, as the reports are submitted by users.
In November 2025, a Cloudflare outage had briefly prevented access to X after a faulty security configuration crashed its traffic system. A few days later, a separate disruption took X offline for thousands of US users.
On March 10 last year, users in Pakistan and around the world experienced an outage on X. At the time, platform owner Elon Musk said the disruption was the result of a cyberattack.
