X is down for many users right now, with hundreds reporting that the social media site is producing error messages and isn’t working for them.
The issues started at around 8.02am ET / 1.02pm GMT, when a large spike in reports appeared on Downdetector in the US and UK. At the time of writing, those reports are at over 11,000 in the US and over 3,300 in the UK.
There’s been no official confirmation yet from X about the issue, but we’ll be bringing you all the updates here in this liveblog.
The latest news
X is down for many users around the world right nowThe issues started at around 8.02am ET / 1.02pm GMTThe outage has no known cause yet
That’s a big spike
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It seems most people (including us) are struggling to get X to load right now – there’s currently over 23,000 reports on Downdetector (above) in the US, and over 6,400 in the UK.
The outage is affecting both the app and website, with neither working for us. We’re getting a “something went wrong” message, with no posts loading.
A quiet day on X
(Image credit: X)
If you’re seeing the message above for X on desktop or in the mobile app, you’re not alone.
The social media site appears to be experiencing a big Monday outage, with the reports of issues in the US now at over 40,000 on Downdetector.
That’s the kind of number we haven’t seen since its last big outage in November 2025. Let’s hope for the sake of memes and hot-takes that this one doesn’t last as long…
Where do we go now?
Unfortunately, one of the best places to go for information during major outages is still… X. And it obviously isn’t possible to contact the @Support account either.
Many users are using the Downdetector comments section as a place of refuge, with many stating that (like us) no posts are showing and neither are profile pages. Let’s hope that ‘retry’ button starts working soon…
The reports continue to spike
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Our hopes that this might be a short, sharp blip appear to be fading – reports of problems on X continue to grow, with the number now at a massive 41,000 in the US. It’s down for thousands in the UK too, during the critical lunch hour doomscroll period.
During the site’s last big outage in November 2025, Cloudflare issues were the culprit. However, that doesn’t seem to be case so far this time, with some outage spikes on Downdetector for both Cloudflare and AWS very minor. The picture should hopefully become clearer soon.
Signs of progress?
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There’s been a small dip in the number of Downdetector reports for X in the last 15 minutes or so. It’s now down to just over 37,000 reports, from a high of 42,845 at 8.34am ET / 1.34pm GMT.
It still isn’t working for me at the time of writing with the desktop site showing a black screen, but that could mean a fix is working for some regions.
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Source: Latest from TechRadar US in Internet News
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