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X Experiences Widespread Outage Affecting Thousands of Users

The social media platform X (formerly Twitter) suffered a significant outage, with thousands of users reporting issues according to Downdetector.

16 Feb, 13:57 — 16 Feb, 16:08

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NYT3h ago

User Issues With X Appear to Have Resolved

The social media site was the subject of user complaints early Monday.

By Claire Moses

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bloomberg3h ago

Elon Musk’s X Platform Recovers From Service Disruption - Bloomberg.com

Elon Musk’s X Platform Recovers From Service Disruption  Bloomberg.com

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zerohedge4h ago

Downdetector Users Report Widespread Outages At X, AWS, Cloudflare

Downdetector Users Report Widespread Outages At X, AWS, Cloudflare Around 8:00 a.m. ET, users on Downdetector reported outages and disruptions on X across the United States. At the same time, the outage tracker also showed a spike in reported issues involving Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare. Downdetector users reported X outages and disruptions across major U.S. cities. Simultaneously, Downdetector users reported outages affecting AWS and Cloudflare, raising the question of whether issues on Musk’s platform are a downstream effect. *Developing... Tyler Durden Mon, 02/16/2026 - 09:30

By Tyler Durden

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deadline4h ago

X Down For Thousands In U.S. And UK

X, the former Twitter, has had a significant outage in the U.S. and UK. this morning. Thousands of users were unable to sign onto the Elon Musk site this morning as X wouldn’t load in both its app and website forms. According to the monitoring website Downdetector, reports of outages began to accrue at 8:14 […]

By Greg Evans

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variety4h ago

X Goes Down: Social Media Site Not Working for Thousands of Users Worldwide

X, the social networking site formerly known as Twitter, is yet again suffering from technical problems preventing users from accessing the service. On Monday, there were nearly 43,000 user error reports as of 8:34 a.m. ET on uptime-monitoring site Downdetector.com. About 53% of the user submissions indicated the problems were with the app, with 21% […]

By Todd Spangler

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Daily Sabah5h ago

X hit by widespread outage, disrupting users worldwide

U.S.-based social media platform X suffered a service disruption on Monday, leaving thousands of users around the world unable to access the platform, according to outage monitorin...

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Times of India5h ago

Elon Musk’s X outage: Twitter down for thousands globally, including India

Elon Musk's social media platform X is experiencing a significant global technical outage, impacting thousands of users across the US, India, and Europe. Reports began surfacing around 7:10 PM on Monday, with users encountering blank timelines and error messages. Both mobile and desktop versions of the platform are affected by the widespread disruption.

By TOI TECH DESK

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Dawn5h ago

X down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

Social media platform X was down for thousands of users, on Monday, according to Downdetector. It showed that in the US, there were more than 23,210 reports of issues with X as of 8:24 am ET. Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, also showed that in Pakistan, there were 254 reports at 6:42pm. More to follow

By none@none.com (Reuters)

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Reuters5h ago

X down for thousands of users in the US and UK, Downdetector shows - TradingView

X down for thousands of users in the US and UK, Downdetector shows  TradingView

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