Elon Musk's X down for thousands of US users, Downdetector shows

The X app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's X was down for thousands of users in the United States on Friday, according to Downdetector.com.

There were more than 19,500 reports of issues with the social media platform, as of 10:51 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.

(Reporting by Anhata Rooprai in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)