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


A teenager poses for a photo while holding a smartphone in front of a X logo in this illustration taken September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Jan 16 (Reuters) - ‌X was down for tens of ‌thousands of users worldwide on ‌Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

There were more than 41,000 reports of issues ‍with the social media ‍platform as of ‌10:35 a.m. ET in the United States, ‍according ​to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports ⁠from a number of sources.

Users in ‌the UK reported around 8000 incidents and ⁠over 2,400 ‍issues were reported in India.

The actual number of affected users may ‍differ from what is shown ‌on the platform, as the reports are submitted by users.

X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Earlier this week, the platform experienced a similar outage that peaked ‌at more than 28,300 logged issues in the U.S. and more than 8,000 ​reports in the UK.

(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)

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