X recovers after brief US outage, Downdetector shows


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

March 31 (Reuters) - ⁠Social media platform X ⁠was back up after ‌a brief outage that impacted thousands of users in the ​U.S. on Tuesday, ⁠according to Downdetector.com.

There ⁠were 562 reports of issues ⁠with ‌Elon Musk-owned X as of ⁠5:03 p.m. ET, down from a ​peak ‌of over 21,000 reports.

Downdetector ⁠tracks outages ​by collating status reports from a number of ⁠sources. The actual ​number of affected users may differ from what is shown ⁠on Downdetector, as the reports are submitted by users.

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

(Reporting ​by Juby ‌Babu in Mexico City; ​Editing by Shreya Biswas and Anil D'Silva)

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