X Briefly Outage Disrupts Users Globally

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, experienced a brief outage on Wednesday, impacting users across the United States, Pakistan and India, according to reports from Downdetector.com and various media outlets.

Outage Details

At its peak, Downdetector recorded over 34,500 reports of issues with X from users in the United States [1]. The number of reported issues decreased to 845 as of 11:39 am ET. In Pakistan, 158 users reported problems with the platform by 8:21 pm local time [4]. Indian media similarly reported disruptions affecting users within the country [3].

Downdetector Monitoring

Downdetector tracks outages by aggregating status reports from multiple sources, providing a real-time overview of service disruptions [1]. It’s important to note that the actual number of affected users may differ from the reports submitted to Downdetector.

Company Response

X did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters regarding the outage [2].

Recent Outages

This outage follows a similar, albeit brief, international disruption experienced by the platform last month [2].