Twitter Outage Affects Thousands of Users
On Friday morning, X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, experienced significant connectivity issues affecting many users. As the site formerly known as Twitter faced problems, tens of thousands reported encountering error messages. Many users were prompted to reload the page, only to be met with an unresolved spinning wheel.
Details of the Outage
According to Downdetector, a service that monitors outages, approximately 200,000 users reported issues by 10:52 a.m. ET. The problems had begun around 10:10 a.m. and appeared to resolve momentarily at 10:35 a.m., only to return by 10:41 a.m.
Types of Issues Reported
- 56% of the reports were related to the X app.
- 33% were attributed to the website.
- 10% involved server connection issues.
History of Connectivity Problems
This is not the first extensive outage for X. A prior incident occurred in November, when users reported messages like “Internal server error / Error code 500” and issues accessing certain pages. In March 2025, the platform faced multiple brief outages, with 21,000 reports from U.S. users and 10,800 from the U.K. during a 45-minute span.
Recent Outages
Additional past issues include:
- August 2024: Significant connectivity problems.
- July 2023: Impairment of key features.
- March 2024: A crashing incident during Ron DeSantis’ Twitter Spaces live audio event.
These recurring outages highlight ongoing challenges faced by the platform, maintaining its reliability for millions of users worldwide.
