Global Outage Hits Elon Musk’s X Platform

As of January 8, 2025, there are no widespread reports indicating that X (formerly Twitter) is experiencing a global outage. According to the Down detector web service monitoring platform, there are no significant issues reported with X at this time.

In the past, X has suffered from outages that went for some hours affecting users worldwide. For instance, on December 21, 2023, the platform faced a global outage where over 77,000 users in the United States reported issues. This was restored in a few hours .

Similarly, on September 7, 2024, X had a small hour outage that lasted for less than an hour and went to thousands of users globally.

If you are currently having trouble with X, it is likely because of localized issues or personal account problems. You can keep an eye on the real-time status updates provided by Down detector or X’s official support channels for the most up-to-date information.