Elon Musk’s Social media app X (formerly Twitter) suffered a severe global outage on Monday, February 16th. Some users from countries including the United States, United Kingdom, and India reported widespread outages.
According to DownDetector, complaints about the service outage increased to over 25,000 around 18:30 IST as users faced issues accessing the platform and loading posts.
There has been no official post clarifying what caused the X outage.
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Disruptions occurred almost simultaneously across regions. Some users reported being unable to refresh feeds on the app and website, while others faced difficulty logging in.
One user reported “Nothing is loading” lower detector. Another said: “London is not accessible, why?”
Data from DownDetector shows a sudden spike in complaints within minutes, suggesting this was a massive service outage rather than an isolated failure.
Global Disruption of X
The incident is the latest in a series of outages that have hit major internet platforms in recent months. X experienced a similar outage in March 2025, affecting users worldwide.
In November 2025, Cloudflare experienced an apparent outage that caused temporary access issues for many websites, including X, resulting in significant outages.
Service gradually resumed; however, the company did not immediately clarify the cause of the outage
