US EditionX back up after brief outage, Downdetector shows
- Breaking: X suffered a disruption on March 18, 2026, leaving thousands in the U.S. and India unable to access the app or website, with over 26,000 reports recorded by Downdetector.
- The cause remains unknown, with outage indicators pointing to the app as the primary failure point, Downdetector data show 51% of reports tied to the app, 29% to feed/timeline and 14% to the website.
- First reports began around 10:43 a.m., with Downdetector registering more than 34,500 reports before falling to 845 by 11:39 a.m., and searches for 'twitter down' surged over 1,000%.
- X did not immediately respond to requests for comment and had not publicly commented as of Wednesday morning, while users migrated to other social platforms to complain and Downdetector cautioned reported totals may differ.
- The outage adds to recent reliability concerns after January disruption when Downdetector recorded more than 74,000 U.S. users affected.
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X back up after brief outage, Downdetector shows
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Elon Musk's social media platform X was back up after a brief outage for users worldwide on Wednesday, according to Downdetector.com. At its peak, there were more than 34,500 reports of issues with X in the United States, according to Downdetector, before coming down to 845 reports as of 11:39am ET. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. The actual number of affected users may differ from what is shown …
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UPDATE: Mar. 18, 2026, 12:28 p.m. EDT It appears that the brief outage of X has been resolved. DownDetector reports are slowing down and Mashable reporters have since been able to access feeds and search on the platform. Is X down? That's the question thousands of social media users are asking on Wednesday morning, as an X outage causes problems with the app.The platform DownDetector showed a spike of tens of thousands of user error reports begi…
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