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X Outage: Thousands Of Users Report Issues With Elon Musk’s Social Media Site
More than 16,000 users reported issues with X's app and website, with 53% of complaints related to the app, according to Downdetector data.
- On August 14, 2025, the social media platform X experienced a brief outage affecting thousands of users globally, including over 5,300 in the UK and multiple U.S. states.
- The outage began earlier in the day with users reporting access and login issues, while Downdetector showed reports starting around 10 a.m. ET and X did not immediately comment.
- The majority of issues occurred on the X app, accounting for 60% of reports, followed by 35% on the website, with impacted users located in various states across the U.S., such as those in the Northeast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions including places like Connecticut, Illinois, and West Virginia.
- At 4 p.m., Downdetector logged over 5,300 reports of issues, and many users received the error message “Something went wrong,” while the number of reports dropped significantly by late afternoon.
- The outage resolved within hours as X resumed normal operations, suggesting the issue was temporary and smaller than the major disruption the platform faced earlier in 2025.
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right4Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Right
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C 33%
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