X down for users globally, Downdetector shows
Social media platform X experienced a global outage on June 22, 2026, with thousands of users reporting issues on Downdetector. The disruption affected users worldwide, preventing access to the site and app. The cause of the outage was not immediately disclosed.
Background
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, experienced a global outage affecting tens of thousands of users on June 22, 2026, according to outage-tracking site Downdetector. The service went down around 10 a.m. ET, with users unable to load posts or access the site. This is the latest in a series of technical disruptions since Elon Musk acquired the company in 2022 and rebranded it as X. Downdetector reports real-time service interruptions by aggregating user-submitted error reports, and its data showed spikes in the US, UK, Europe, and parts of Asia. X's reliability has drawn ongoing scrutiny from advertisers and users amid reduced engineering staffing and infrastructure changes made after the acquisition.