NEW YORK, Feb 2, 2026, 03:03 EST
- Downdetector logged more than 19,000 U.S. reports; service largely returned within about 45 minutes.
- NetBlocks said the disruption was not linked to country-level internet filtering.
- X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, was back online on Sunday after a brief outage drew more than 19,000 reports from U.S. users, Downdetector — an outage-tracking site that compiles user reports — showed. Reports eased after about 45 minutes and the disruption was largely resolved by 12:04 p.m. ET (Eastern time). X did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reuters)
Even a short break can hit hard on a platform built around real-time posts. Brands use X to answer customers, and public agencies use it to push warnings; when the feed freezes, the noise moves elsewhere.
The outage lands as X fights to keep users and ad dollars in a crowded market. Rivals such as Meta Platforms’ Threads have kept adding features as they try to lure people into their own feeds. (Reuters)
Internet-monitoring group NetBlocks said the service was seeing “international outages.” It said the incident was “not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering,” in a post on Bluesky. (Bluesky Social)
Users said timelines were slow to refresh and posts would not load. Some said the most recent posts they could see were from about an hour earlier, tech site The Verge reported. (The Verge)
Times of India said some users reported login failures and broken timelines during the disruption, which quickly trended online. (The Times of India)
X has not given a cause for Sunday’s glitch. Downdetector’s figures are based on user-submitted reports, and brief recoveries can hide pockets of trouble that linger longer.
X has suffered a string of outages since mid-January. On Jan. 22, Downdetector recorded more than 20,200 reports of issues in the U.S., while UK reports peaked at more than 7,000 before easing. (Reuters)
On Jan. 16, Downdetector logged more than 74,000 U.S. reports at the peak of a global outage, with reports also spiking in Britain, India and Canada. (Reuters)
In a separate outage in June 2025, Musk said “major operational improvements need to be made” after what he called uptime issues at X. (Reuters)
Sunday’s disruption was brief, but it hit in the middle of the U.S. day, when the platform is busiest. Without an explanation, the next dip — if it comes — will be harder to dismiss as a one-off.
