The social media platform X, formerly recognized as Twitter, encountered a significant service interruption on Sunday that impacted over 19,000 users across the United States. According to data compiled by the outage monitoring service Downdetector.com, the technical difficulties began approximately at 11:19 AM Eastern Time and persisted for about 45 minutes before being largely resolved by 12:04 PM ET.
The disruption represented one of the more notable technical incidents for the Elon Musk-owned platform in recent months. Downdetector, which aggregates user-submitted outage reports from multiple sources, recorded a peak of 19,281 individual problem reports during the incident. It is important to note that the actual number of affected users may differ from the reported figures, as the tracking methodology relies on voluntary user submissions rather than comprehensive internal data.
The platform’s communication team did not immediately respond to media inquiries regarding the root cause of the outage or the specific technical challenges that led to the service interruption. This brief disruption occurred amidst ongoing developments at X, which has undergone significant structural and operational changes since Musk’s acquisition of the company formerly known as Twitter.
Service reliability remains a critical concern for social media platforms, with even temporary outages potentially impacting millions of users worldwide. The rapid resolution of Sunday’s technical issues demonstrates the platform’s capacity to address system failures promptly, though the incident underscores the persistent challenges in maintaining uninterrupted digital services at scale.