X is reportedly facing a global outage today on the 10th of March 2025. Many users complained about the app not working properly for around 30 minutes this morning. Elon Musk’s X has not made any official statement about the outage. The cause of the outage hasn’t been announced either. If you are someone who also experienced the outage and want to know more about it, this article is for you. It brings you a detailed account of X going down and the types of errors you might see on the app during this time. The following article also includes the reactions of the netizens.
X Down Worldwide: The Global Outage
Neither Elon Musk nor X has officially said anything about the down. However, the outage was confirmed with the help of tools like DownDetector that track apps down. According to the tool, around 2,500 X users reported errors in the functioning of X. The down lasted for around 30 minutes with users taking over other social media platforms to confirm the down. This down came weeks after Slack went down for a long while. Tech giants like Meta, OpenAI, and more have also experienced global outages recently.
What Errors Do The Users See?
According to the incoming reports, around 58% of problems are related to the application while 32% are related to the website. Around 10% of users face server connection issues as well. The users all across the United States have faced major X outages with browsers and DMs not working. The users also said that the feed was not refreshing and the screen was showing a “Something went wrong.” message. While a majority of users faced major problems with the app and the website. But, there were some lucky ones who did not face any outages as well.
Reactions From Netizens
As soon as X came back into action, the platform was flooded with memes as well as reactions from users all across the globe. A user from X mentioned DMs not working and tweets not loading as well while the other users report problems with the browser. Many joked about X going down tagging Elon Musk and asking whether “someone tripped and unplugged the server cords. Some users also thought their account was suspended. Some people also took to other social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram to report the down.
Why The X Outage Matters?
Elon Musk purchased X in the month of October 2022. Since then, the platform has been facing major criticisms regarding various matters. Musk brought major changes to the company. This includes firing around 80 percent of the original staff. Several of the executives on the top levels of the management like the CEO Parag Agarwal and Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde were fired. The critics are blaming Elon for the website’s failure. This means he will be blamed for today’s outage as well.
X Down Worldwide: Latest Updates
X came back into action within 30 minutes of the outage. The app seems to be working just fine now. The errors are resolved and Down Detector also reports a decrease in user complaints. The outage lasted for just 30 minutes but it left major questions on X’s server connection hanging in the air. The outage happened weeks after Elon launched the Grok 3 chatbot. Elon Musk hasn’t made any official statement regarding the outage as of now. However, it is going to be pretty interesting to see how he will address the situation.
