Is X Down? Outage Reports Briefly Spike

Topline

Issues with X briefly spiked late Friday morning, according to Downdetector, with thousands of outage reports about the Elon Musk-owned site and its app.

Key Facts

Outage reports reached 20,355 on Downdetector.com as of 10:48 a.m. EST, with over half of the reported problems concerning X’s app.

Thirty-one percent of the outage reports were made about X’s website.

Outage reports fell significantly by 11:24 a.m. EST.

X’s developer platform did not report any issues with the platform as of 11:40 a.m. EST.

Outage reports submitted for Cloudflare, a website service provider, also surged above 600 around the same time the X reports spiked, though Cloudflare’s website said all systems were operational at 11:40 a.m. EST.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/11/21/x-outage-users-report-issues-with-musks-social-platform/