Elon Musk’s X suffered a global outage affecting tens of thousands of people around the globe on Sunday, June 30, 2025. The X outage began at around 9:52 a.m. ET, with Downdetector receiving reports from approximately 16 thousand users. Reports of an inability to open the app or website, failure of the login process, and glitches in direct messaging went viral on social media.
The X outage occurred primarily for users in the US and the UK. Out of the reported errors, about 53% came from users on the mobile application, while 41% derived from desktop applications. The remaining users experienced server-side errors. During the disruption, the hashtag #TwitterDown began trending across social platforms as users sought answers.
Services began to return to normal 45 minutes after the trouble started. At 10:15 a.m. ET, Downdetector saw a significant dip in reports of issues. This suggested that most of the core functions were back online. Restored services came without delays. However, X's support team and Elon Musk did not provide an explanation.
Frustration has been vocal regarding the outage on competing platforms like Threads and Reddit. There were increasing concerns regarding the rising number of technical problems on the platform after Musk took over in late 2022.
Even high-profile tech journalists and social media influencers have gone on record questioning the reliability of the platform and its support system.
This is just one of many disruptions that have occurred in X. Multiple outages have occurred in the last year, attributed to server-side upgrades or platform reconfigurations. Each incident prompted user migration to rival apps, underscoring the need for stable infrastructure in a digital ecosystem.
This recent X outage has caused concern about the questionable technical stability of the platform under Elon Musk's leadership. The turnaround was quick, but the process frustrated several users.
Infrastructure reliability has taken paramount importance for X. This was evident in their latest updates as they focused on maintaining user trust and platform integrity above all else.