TLDR
- X (formerly Twitter) went down for thousands of U.S. users on Wednesday, March 18
- Over 14,000 outage reports were filed on Downdetector by 11:05 a.m. ET
- Downdetector collects reports from multiple sources submitted by users
- The real number of affected users could be higher or lower than reported
- X did not respond to Reuters when asked for comment
Social media platform X went down for thousands of users across the United States on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
The outage was tracked by Downdetector.com, a website that monitors service disruptions by collecting reports from users and other sources.
By 11:05 a.m. ET, more than 14,000 reports of issues with X had been submitted on the platform.
Downdetector works by pulling together status reports from a range of sources. Because the data depends on user submissions, the actual number of people affected may be different from what the site shows.
What We Know About the Outage
The outage hit during morning hours in the U.S., a high-traffic time for the platform.
No details have been released about what caused the disruption or which features were affected.
It is not clear whether the outage affected mobile users, desktop users, or both.
X did not respond to a request for comment from Reuters at the time of reporting.
X’s Response
The platform has not posted any official statement about the outage.
There was no update on X’s official status page at the time of publication.
Downdetector continued to log reports as the morning went on.
The 14,000-plus reports represent users who actively flagged an issue. Many more may have experienced problems without reporting them.
Downdetector is widely used by journalists and the public to track real-time outages for major platforms and services.
X, owned by Elon Musk, was rebranded from Twitter in 2023 and has faced a range of technical and operational issues since then.
As of the time this article was published, no cause had been confirmed and no fix had been announced.
The outage was first reported by Reuters on March 18, 2026 at 3:21 p.m. GMT.
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