X Outage Hits Thousands Worldwide on March 26

Thousands of users worldwide encountered disruptions on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, on March 26, 2026, as reports flooded outage-tracking services with complaints about inaccessible feeds, login failures and posting errors. The outage, which began around noon Indian Standard Time, or roughly 2:30 a.m. Eastern Time, peaked with more than 30,000 reports on Downdetector, primarily from the United States where approximately 31,600 users flagged issues. Services appeared to stabilize by early afternoon IST, restoring normal access for most.

The disruption affected a broad range of users across multiple regions, including the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South America and parts of Europe. In India, complaints numbered around 1,800 by mid-afternoon, while the UK saw nearly 7,600 reports and Canada over 2,700. Downdetector data indicated the problems were widespread, spanning smartphones on iOS and Android as well as desktop browsers, rather than limited to specific devices or locations.

Users described a variety of challenges during the roughly 30- to 60-minute window of instability. The majority of complaints, about 50 percent,...