Social Media Platform X Hit by Widespread Service Disruption
Social media platform X, which was formerly known as Twitter, encountered a substantial outage on Monday evening, causing significant access problems for users across multiple regions. The service disruption was particularly notable in the United States and India, where thousands of individuals reported difficulties in using both the website and mobile application.
Outage Tracking Data Reveals Scale of the Problem
According to the widely recognized outage monitoring website Downdetector, the issue began to manifest prominently around 7:12 PM Eastern Time in the United States, which corresponds to approximately 6:00 AM Indian Standard Time. At this peak moment, the platform recorded an astonishing more than 40,900 individual reports of service issues from users in the US alone.
This represented a dramatic and sudden spike in complaint volumes, far exceeding the typical baseline level of user reports. Such a sharp increase strongly indicates a widespread and unexpected technical disruption affecting the core functionality of the X platform.
Indian Users Also Report Significant Access Issues
Simultaneously, users in India began experiencing similar problems. Data from Downdetector showed that by around 7:15 PM local Indian time, over 3,100 reports had been logged from the country. Indian users explicitly flagged issues with accessing the service through both the primary X website and its dedicated mobile application.
The tracking data provided crucial insights into the nature of the technical failure. Analysis from the platform suggested that the overwhelming majority of user complaints were specifically related to the website failing to load properly. This points to a potential server-side or network infrastructure problem rather than an isolated app-related glitch.
The simultaneous timing of these reports across two major geographic markets underscores the global scale of this service interruption. While the exact technical cause remains unconfirmed by the platform's operators, the coordinated user feedback paints a clear picture of a significant operational hiccup for one of the world's most prominent social media networks.
