Update: X (formerly Twitter) is now functioning normally after a brief outage on Sunday evening. During the outage, users reported issues with posts and feeds not loading. Downdetector stopped receiving new outage reports after 6:45 p.m. The cause of the disruption remains unclear.
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Initial report: X (Twitter) users are reporting issues with the platform, with many saying posts are not loading and timelines are not refreshing.
According to Downdetector, outage reports started around 5:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, with more than 4,000 reports recorded by 5:40 p.m.
Users took to other platforms to share their frustration.
One user joked, "Twitter is an app that works (allegedly)."
Another added, "Twitter was much better before Elon bought it. It was down less often."
A third person wrote, "I just want to stalk my own profile is that too much to ask. why arent my own tweets loading."
{{/usCountry}}A third person wrote, "I just want to stalk my own profile is that too much to ask. why arent my own tweets loading."
{{/usCountry}}Another wrote, "Sigh no one’s posts are showing up on their account or even on mine."
One user expressed, "The World Cup shut down Twitter. Crazy this boring of a game can do that."
X has not yet issued a statement regarding the reported outage.
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Recent outages
A major X outage was reported on July 18, affecting users worldwide for several hours. Users reported issues with posts and feeds not loading, timelines getting stuck, and problems accessing the app.
On June 22, 2026, X faced another major outage. Nearly 36,000 users reported problems, including frozen timelines, unrefreshing feeds, and app loading failures, according to Downdetector.
The outage happened alongside issues on other platforms, including Microsoft Teams, Reddit, Zoom, and Fortnite. X recovered for most users within about 45 minutes.