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X experienced a widespread outage early Monday, leaving thousands of users unable to access the social media platform.
According to Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions based on user reports, complaints surged to more than 41,000 around 8:40 a.m. ET, far above the typical baseline level.
Reports had first begun trickling in earlier in the morning, starting with about a dozen complaints before rapidly escalating.
The social media company did not immediately respond to FOX Business’s request for comment.
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By 9:09 a.m., complaints had been cut by more than half, falling to about 28,673 reports, though the number remained significantly elevated.
Reports continued to decline later in the morning, dropping to 17,360 by 9:19 a.m. and falling further to roughly 1,245 by 9:49 a.m., according to the site’s data.
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Tens of thousands of X users reported outages on Feb. 16, 2026, according to Downdetector. (X Logo – Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Downdetector’s outage heatmap showed the disruption affected users primarily in the United States, with hotspots in major cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
X was also down temporarily in mid-January and again in November 2025.
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The 2025 service issue was due to a widespread outage at Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure provider.
The disruption comes weeks after a major Verizon network outage that left millions of wireless customers without service for hours, one of several high-profile connectivity issues in recent months.
