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X back up after brief outage hits US users, Downdetector shows

By Thomson Reuters Feb 1, 2026 | 10:48 AM

Feb 1 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s social media platform X ‍was back up after a brief outage affected more than 19,000 U.S. users ‌on Sunday, according ‌to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

The outage lasted about 45 minutes and was ​largely resolved by 12:04 p.m. ‍ET, the ​website said

X did ​not immediately respond ‍to a request for comment

The actual number of affected users may differ from ‍what is shown on Downdetector, as the reports ‍are ‍submitted by ​users.

The website tracks ​outages ⁠by collating status ‌reports from a number of sources.

(Reporting by Mihika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Cynthia ⁠Osterman)