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X recovers after outage affects thousands globally, Downdetector shows

By Thomson Reuters Jun 22, 2026 | 9:26 AM

June 22 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s X was largely back up after thousands of ​users reported issues with ‌the social media platform globally on Monday, according to Downdetector.com.

The outage began around 9:00 a.m. ET, ‌peaking ​at over ⁠25,000 issues being ⁠reported in the U.S. before cooling to about 620 reports, according to Downdetector, which ​tracks outages by collating status reports from a ⁠number of sources.

In ⁠Canada, reports fell to ​roughly 30 from a high ​of more than 3,400, while ‌the UK saw issues decline after topping 9,000 earlier in the day, according ⁠to the website.

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

SpaceX, ‌which owns X, did ​not immediately ⁠respond to Reuters’ request for comment on what caused the outage.

(Reporting by Anhata Rooprai in Bengaluru; Editing by ​Shreya Biswas)