Elon Musk’s X hit with worldwide outage for more than one hour that impacted thousands of users

Elon Musk’s X was down for more than one hour on Tuesday, impacting users worldwide who reported problems with the app and website.

DownDetector, which monitors online outages, showed issues appeared around 9:45am ET, but the platform appeared back online close to 11am ET.

Many users reported that their feed was not loading properly, posts were not sharing or they were being shown a blank page.

Some users did have access to X have and were sharing posts about the glitch.

‘Can you imagine the stress being Elon today? Tesla future hangs in the balance, about to get margin called, pay package might get rejected and now X is down,’ an X user posted.

What caused the glitch and how many have been impacted are not yet known. 

Some people who had access to X have shared posts about the glitch and Elon Musk

DownDetector’s outage map showed major cities across the US are experiencing problems, including Los Angeles, Phoenix and New York City.

Approximately 77 percent of issue reports cited the website, 16 percent of user stated the app is glitching and a small seven percent noted their server connection is down. 

More than 6,000 users reported problems with X to DownDetector at the height of the outage.

One X user shared on the platform that they were able to post using the app but not the website.

Another shared a screenshot showing their posts are not loading. 

Issues appeared around 9:45am ET, impacting the US, the UK and parts of Europe and Asia – among other regions of the globe

One X user shared on the platform that they were able to post using the app but not the website. Another shared a screenshot showing their posts are not loading

Musk’s X last went down roughly two weeks ago, leaving users unable to access their accounts – but the incident was not worldwide.

The X CEO last week teased a possible change to the platform, which would see all new users pay a ‘small fee’ to interact with posts. 

Replying to an account that had posted about the possible changes, the Tesla and SpaceX boss said charging new users to post, like and reply is the ‘only way’ to stop fake or bot accounts on the platform.

The news has not gone down well with many users, with one warning such a change would ‘drive millions of people away from the platform.’