X Down for More Than 100,000 Users, Downdetector Shows

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By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 1 hour ago on

January 16, 2026

X, formerly Twitter, experienced a Friday outage that affected more than 150,000 users, according to Downdetector. (Shutterstock)

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X (formerly Twitter) experienced a possible outage Friday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 150,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 8:03 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing problems with the mobile application.

Grok, the generative AI chatbot that is used on X, has more than 5,000 reports of being down, Downdetector shows.

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Anthony W. Haddad,

Multimedia Journalist

Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.