X Down for Thousands of Users Thursday, Downdetector Reports

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By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 3 weeks ago on

April 16, 2026

X has a possible outage on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Shutterstock)

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

More than 5,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 6:47 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said they were experiencing issues with the mobile application.

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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.