Twitter / X − the social media platform owned by Elon Musk − is experiencing the third outage on apps and websites Monday.
Here’s what you need to know:
Is Twitter down right now? When will X be fixed?
According to DownDetector, X / Twitter appears to be down for the third time today with multiple users reporting but there are signs of the social media platform returning to normal. Round 3 of outages started to see a significant drop in numbers − falling by nearly 31,000 reports between 1 and 1:30 p.m. ET Monday.
Does Down Detector report a Twitter outage? What is the status of X not working?
According to DownDetector.com, reports from the third Twitter outage recently peaked at 35,818 reports at 12:58 p.m. ET. with the current reports slipping to 3,794 reports as of 1:28 p.m. ET. The previous peak was 29,497 outage reports at 11:55 a.m. ET.
The peak during the second outage was at 39,962 reports at 9:57 a.m. ET. The first outage was reported around 5:57 a.m. ET on Monday morning and reached 22,766 reported outages.
Reports indicate 58% citing app issues, 31% website blackouts and 11% server connection problems.
Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.