X (formerly Twitter) experienced a significant but brief outage on Tuesday morning, January 13, disrupting access for tens of thousands of users around the world.
Initial reports began around 9:00 a.m. ET, with outage tracking website Downdetector reporting a spike of more than 28,000 problem reports in the United States.
Users in the United Kingdom and Canada also reported widespread difficulties, mainly due to their home feeds updating while other sections of the site remained accessible.
Service began to quickly be restored around 9:30 a.m. ET, and reports dropped dramatically. The platform was fully restored at 10:00 am ET.
Authorities have not yet revealed the cause. However, in recent months, X users have faced similar problems.
The outage was reported just days after X owner Elon Musk announced plans to open up the platform’s recommendation algorithm, aiming for greater transparency.
