Social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) is reportedly down for thousands of users across the globe this afternoon.
At least 5,364 outages have been reported on the site Downdetector this afternoon. Users from around the world are reporting issues with logging into their accounts of accessing the social media site.
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Musk bought Twitter to 'help humanity'
Elon Musk's much publicised aquisition of Twitter in October 2022 for a reported $44billion (£37.9bn) resulted in an overhaul of the social media platform everyone was used to - not least when he changed its name to 'X'.
He said about his new company at the time: "In the relentless pursuit of clicks, much of traditional media has fuelled and catered to those polarised extreme views, as they believe that is what brings in money, but, in doing so, the opportunity for dialogue is lost.
"That is why I bought Twitter. I didn't do it because it would be easy. I didn't do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love.
"I do so with humility, recognising that failure in pursuit of this goal, despite our best efforts, is a very real possibility.
"That said, Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences."
Reports of issues continue to drop
Users of X/Twitter are continuing to report problems on Downdetector - but at a much slower rate.
There are 42 reports as of 5:11pm. The baseline is 5, so the logged issues still remains way over this figure.
Users 'blamed Musk' for last X/Twitter outage
The last major outage for users on X/Twitter happned a few months ago in May, according to Downdetector data.
At the time, some who managed to post from their X profile amid the chaos were quick to point the finger at Elon Musk. One user wrote: "Remember when apps were down and we would come to Twitter to make sure it was down for everyone? Now Twitter is down ever since Elon got it."
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'Fail Whale strikes again' - users complain
People have taken to X/Twitter to express their frustration at the outage. One person, who at least eventually managed to get on to the platform to post, referred to Elon Musk's company as the 'Fail Whale'.
Oh, look. The Fail Whale strikes again. #TwitterDown pic.twitter.com/wI7g3KoMfE
— Bellacissa (@thebellacissa) August 14, 2025
Outage reports dramatically dropped
The number of outages reported has hugely dropped compared to 30 minutes ago.
A total of 129 people have logged problems in the UK, according to data at 4:29pm from Downdetector. This is compared to 5,634 people repored issues around 4pm.
Error message for users
X/Twitter users affected have received an error message when trying to load their timeline and profiles. The error message reads: "Something went wrong. Try reloading."
App causing biggest problem for users
People using the app version of X/Twitter are experincing the biggest problems. Downdetector says that 60% of the outages are coming from the app.
While 35% of the issues are being reported from the website version of the popular social media platform.
While just 5% of people have reported problems with their server connection.
Issues started around 4pm
At 3:45pm today there were just 10 reports of usage issues on the platform, accoriding to Downdetector, which tracks online outages.
However, just 15 minutes later at 4pm, there were more then 5,300 reports - suggesting that issues for users started around that time.
Thousands of X/Twitter users affected
At least 5,364 users in the UK alone can't access their X/Twitter acounts today due to the outage.