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X (formerly Twitter) has caused a global disaster! Many inaccessible users

2025.03.11 / Last updated: 2025.03.11

X (formerly Twitter) is a global major obstacle

X is down!
number of users who cannot access large-scale failures worldwide, including Japan.

On March 11, 2025, a major outage occurred on social media X (formerly Twitter), from around 6pm Japan time, and many users have been unable to access it. According to the online problem tracking site DownDetector, there have been a series of reports of failures around the world, including Japan, and tens of thousands of users have been affected, especially in the US and the UK.

Details of global failures

According to data from Downdetector, as of 8am on the 11th, Japan time, approximately 21,000 cases of failure had been received in the US and approximately 18,000 cases of failure in the UK. Although the number of reported disability cases has been on a downward trend since then, around 8pm Japan time, there were approximately 400 disability cases in the US and approximately 200 in the UK.

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The impact of failure and user reactions

Due to the effects of this failure, users have reported the following issues:

Can't access the app or the web version of X
Posts and timelines are slow or unable to load slowly
Some features (such as searching and notifications) do not work properly

There has also been a widespread confusion on social media, with complaints such as, "I can't believe X will go down on the first day of NFL free agent!" and comments such as, "Elon Musk, fix it quickly!"

What causes X failure? Is it influenced by Elon Musk?

X (formerly Twitter) was acquired by Elon Musk in October 2022, and since then, many staff have been fired as part of the management reforms. Some experts point out that "reducing the operating team may have an impact on system stability."

No official comments have been made by X at this time. The cause of this failure is unknown, but in the past, when a large-scale failure occurred, server load and system malfunctions were involved, and the same cause could be the same.

Connections are still unstable as of 1:30am on March 11th

In Japan, access is still unstable as of 1:30am on March 11, 2025 Japan time, and some users are still unable to log in or post.

Pay attention to future responses

X (formerly Twitter) is an important information sharing platform for users around the world, and the current outage is likely to have a big impact. In the future, official comments and recovery prospects may be announced by X, so we recommend checking the latest information from time to time.