X Platform Hits Major Outage Affecting Thousands Globally Including US, UK, and Pakistan
February 16, 2026
Thousands of users faced trouble accessing X, the social media platform, on Monday morning. Downdetector recorded over 23,210 complaints from the United States, United Kingdom, and other regions by 8:24 am ET. Pakistan also reported 254 issues around 6:42 pm. Downdetector gathers reports from users worldwide, but the exact number of affected users might be higher or lower. X has not responded to questions about why it went down. This is not the first time X had problems; last month it faced outages twice, on January 13 and January 16, affecting thousands globally. Users are left waiting for the platform to fix the glitches and resume normal service.
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X platform
Social Media Outage
Downdetector
Internet issues
Global outage
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