X, formerly known as Twitter, faced a widespread outage on Friday, January 16, 2026, disrupting service for users worldwide. The issue began around 10 a.m. ET, prompting thousands of complaints about inaccessible feeds and error messages.
The outage peaked with tens of thousands of reports on DownDetector, particularly from major cities like New York and Los Angeles. Users encountered problems such as feeds failing to load and messages stating "Something went wrong," affecting both the main platform and related services.
Most users regained access by Friday afternoon, approximately one hour after the initial reports. While core functionality recovered quickly, some API services experienced lingering degradation.
