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Widespread Outages Hit X: Over 27,000 Reports Nationwide

3/19/2026

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On March 18, 2026, X faced outages in the United States, with Downdetector reporting over 27,330 issues by 11:16 AM ET.
In Singapore, reports surged from 269 at 10:46 PM to 1,400 by 11:01 PM.
Counts then fell to 811 at 11:16 PM, 431 at 11:25 PM, and 20 at 11:37 PM.
Downdetector compiles data from user submissions.
The reported numbers may vary.

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Story summary

On March 18, 2026, X faced outages in the United States, with Downdetector reporting over 27,330 issues by 11:16 AM ET.
In Singapore, reports surged from 269 at 10:46 PM to 1,400 by 11:01 PM.
Counts then fell to 811 at 11:16 PM, 431 at 11:25 PM, and 20 at 11:37 PM.
Downdetector compiles data from user submissions.
The reported numbers may vary.