Social media platform X experienced a brief outage on Friday that affected thousands of users in the U.S., according to outage tracking website Downdetector. The disruptions began to subside around 3:10 p.m. ET, following over 53,000 reports of issues with the platform by 2:46 p.m. ET.
Downdetector’s data is derived from user-submitted reports, so the actual number of affected users may differ. Previous outages were also reported among social media companies on Thursday, and earlier in March, X experienced intermittent downtime due to a cyberattack.
The platform did not immediately respond to requests for comment.