The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, experienced a significant global outage on January 13, 2026, affecting thousands of users across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and India. Users reported issues with loading feeds, logging in, posting, and direct messaging, with many encountering error messages. Downdetector.com registered a surge in outage reports, with figures varying by source but indicating widespread disruption. X has not yet released an official statement regarding the cause of the downtime, which follows previous intermittent technical difficulties.