Musk’s X Back Online After Brief US, UK Outage

Elon Musk’s social media platform X returned to normal operations after experiencing a brief outage that affected users in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

According to outage tracking service Downdetector, reports of disruptions in the U.S. peaked at nearly 40,000 before dropping significantly to around 730 by late morning. In the UK, more than 11,000 users reported issues at the height of the disruption.

The figures are based on user-submitted reports, meaning the total number of affected users may have varied.

X did not immediately comment on the cause of the outage.

The disruption comes amid ongoing structural changes within Musk’s business ecosystem. Earlier moves included folding X into his artificial intelligence venture xAI through a share swap, followed more recently by SpaceX acquiring the AI startup.