Users in India reported over 3,000 incidents with social media platform X. File | Photo Credit: AP X was down for tens of thousands of users worldwide on Friday (January 16, 2026), according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 62,000 reports of issues with the social media platform as of 10:22 a.m. ET in the United States, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. Users in the UK reported around 11,000 incidents and over 3,000 issues were reported in India. The actual number of affected users may differ from what is shown on the platform, as the reports are submitted by users. Published – January 16, 2026 09:35 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Labourious efforts by police help marginally reduce road accidents in Madurai city Keerthana Ravi’s ode to Dikshitar