Is Twitter Down? Users Report Problems Loading Posts

Many users are reporting problems with X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday morning, specifically with their ability to see posts on the platform.

Some are reporting that posts are loading slowly or not at all. Downdetector, an online service that provides real-time updates based on web users' activity and tracks outages, showed that 5,569 users had indicated problems with the platform at 10:01 a.m. ET.

Most of the reported problems are website-related issues, totaling 64 percent, with the X app accounting for 26 percent. Another 10 percent of the reports are related to server errors, according to Downdetector.

Newsweek reached out to X via email for more information.

The platform has experienced similar outages or slowdowns in the past. So far, billionaire Elon Musk, who purchased the platform in 2022, has not posted about the problems from his personal account. He has been widely praised as well as criticized for his business moves since buying X. Critics have said the changes under Musk have made the platform less stable, resulting in an increased number of glitches.

"Is it just me or are tweets not showing? Is twitter acting weird for anyone else?" wrote user @pizza_dad.

"Coming to the search bar to check if anyone else's Twitter isn't working properly #twitterdown" wrote user eds_afterglow.

"So uhhhhh, is twitter down? The line got red, not even 5 minutes ago. Twitter is acting weird on PC too," wrote user KeiBlackz.

"Is Twitter melting down for everyone, or just me?" wrote @GoldwagNathan.

User @jimstep260853 wrote that "Twitter is acting a little glitchy today" and included a meme of John Travolta's character from Pulp Fiction seemingly lost inside a computer network.

"Apologies all, Twitter seems to be down, or glitching often," wrote Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien. "I will resume live tweeting as soon as I can."

User @kahlua057 wrote that the app went down so journalists couldn't post live updates about Donald Trump's ongoing hush money criminal trial in Manhattan.

"Somebody doesn't want us to know about this trial," the user wrote.

Musk has taken the company in a different direction since he purchased it for $44 billion in October 2022. His moves have included widespread layoffs aimed at cutting company costs.

By January 2023, Twitter's full-time employee count was down to approximately 1,300 active workers—including fewer than 550 full-time engineers by title, according to internal records viewed by CNBC. About 75 of the company's 1,300 employees at the time were on leave, including about 40 engineers.