# X was down — here's what happened in the brief global outage

> X was down for thousands of users on March 18 for around an hour, but Elon Musk's social network quickly recovered and is back to full health. According to Downdetector, the issues started at around at 10. 47am ET / 2.

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/news/live/x-is-down-march-2026?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=69baf05477e1739e4898de6e)
- **Published:** 2026-03-18
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #around #brief #global #happened #outage #according #downdetector #elon
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