By: Express Web DeskNew Delhi | November 18, 2025 06:29 PM IST 1 min readFormerly called Twitter, X is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. (Image Source: Reuters)Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, was down for thousands of users worldwide Tuesday. User reacted to the outage which began at 4.48 pm IST, and peaked at 5.14 pm with 1,485 reports, according to Downdetector.comOne user @banf wrote, “X is down, Cloudflare is down. Pack up people, day is over.” The post was accompanied by a graph showing a surge in Cloudflare outages.Another user Noorie (@nuradeeeen) posted, “X is down, can you reply this?”, asking if anyone was able to respond.Afia Dimple (@AfiaDimple_) said X went down, asking followers if they could see her tweet.Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) similarly posted, “Is X down? Can you see this post?”Soon after, even down detector stopped working. @immasiddx pointed out and explained, “X and many other platforms were down for a while due to a Cloudflare issue. The funny part? Even Downdetector was down.”Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Twitter