More than 217 million users flock to Twitter on a daily basis.
They fill the massive social media site with their fleeting thoughts and funny takeaways, lean into its trending topics, and discover news, fresh celebrity gossip, and upcoming releases through the site’s recommendations and highlighted trends.
Some people even use the site for work. Hard as it may be to believe, a number of people rely on Twitter’s continued availability to get their work done and thus are at a loss when the site unexpectedly goes down. Twitter is bound to experience the occasional outage, but there are several easy ways to keep an eye on any issues and stay informed on when things will be up and running again.
How to check Twitter’s status
Twitter rarely crashes completely, but the massively popular site often experiences minor outages and small hiccups. When those occur — such as during the 2023 Nintendo Direct livestream — active users are able to check Twitter’s status via the site’s dedicated status page, which details any issues with specific aspects of the app. The site crashed during the event, and then again right around a year later in late August of 2024. Its unclear what caused the crash the second time around, but it’s extremely clear that users are looking for answers.
Reports flooded to both Downdetector and Twitter’s status page, where people can detail which issues they’re having and how long they’ve been ongoing. Complaints of an outage flooded the web right around 3pm CT on Aug. 29, with nearly everyone reporting issues with the app itself. A few also struggled to connect to the server, and one or two experienced issues with the website.
A resolution of the issue is already underway, but it could take awhile for everyone’s service to return. Its easy to keep up-to-date on progress via either Downdetector or the Twitter status page, where updates are frequently shared and any fresh issues are tracked in real time.
Twitter’s status page is particularly handy, if you’re looking for information, as it details when past incidents have occurred, and provides a handy key for when things do run into snags. It doesn’t allow users to report fresh issues or track a timeline of the outage, but thankfully Downdetector has that covered.
If you’d like to report issues with Twitter or check out a more detailed look at what is experiencing problems, Downdetector is an excellent resource. The site also tracks outages — on Twitter as well as every other major website — but does so in a more comprehensive way. It allows users to report whether they are experiencing issues with the website itself, or if the app or server connection is truly behind the problem. It provides a clear timeline of outages, which shows if the site is experiencing minor hiccups, or if a major outage has knocked out all of its features.
Downdetector also provides a map, which can help users to narrow down where the majority of problems are being felt the most. The site offers a relatively comprehensive look at any issues with the hugely popular site and can help users to contribute to its resolution by reporting on specific problems.