Elon Musk’s social media platform X was largely restored for most s after an outage that impacted tens of thousands in the United States on Saturday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, after which Musk said he is “back to spending 24/7” at his companies.
At its peak around 7:51 a.m. Dallas-time, there were more than 25,800 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including s. The number of outages was below 650 approximately 3 hours later.
“Back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms. I must be super focused on X/xAI and Tesla (plus Starship launch next week), as we have critical technologies rolling out,” Musk said in an X post.
Thousands of s in other countries, such as , Spain, , India, Canada, Australia and Britain also experienced issues with accessing the social media platform at the height of the outage, according to Downdetector data.
X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the outage.
Musk, who spent nearly $300 million to back U.S. President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and other Republicans last year, said on Tuesday he will cut his political spending substantially, signaling that he is shifting his attention back to his business empire amid growing investor concerns.
He led the Department of Government Efficiency, which is seeking to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs and cancel billions of dollars in contracts and grants.
However, his political views triggered waves of protests against Tesla in the U.S. and Europe, leading to a slump in sales, with the automaker reporting its first drop in annual deliveries last year.
The amount of time Musk has spent at Tesla has concerned some investors. Looking to ease those worries, Musk told investors last month he would reduce his time with DOGE to a day or two a week beginning in May.
Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; editing by Tomasz Janowski and Diane Craft.