New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Thousands of users in India and abroad reported problems accessing X on Tuesday evening, triggering a wave of memes and reactions across social media as the platform experienced a brief outage.

According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, more than 2,000 users in India flagged issues around 7.43pm IST. Data showed that nearly half of the affected users faced trouble accessing X via the web, while others reported problems with the mobile app and server connections.

The disruption appeared to be concentrated in several major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Indore and Chandigarh, among others.

The outage was not limited to India. Downdetector recorded over 20,000 complaints from use...