The X alternative is encountering problems. By Shannon Connellan on April 16, 2026.
Bluesky seems to be down, with users facing issues on the social media platform. As an alternative to Elon Musk’s X, Bluesky was malfunctioning in the early hours, with Downdetector identifying a significant increase in reported issues around 6:30 a.m. ET. (Disclosure: DownDetector and Mashable are owned by Ziff Davis.)
At 6:42 a.m., Bluesky’s service status page acknowledged the problem, stating they were “investigating an incident” and noted “some systems down.”
“We are starting to see some early recovery, but many users and services are still impacted,” a post reads.
At the time of writing, Mashable is unable to properly access the site (only seeing the Bluesky butterfly logo), and has reached out to Bluesky for more information.
UPDATE: April 16, 2026, 11:40 a.m. UTC Bluesky seems to be operational again, though some loading issues persist. This story is developing…