X struggles as Bad Bunny Halftime Show performance dominates – Mashable

X struggles as Bad Bunny Halftime Show performance dominates – Mashable

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Several X features struggled to function during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, users reported.
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Chance Townsend

 on February 8, 2026

Bad Bunny performs in the Apple Music Halftime Show during the NFL Super Bowl 60

Credit: Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images

Amid Bad Bunny’s stunning Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, it appeared that users on X were having some trouble with the site.

According to Down Detector (owned by Mashable’s parent company, Ziff Davis), there was a noticeable spike in user-reported issues with the Elon Musk–owned platform’s search function and notifications. The latter has reportedly been a problem for a few days now, but the timing of the surge in reports also coincided with Bad Bunny’s performance.

Now, are we saying that Bad Bunny caused this? No — but users on X certainly are.

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The timing also felt especially ironic given X’s increasingly right-wing user base, many of whom had already spent the past several months criticizing Bad Bunny’s selection as the halftime headliner and were actively promoting an alternative, explicitly conservative “halftime show” airing elsewhere.

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Chance Townsend
Assistant Editor, General Assignments

Chance Townsend is the General Assignments Editor at Mashable, covering tech, video games, dating apps, digital culture, and whatever else comes his way. He has a Master’s in Journalism from the University of North Texas and is a proud orange cat father. His writing has also appeared in PC Mag and Mother Jones.

In his free time, he cooks, loves to sleep, and greatly enjoys Detroit sports. If you have any tips or want to talk shop about the Lions, you can reach out to him on Bluesky @offbrandchance.bsky.social or by email at [email protected].

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