Chatgpt down: Openai once again faced global outage, which has upset users from all over the world. Popular AI services like Chatgpt, Sora and GPT API have come to a standstill since Wednesday morning. This is the second time this month when Openai’s services are widely down.

Thousands of users from many parts of North America, Europe and Asia including India have complained about this outage. The social media has started trending #Chatgptisdown on platform X (East Twitter) and users have brought floods of fun memes and posts. Users are expressing their frustration through funny mimes and tweets.

When and how this outage started?

The big outage began around 6:10 am on 16 July 2025, when the user reports were seen to have a sudden rapid jump. According to initial data, 88% of users complained of not being fully accessed by Chatgpt. The rest of the users got to see error messages in Sora, Codex and GPT API.

Reaction of users on social media

Shortly after the outage, #Chatgptisdown started trending on X. Many users shared their problems in a funny manner through mimes and jokes. Let’s look at some of these viral memes.

Openai down for the second time in July

This is the second time this month when such a big technical disturbance has come out on Openai’s platforms. Not only this has affected millions of users, but the discussion on the increasing dependence and credibility on AI tools has also intensified.

Openai has not made it clear how long services will be normal, but the technical team is working on it. Users have been advised to maintain patience.