Paypal status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Paypal reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Paypal users through our website.

• Sign in (48%)
• Errors (33%)
• Website Down (19%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Paris	Sign in	2 hours ago
Overland Park	Errors	4 days ago
Lausanne	Errors	4 days ago
Ciudad Jardín	Errors	5 days ago
Abingdon	Sign in	5 days ago
Buffalo	Errors	6 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Mike Heidemann (@Mike4661) reported 2 minutes ago

  @actingliketommy Yet all of us still use his products. PayPal, Tesla, Starlink, X, SpaceX, etc. If you want to that a billionaire, stop using the product. Problem is that he has good products, better than competitors that we will continue to use.

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  S0L0 (@StebieVunder) reported 6 minutes ago

  @PayPal @AskPayPal why are you now hanging up on my phone calls after I asked u the past 3 days to fix my account. I want my account deleted immediately and a letter sent to collections

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  katie (@slfshwltzx) reported 7 minutes ago

  why is paypal not working for the membership kit im about to crash out

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  MAN KEV  (@RealManKev) reported 9 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal my account is permanently limited, how do I resolve this issue?

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  Goddess Lulu (@Goddesslulu31) reported 14 minutes ago

  I want your paypal login. I want you to watch helplessly as I take everything 🫰

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  Unbreakable Argonauts On Kickstarter (@AshWriting97) reported 17 minutes ago

  Random advice for aspiring comic book writers planning a project in the future Take some money and week over week set it aside - put it in a different bank account, add it to your PayPal balance, invest it in the S&P 500 or something just so it’s not in your regular bank balance. That’s just for making your comic. Do that for a year and there’s a chance that when you’re ready to start crowdfunding, you can actually self finance the comic yourself, or at least enough to reduce the goal. That’s how I paid for the covers on my first issue, including one by Yanick Paquette. Every week I set aside $20-40, whatever I could. The time came and i had a really strong budget for my covers as well as some interior pages without breaking the bank. I paid for more of my comic by taking on an editing gig, which is what I used to commission my backup stories. You want as little of the upfront production to be coming out of your salary as possible - don’t be afraid to take on side gig work to bolster your budget. The kind of work you can do over a couple weeks in summer. Making comics as a writer is expensive and a lot of people radically underestimate that and are never really ready to start. I’ve seen some campaigns that didn’t even have a cover for the project, the cover was a stretch goal, others that advertised almost entirely on concept art and maybe a single interior page. I’ve also had people try and hire me with virtually nothing ready to spend, saying “I can pay you as I get paid” and they didn’t have a real budget. If you’re crowdfunding, you want at least four pages of interiors and at least one cover to showcase. Be comfortable with the idea that it could take as long as a few years to put your comic out. I started concept work in 2022, launched in 2023, fulfilled between late 24 and early 25. It’s better to wait and put out a comic you’re proud of than rush things just for the immediate gratification and satisfaction of making a comic! Just be comfortable waiting to make your comic. Imo if you have an idea in 2026, you shouldn’t be putting a comic out on crowdfunding until 27. Spend the rest of 26 tweaking your story and saving your money. Trust me, it helps. Always go into your very first crowdfund with some disposable income set aside. The alternative is find an artist willing to work with you on a strip where you can just commission them for a page at a time as you’re ready/comfortable. Artists don’t mind it as long as you communicate the situation up front.

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  Fundo (@FundoTM) reported 19 minutes ago

  @elfilea Yeah I mean I assume they are charge backs, I would suggest checking your actual PayPal as well to make sure these aren't just whisking emails (fake emails trying to have you click fake links to resolve fake issues) best of luck Elfi... also... dun jump M'kay :)

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  CryptoSmind (@SmindCrypto) reported 21 minutes ago

  PayPal has lost its mojo—and the numbers don’t lie. PayPal is losing the world it helped create. Once the undisputed king of online checkout, PayPal is now fighting for relevance in a world it helped create. Its branded checkout growth cratered to just 1% in Q4 2025, a sharp plunge from prior rates around 6% in earlier periods. Overall revenue grew modestly (~4%), but missed estimates, contributing to a brutal stock reaction and ongoing pressure. The Competitive Squeeze: Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Shop Pay are eating PayPal’s lunch, especially with younger, mobile-first users. Seamless, wallet-native experiences on phones are winning over the old “Pay with PayPal” button. Apple Pay is closing the gap fast on U.S. users, and the habit shift is real: fewer shoppers are defaulting to PayPal at checkout. This isn’t just cyclical. PayPal’s active user growth has slowed dramatically (low single digits annually), transaction take rates have declined over the years, and competitors like Stripe are outpacing it in key areas. The digital payments moat PayPal once enjoyed has been commoditized by Big Tech integration and smoother alternatives. Historical Echoes Analysts and longtime observers point to 2002 as a symbolic turning point: 👉the eBay acquisition closed, 👉Peter Thiel exited the same day. What started as a scrappy, innovative disruptor became tied to an auction platform before eventually spinning out. The brand still carries legacy strength, but it lacks the cultural spark and developer momentum of its early days. The AI Pivot: Too Little, Too Late? PayPal is now on a reorganization push under new CEO Enrique Lores, talking up AI, automation, cost savings (~$1.5B targeted), and becoming a “technology company again.” It’s streamlining into three business units and investing in ads, crypto, and Venmo. The big question:👇 Is it enough? Guidance for 2026 has been cautious amid macro headwinds and competition, with shares reacting negatively at times. Execution will be tough against entrenched Big Tech players who control the devices and platforms where payments happen. PayPal still has scale, a strong brand, Venmo, and a massive user base. But “mojo” was about being the default, the innovator, the future. Right now, it feels like a mature company defending turf rather than conquering new ground. The market is watching whether this AI/tech reset can restore growth or if PayPal becomes another fintech cautionary tale—profitable but permanently de-risked and de-rated. What do you think—turnaround story or slow decline? #PayPal #Fintech #Payments

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  💫 shop open (@vmxn__) reported 27 minutes ago

  the money out to a friend's account and after she went through all the trouble to get her account verified with personal information, I just found out that @PayPal rejected the request to transfer my money out two weeks ago and did not inform me.

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  Mindful (@DeeperExistence) reported 27 minutes ago

  @xoxofromlia You saying that to me as if that’s a problem lmao only thing is I don’t have Cash App no more so PayPal or Zelle

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  strei (@streinotstraw) reported 28 minutes ago

  what korean platforms put me through (continued) so i can pay: 1/ naver making me file out this form that takes me 3 tries to not run into some kind of verification error so i can pay w paypal. then it forces me to use the same phone number as the phone number in my naver acc+

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  Jenna Ryan (@realjennaryan) reported 30 minutes ago

  Ryan v. PayPal - This case is about PayPal shutting down Jenna Ryan’s account on January 21, 2021 after she shared a fundraiser link on Twitter and raised approximately $200. She had used her PayPal account for roughly fifteen years. Less than an hour after closing the account, PayPal’s Director of Reputation, Kim Eichorn, spoke to national media outlets, including CBS News, and stated that Jennifer had violated PayPal fundraising policies by raising money for purposes other than legal defense. Jennifer contends those statements were false because no such “legal-defense-only” restriction existed in the user agreement. #ryanvpaypal

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  O’TRAK (@SireErfan) reported 30 minutes ago

  @coinbureau actually, what @BosonProtocol is building with x402B fits very closely with exactly the problems PayPal and Google Cloud were describing at Consensus Miami. $BOSON The key point is this: x402 mainly solves machine payments Boson x402B to solve machine commerce

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  Mike Belshe (@mikebelshe) reported 34 minutes ago

  PayPal and Google just confirmed what we built years ago: AI agents need crypto rails. Multi-party custody, programmable transactions, open protocols. Not a future problem — a solved one. Good morning to everyone just figuring this out.

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  Meadhbh (@MeadhbhXIV) reported 35 minutes ago

  @BunBoy_Tsu Did this person really buy the account? Like, is there actual proof of it? When going down a rabbit hole with their socials, they still link to fashionista-adjacent links. Even their paypal which they heavily promote, is tied to fashionista.

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  Reload Scaling (@Reload_scaling) reported 36 minutes ago

  PayPal just froze your funds for 180 days. Ads still running. Suppliers still want payment. This is what happens when your business runs on a personal PayPal tied to your real name. The fix isn't a stealth account. It's a proper HK company with a business PayPal. DM "HK"

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  Moot Point, Stocks + AI (@amootpoint) reported 36 minutes ago

  @BullTradeFinder Does this feel like $PYPL ? Broken thesis but good prints ? Paypal never recovered after the downside from 300.

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  VeNooM (@IhabAlfattahy2) reported 38 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal @dhaneeshc @AskPayPal.m locked out of my account. I don't have access to my authenticator app and the SMS option was removed. I cannot use the website 'Call Us' verification because it requires a login I can't perform. Please help me reset my 2FA.

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  Charlie Ochim (@CharlieOchim) reported 38 minutes ago

  The first PayPal alert he ever got was $12. He screenshotted it four times. Sent it to nobody. Just sat in the dark at 1:47am in his family house, phone brightness all the way down so his parents wouldn't see the light under the door. That amount was not serious money at that time. But he sat there for a long time. Because he had just proved something to himself that nobody could take back. The first online payment doesn't feel like money. It feels like permission.

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  butter⁷ (@sanji_kisser) reported 42 minutes ago

  The ko-fi/paypal issue has been solved!

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  Ahmed Ahmed (@yaxtndo) reported 42 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal I lost access to the phone number linked to my PayPal account, so I cannot receive verification codes and cannot log in. The support pages also require login. I cannot call support right now. Can you help me verify my identity another way or escalate my account recovery?

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  TFTC (@TFTC21) reported 48 minutes ago

  The DOJ just forced PayPal into a $30 million settlement over its "Economic Opportunity Fund," a 2020 program that made $530 million in preferential loans available exclusively to minority-owned businesses. The problem is straightforward: the Equal Credit Protection Act says you can't discriminate on the basis of race when lending money. Doesn't matter if you call it DEI, economic opportunity, or social impact. Selecting who gets capital based on skin color is illegal. As part of the settlement, PayPal will waive processing fees on up to $1 billion in transactions for veteran-owned businesses and companies certified in farming, manufacturing, or technology. AAG Harmeet Dhillon's message to other companies still running these programs: "There's no finding of prior discrimination that would justify current discrimination against American small businesses or consumers." This is exactly why permissionless systems matter. When access to financial services is gated by intermediaries who decide which businesses "deserve" capital based on identity categories, the system is broken by design. Bitcoin doesn't care who you are, what you look like, or what box you check. The protocol treats every participant the same. No committee decides you're the wrong demographic for a loan. PayPal had to be sued to stop discriminating. Bitcoin never started.

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  John Schafer 🇺🇸 (@CreationByJohn1) reported 48 minutes ago

  @codeofvets I have a problem using PayPal. Sent you a DM about it.

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  Hutama (@GazmutId) reported 49 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal hello, i have problem, I tried sending funds with an instant transfer, but why haven't the funds arrived yet?

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  RJC 1776 (@RJC1776US) reported 50 minutes ago

  @LoneStarMedics Yeah PayPal is the problem. I tried more than once on different devices. Sorry about that.

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  JP Richardson (@jprichardson) reported 51 minutes ago

  A year ago basically two companies issued stablecoins. Circle and Tether. That was the market. Today 20 banks and tech giants are in line to issue their own through Anchorage. Western Union. PayPal. Fiserv. List goes on. The GENIUS Act passed and the floodgates opened. Every major financial institution now wants its own dollar onchain.

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  Asiri (@wy2pp) reported 52 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal I can’t if I enter he want sign in

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  Givdul (@givdul123) reported 55 minutes ago

  @ZeeContrarian1 They were expensive, and one can argue that they still are. It all comes down to price. Comparing with PayPal, which in my opinion is a dying business with zero moat, is just stupid.

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  u_u (@10384740238312e) reported 56 minutes ago

  @pikminpreggedup for direct bank withdrawals on vgen you'll have to use stripe instead of paypal and stripe only allows withdrawal at $50 minimum. it might be a non issue entirely or u might get stuck waiting for enough money to withdraw

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  JIMIN Germany 🇩🇪 (@PARKJIMIN_GER) reported 57 minutes ago

  In case you experience issues with the pool link, you can also use our PayPal ID: @jimindeutschland 🫶🏻💛