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
Mechanicsburg	Sign in	6 hours ago
Stockton	Sign in	3 days ago
Brighton	Errors	4 days ago
Génelard	Website Down	4 days ago
Paris	Sign in	4 days ago
Overland Park	Errors	7 days ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Kalan Miizure // VArtist (@KalanMiizure) reported 9 seconds ago

  @exisbread I have the fees built into my prices because you are losing 10% with those fees. I always offer my friends either Vgen commissions or direct Paypal/Cashapp payment to save money. If they want the Vgen protection that is not a problem, but I am not losing money over it.

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  Goran Stojcic (@GanSic966) reported 59 seconds ago

  @HedgeFundTips The reason I invested in PayPal was due to their entrenched position in Europe, predicated on the idea that Apple Pay’s threat is neutralized by Android’s regional dominance. This, I am afraid is no longer the case. Google Pay is rapidly scaling across Europe, presenting an equally formidable, native operating system threat. Consequently, PayPal’s core branded checkout business is on highly unstable footing. We tend to underestimate the non-linear velocity of consumer behavior. While the shift from writing checks to swiping credit cards lasted couple of decades, the current migration from cards to native digital wallets (smartphones, wearables, and biometric authentication) is occurring at an exponential pace. In an ecosystem dominated by hardware-level convenience, PayPal lacks a structural moat. This fundamental erosion makes a further multiple compression and market cap drop entirely possible. I see a lot of parallels to Charter Communications (which I've been buying this week and last): despite robust legacy fundamentals and an aggressive, long-term share buyback program, Charter’s stock is down 65% in twelve months (worse than PayPal's 38% decline), and 80% over five years (same as PayPal). Both are down for the same reason - a fear that their core product is facing irreversible terminal decline.

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  Mr. Pounce 🖋️📚 Loremaster Vtuber (@MrPounceTV) reported 2 minutes ago

  @rhiow I stopped doing direct tips. Too many stories about PayPal tip chargebacks, or getting an unusually large tip that is flagged as suspicious and freezes the account. I've personally never had an issue, but I know it does happen. I use bits for 'direct' monetary now.

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  Ryvel I Nephilim Vtuber ✨ (@RyvelVT) reported 3 minutes ago

  @sharkybbsh Oh dang I was wondering what happened the comm I put down for a while now, I thought it was just a queue at first. Idk whats wrong with paypal and artists, I had this issue with someone back then, took a good while till they fixed it ;v

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  Mark M (@iwasmmueller88) reported 4 minutes ago

  @MTG_HODL @CardPurchaser You issue a refund, and file a damaged in transit claim with eBay’s ESE insurance. Then you move on. You’ll get paid out in like 3 days max to your PayPal and then you block the buyer.

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  Purrwain 🐁🐈 VCvlt (@purrwain) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Pkhemi38 I'm looking into it posting it on PayPal or one of those audio only site sharing things! I'm also going to try cutting some of the breathing out and reposting it and see if it gets taken down again.

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  Halfcat_Here (@HalfcatH) reported 7 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal @PayPal I can't log in to my account, but I have all the proof of incoming transfers in my email. Please help me.When I try to contact customer service, it always directs me to the login page.

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  Charlotte Muse (@charlottemusexo) reported 9 minutes ago

  @PossessedLettu1 Yeah, you are right i have faced that problem so many times but we still have to use the paypal cause then they think we are some kind of scammers haha

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  evie (@smxd__2) reported 11 minutes ago

  since my account is permanently shut down on paypal the only form of payment i’ll be using is venmo. thanks for your understanding my loveys🫶🏻.

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  Lewis, William... William (@WillLewis_1976) reported 12 minutes ago

  @CardPurchaser this is my opinion, and would like to see if others feel the same. Ever since Venmo started offering the immediate transfer option on accounts for the extra fee like Paypal has, Venmo then slowed down their free regular transfer method to try and push people into using it. It's bad customer service, just to make extra money. I never in the past had to wait more than 24-48 hours for my free transfers to go through despite it saying it could take 1-3 business days.

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  vivi 🍒 (@hottdoggu) reported 13 minutes ago

  @KiraVampwyr I’ve only ever used PayPal and never had any issues

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  Sunny Rads (@Sunny_Rads) reported 13 minutes ago

  @AllThatJu1ce @Twitch @PayPal There are entire departments just for cyber crimes, and they track down people who do things like this! It isn’t a quick fix, but they should be able to get it back to you eventually.

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  Mushy (@RocksonYeah) reported 13 minutes ago

  Hey @AskPayPal what ******** is this I thought its ******* instant transfer that takes 30 Minutes or more why ******** IS IT BEEN 2 DAYS AND MY MONEY IS STILL NO THERE I ALREADY CONTACTED MY BANK AND ITS SAYS THERE'S NO ******* ISSUE ON THEIR SIDE WHY ******** IS YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE WHEN ITS MOST NEEDED? ******** IS THIS A SCAM OR WHAT GIVE ME MY ******* MONEY

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  Conte Risto (@accualyisyou) reported 16 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal When trying to cancel an order, I am forced into a login loop where I can't do anything within the app. The option doesn't exist on browser after I uninstalled the app, and my phone refuses to continue with it. I have been scammed out of £200 and can't do anything.

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  Mike Wheeler (@EdgeLordWheeler) reported 16 minutes ago

  @GenuineComics A long time ago we had a problem with stripe crowdfunding was really new and they did not support crowdfunding at all. So they canceled the merchant account for it. So I say hey you know what I'll use PayPal. All the creators that were on it including Larry Higgins, you know the crazy ******* Canada guy that does Nyobi? Well they decided that that was a scam and all started attacking us for no reason. So I said **** it pulled the plug and deleted the site. 6 months later fund my comic launched. I've given Luke Stone two or three years now to actually do something and make his site better and he hasn't. That's because he can't. He doesn't own his code He leases it It's like a WordPress plugin. And yes fun my comic is a WordPress site. It's not built on the right architecture after it gets big enough it will fail and just stop ******* working. So I said you know what I'm going to bring it back and I put in all the latest technology and now here we are.

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  Funnelish (@funnelish) reported 17 minutes ago

  Shopify checkouts leak at the payment step. 1,800 sessions with 36 ATC and 0 sales → That’s payment friction. Buyers show intent—then vanish at checkout. The culprit: limited payment choice (PayPal only). 0 purchases after 36 checkouts = users were forced down a single trust path. 50% of leads abandon checkout if their payment method isn't listed. Minimize drop-offs by removing Shopify hurdles. - Match payment options with the audience type. On Funnelish you can build checkout paths around how each market actually pays.

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  Julian Köser (@HonourM4xAI) reported 18 minutes ago

  @kabu_nyan0214 @Capito_Nihongo Problem is I don’t have an account which accepts foreign transfers only from my country and Paypal unfortunately blocks everything and supports my bank net. But if I could open a Japanese account that accepts foreign payments, that would be perfect for me.

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  마랑 (@vhopekookerz) reported 19 minutes ago

  @SORTE613 Hi Sorte-nim, I think Paypal is having an issue my payment is not proceeding 🥺 is there any other payment option please?

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  Nomatic (@Nomaticcap) reported 27 minutes ago

  HL is a special ecosystem, but I imagine this opens the door to negotiations by other chains/apps that have traction (yes, I'm aware how few there are). However, I guess things have been sort of trending this way with issuers. PayPal and Agora were/are getting very aggressive on pass through yield to users, which is another way to win distribution. Circle/Coinbase locked down $5B in distribution with one negotiation that has arguably the most upside of anything in crypto. Better to have 10% of distribution on the house of all of finance than the possibility of 100% of nothing. Interesting.

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  philip Ron (@phil_ron) reported 32 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal "Hello, I am a new freelancer in Kenya. I tried to reactivate my years-old dormant account by uploading my National ID for verification. The system instantly deactivated me. I have zero history of disputes or issues. Can a human agent please review my ID and restore my account?"

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  Moses Mbadi (@mosesmbadi) reported 33 minutes ago

  The AI Bloodbath: 100,000+ Jobs Gone in 12 Months 1. Amazon — 30,000+ Employees ~2% of total workforce Roles: Corporate managers, AWS teams Stock: 📷 Flat (~0% in 2025) 2. Intel — 27,000 Employees ~22% of total workforce Roles: ~80% Engineers (chip designers, RTL, fab workers) Stock: ↑ Up 130% YTD in 2026 3. Microsoft — 15,000 Employees ~7% of total workforce Roles: ~30% Engineers (AI now writes their code), Xbox, Sales Stock: ↓ Down 12% YTD in 2026 4. Chevron — 8,000 Employees 15–20% of total workforce Roles: Operations & corporate staff Stock: ↓ Down (oil price pressure) 5. Block (Square/Cash App) — 4,000 Employees ~40% of total workforce Roles: Engineering, ops, support Stock: ↑ Up 45% (52-week), surged 24% on announcement day 6. Salesforce — 4,000 Employees ~5% of total workforce Roles: ~60% Customer service (replaced by AI agents) Stock: ↑ Up (market views as efficiency win) 7. PayPal — 4,760 Employees ~20% of total workforce Roles: Engineers & operations ($1.5B AI overhaul) Stock: ↑ Positive reaction (announced May 9, 2026) 8. Dell — 11,000 Employees ~10% of total workforce Roles: Corporate roles, shifting budget to AI servers Stock: ↑ Up (AI server business booming) 9. Meta — 1,500+ Employees ~10% of Reality Labs division Roles: VR/metaverse engineers Stock: ↓ Down 2.3% on announcement day 10. Coinbase — 700 Employees ~14% of total workforce Roles: ~50% Engineers (AI replacing dev workflows) Stock: ↑ Up ~4% on announcement day In rough terms, across the 175,000+ jobs lost: ~40% Engineers (software devs, QA, product managers — AI is writing their code) ~30% Customer service / support (AI agents replacing human agents directly) ~30% Management / corporate / ops (companies flattening org structures, cutting "unnecessary layers") Sources: Crunchbase, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, InformationWeek (May 2026) Very uncertain times ahead. I have 3 acres of Land in Nambale, who wants to come do farming with me?

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  (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) (@k1chie) reported 39 minutes ago

  @Aus1670639 mines good but my problem is im broke because of PAYPAL

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  Francisco Reynoso 🇩🇴 (@FranciscoRD9) reported 40 minutes ago

  @PayPal @AnthropicAI @claudeai One question: If PayPal makes a mistake, why should the customer have to suffer the consequences? The logical thing would be for the platform to automatically correct its errors, instead of limiting or denying the user’s right to seek a fair solution.

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  SEIKO 🚬🛸 セイコー・サナ (@seikosanav) reported 40 minutes ago

  I'm really confused on why everyone is freaking out about stream elements shutting down and telling people to withdraw their money, mine goes straight through and into my PayPal doesn't it for you guys?

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  Omoalhaja (@omoalhajaabiola) reported 44 minutes ago

  2017-2018 I lost many gigs just because of payment issues. You had to wait for 14 days for fiverr to clear your funds. Using PayPal with pseudo-names and masked location means you are one message away from getting suspended. It’s truly transformative to see @RaenestApp solving these issues for freelancers

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  Prince 💙 プリンス 👑 (@PrinceVTube) reported 48 minutes ago

  So uh…. If StreamElements is really going down where ******** are we moving our tipping/donation stuff? Preferably something that isn’t tied to PayPal for all those security reasons….

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  Mythos (@BlackwindMythos) reported 49 minutes ago

  @hxneycafe YEAH IKR!? She spun a whole story about being broke and having health issues and breaking her hand and wah wah wah then blocked me after all that effort. It was just past the time I could have had paypal intervene too.

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  BigErn (@BiggiePerms) reported 50 minutes ago

  @realroseceline Worth nothing pretty much all fintech and payment companies are down near lows. Look at Adyen, Nu, Meli, Paypal, Fiserv, and so on. Nu straight up said Q1 is seasonally Brazil's weakest quarter. I think it's a good opportunity to initiate or avg down in some of these names.

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  ecr.socialmedia (@ecr_socialmedia) reported 55 minutes ago

  @AAGDhillon @CivilRights @TheJusticeDept PayPal and Venmo should be shut down.

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  Amanda Swartbooi (@NguAmanda) reported 60 minutes ago

  @Rb__sa @Lesegx_Pilane Are paypal withdrawals having issues?