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Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Users may transmit both text and video messages and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Skype 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.

Skype Outage Chart 02/10/2026 17:05

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Most Reported Problems

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

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Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
GermanyHamburg Connection
GermanyHamburg Connection
GermanyBorken Sign in
FranceCaen Video
United KingdomLondon Sign in
United KingdomPoole Connection
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Skype Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Time2learnPiano Catherine Jones T2LP (@Time2learnPiano) reported from Rodborough, England

    My teenage sons need to get on with school work I need to run my collapsing business and need Skype to teach music. Yes you're busy, we all are but your service needs to improve.

  • _WakePraySLAY Aileen Castro (@_WakePraySLAY) reported from Houston, Texas

    If anyone else experiences this problem, the user was also connected to Skype. Signing out of Skype resolved the Darth Vader voice issue. #TechTip

  • IsItBroke Phil Crawley (@IsItBroke) reported from Islington, England

    Middle boys (who is an online editor of film trailers) working from home currently - so impressed with how effectively Aspiera swamps my 100Mbit-down/50Mbit-up connection that I’ve had to turn on QoS for iPlayer/Netflix/Skype etc.

  • Liryns Liryn (@Liryns) reported from Central Place, Louisiana

    @Zullell @alphagare can confirm. Skype is terrible.

  • lukeredpath Luke Redpath (@lukeredpath) reported from Colchester, England

    @Caged I haven’t found anything that’s great either but we are using 888Poker with a private lobby and Skype for chat. They’ve had a few network issues this week though. The only other option I found was Pokerstars private clubs.

  • MikeAClare Mike Clare (@MikeAClare) reported from Eastleigh, England

    @WaterSHEDLab Nope - back to back Skype/zoom/gotomeeting/Team meetings. Hope that winds down soon as it’s relentless...

  • ginov_music Sauce Papi 💦👨🏽‍🦱 (@ginov_music) reported from Lafayette, Louisiana

    Locked someone down for Skype drum lessons last night and had my first lesson with them today. 🙌🏼 We gon make the most of this gahhhhh damn quarantine y’all.

  • IAmTJMO 𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘫 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘰 ☤⚕️ (@IAmTJMO) reported from Taguig City, National Capital Region

    Ingay nila sa skype sa work. I put them on mute and lay down on my bed. Balakayojan.

  • TwiceBriceBrice Brice, forsooth! (@TwiceBriceBrice) reported from Islington, England

    @SpotlightUK Waiting for my 1 to 1 and n Skype. Should have started 8 mins ago. Help!

  • mesudharsanan Sudharsanan Natarajan (@mesudharsanan) reported from Sholinganallur, State of Tamil Nādu

    @MicrosoftIndia These are the following issues when using @Skype and @Outlook on Android. 1. The Skype and outlook are not in sync with company portal. Asking to sign up/enter credentials everytime when I open these apps

  • swallusch Sebastian Wallusch (@swallusch) reported from Bremen, Bremen

    @SkypeSupport: my account (wallusch) has Bern hacked! No chance to reset my password due to filing a unknown email adress. Pls help!

  • rpwagner Rick Wagner (@rpwagner) reported from San Diego, California

    @hippyvanstorage Right after the sirens I heard a helicopter and was like “uh oh, something even more serious is going down”. And the neighbors knocked it off. Maybe it was a Skype party.

  • CraigKendricknz Leonard Craig Kendrick 😠🥝 (@CraigKendricknz) reported from Christchurch City, Canterbury

    @vodafoneNZ @SparkNZ you guys need to step up in the next 4 weeks for people like me who's only way of communication with his son well on lock down is going to be things like Skype, Facebook calling do the right thing put aside the profits give people free data & phone calls.

  • smithbarryc Barry C Smith (@smithbarryc) reported from Islington, England

    @keith_wilson :) Or two many calls Skype, Zoom, emails, calls Twitter threads. Too much! Calm down people

  • densityifw frog dog (@densityifw) reported from Providence, Rhode Island

    Zoom is sketchy and always has so many issues I don’t get why we don’t use google hangouts or even go back to Skype as a default

  • MissAJJohnston AJ Johnston (@MissAJJohnston) reported from Melbourne, State of Victoria

    Really feeling for everyone with kids today 💛 wish I could help! I’m home and have all the time in the world, so if I can be of any digital help, please let me know. I can skype your kids and read them a story or play a game with them somehow if you want a break.

  • ajaxgolfer Roland Schlichting (@ajaxgolfer) reported from Ajax, Ontario

    @RogersHelps please please help. I live in south AJAX and the internet is so very weak. I am trying to work from home during this pandemic but can even do my skype calls. I have your best modem and very expensive unlimited internet package. Please please help

  • BarrosSarnataro Marilene Barros-Sarnataro (@BarrosSarnataro) reported from Bad Wildbad, Baden-Württemberg Region

    @MiaFarrow My spouse is a surgeon and the answer is no. Sorry I am just trying to help. Here in Germany we are even accepting patients from France. This virus is spreading fast. Be vigilant. Use FaceTime, Skype or whatever works for you. Best wishes from Germany.

  • FamMedPURCSI Jabatan Perubatan Keluarga di Universiti Perdana (@FamMedPURCSI) reported from Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

    Some “older” profs are ok with tech: running Kahoot through Skype, Zoom etc. There’s always someone to help. Especially your students. Take a bow @Vimalan97 ! @kausellalaland @dhillon_kabir @Currypuff95 @Swarnah_J14 @mikelarvin @Queenkarenaa @HanaFaris93 @keeran_gopal @Seanthum

  • classik_e Eric (@classik_e) reported from Calgary, Alberta

    If anyone is bored as **** and wants to chat I’m down to Skype/team/zoom what ever tomorrow. 🤙🏻

  • justizin Unstable Non-Genius 🏳️‍🌈 (@justizin) reported from San Francisco, California

    @WilRockall @hacks4pancakes i dont care, origibal skype would organize chat within an office during an internet outage, nothing since has been like it.

  • George_Pinno george pinnington (@George_Pinno) reported from Bromley, England

    @NiecyOKeeffe I was shouted at in work for not having a profile pic for my Skype calls but the issue was solved by me uploading a school photo (year 2 at Primary school). I have a phobia about seeing myself, I don't have a graduation photo and I only consented to wedding pics under duress

  • WedgeLIVE Wedge LIVE! (@WedgeLIVE) reported from Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Bad news is that a pandemic is bearing down on all of us, causing the City Council to go from 12 committees, with meetings held at City Hall, to 2 committees conducted via Skype. The good news is the acronym for one of the new committees is POGO.

  • nealmcquaid Neal McQuaid (@nealmcquaid) reported from Dublin City, Leinster

    @internetthought And Skype for Business is to be shut down and replaced with Teams. (Not a bad thing in my view).

  • Wii_TRIPPYmane Σavage🐺 2050 TRIPPY SHIT!🛸 (@Wii_TRIPPYmane) reported from Starkville, Mississippi

    8AM: Working from home fina be a breeze!! 12PM: still having system problems, no one can get VMWARE to work! Avaya doing what it wants....In super annoying Skype ......This shit is chaotic!! 🙄

  • AllenMenefield Allen (@AllenMenefield) reported from Niagara Falls, New York

    These churches should be converted into mini hospitals. House of the lord. He won’t trip. Skype services until this blows over. Convert gyms too until this blows over. We can’t make GAINS anyway. I’ll pay my membership fee to do my part. Many solutions to help. Logic helps.

  • AndyeelesEeles Andrew eeles (@AndyeelesEeles) reported from Barnsley, England

    @BorisJohnson So my stay home you need to order order people to do this not keep asking it I. Your power to shut this country down or lose you job after it all over 75 % of uk gov say you should. So when I’d the mouse going to be Churchill never because it coward. Hide from the bug Skype

  • GurtlerDavid David Gurtler (@GurtlerDavid) reported from Barnet, England

    A week since my last face to face work meeting, no Skype/MS Teams/Zoom meetings since then either. Now beginning to look like a down and out, wonder how long I can go without shaving.

  • BeaAnneD Debronique (@BeaAnneD) reported from Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

    If nothing else, this crisis has exposed how terrible internet service is in America. These Skype commentators on the news look like they’re using dial up.

  • SeanMacGabhann SeanMacGabhann (@SeanMacGabhann) reported from Lewes, England

    So many years of forcing users to give feedback after a call - all of which was ignored , even when people did bother to say “this was shit. Quality was poor on video and audio. Interface is a mess. Fix all of this!l” Skype: thanks for your feedback!!!