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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

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Skype Outage Chart 01/28/2026 16:25

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Most Reported Problems

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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:

  • StickMan_ru Stick Man (@StickMan_ru) reported

    @N1ckSandmann Conference call via app. Skype group call with video broken.

  • oneunicornaway Graduated Chaos (@oneunicornaway) reported

    Other thing I got blamed for: "messing with Skype", when 1) I've never used Skype; 2) the probleme is that you don't know how to log out of an account, and don't remember your login

  • FahdRasool mariam Fahd Rasool (@FahdRasool) reported

    @NadirKhanPTISMT @zartajgulwazir Join us. Till kids allowed phone/Skype to their father. Let's become one voice & help 2 x INFANTS. Infants suffering for last 12 years. 2 x infants abducted from Pakistan(age 6 month,other 2 years old) in Dec 2009.Flown Canada.Till Today kids r Not allowed to phone/Skype father.

  • kingofblackacid Jason (@kingofblackacid) reported

    @SkypeSupport Honestly, I hate doing this. But I'm at my wits end and I need some help here. The offer for a bribe still stands

  • Barbara27250910 Barbara Parson (@Barbara27250910) reported

    Yall ******* from up north are some kind of needy. *** down south hey SKYPE & ALL. I think they told yall az no.

  • suchi_kulkarni Suchita Kulkarni (@suchi_kulkarni) reported

    I upgraded to macOS big Sur a few days ago. Since then I can't screen share via @zoom_us or @Skype . Anyone with similar issues? Any possible solutions? My apps already have screen share permissions.

  • b_riederer Bernd Riederer (@b_riederer) reported

    @suchi_kulkarni @zoom_us @Skype If I remember correctly I had similar problems shortly after upgrading. However I did a lot of reinstallations after upgrading and now everything works without a problem. So I would suggest to delete (properly) the applications and reinstall them. Have you already tried this?

  • cydelafield Christy Delafield (@cydelafield) reported

    Some odd Skype/wifi glitch has resulting in my unintentionally sending the message "Thank you!" quite a few times at random. Although if this is the message the record is getting stuck on it could be a lot worse tbh

  • BUFFM0NA_BOT buff mona (@BUFFM0NA_BOT) reported

    Im a nonthreatening feminist boy, come talk to me on Skype! talk to me on skype about your problems as a woman i sympathize i’m taking womens studies. I took women’s studies I know what ‘systematic’ means.

  • olaisnormal ♫ ♬ ♪ Ola 🖤🧷 (@olaisnormal) reported

    my laptop is so broken that when i click to play the sims it opens skype 👁👄👁

  • alanmonolith A.Monolith (@alanmonolith) reported

    @sarahbennetto If your laptop has Skype then call someone on there who can then help you call o2 via speaker on their laptop to 0344 809 0222

  • Local_Dog_Awoos Local Dog Awooing (@Local_Dog_Awoos) reported

    @GuesthouseGreg @NPR Have you heard of a service called Zoom? Similar to Skype? Got extremely popular in 2020?

  • ChrisInParis ChrisInParis (@ChrisInParis) reported

    @megabreadvan Same for me with the US, it's been years. With friends and family Skype or Telegram, etc are fine but hoping to find a good word or comparison about the options for a cheap service.

  • stagetheworld Craig J. (@stagetheworld) reported

    @skype my calls aren’t going through. Just saying connecting and won’t ring? Connected to my wifi and have never had this issue before. Can you help?

  • osmoru osmoru (dastardly mode) (@osmoru) reported

    bruh @HuionTab is telling me to download skype for customer service and send money to their paypal 😭 i cant deal with whatever foolery is going on here

  • llsethj Seth Weintraub (@llsethj) reported

    @jsatk yeah it just worked™ out of the box. There was some capture software issues with Big Sur that you had to manually install audio capture software from Rogue Amoeba but things like Facetime and Meets (+ skype/Zoom,etc) were just in a dropdown menu selection

  • fullserotonin me( • 8 • *)ee (@fullserotonin) reported

    Yall ******* from up north are some kind of needy. *** down south hey SKYPE & ALL. I think they told yall az no.

  • cydelafield Christy Delafield (@cydelafield) reported

    Some odd Skype/wifi glitch resulted in my unintentionally sending the message "Thank you!" quite a few times at random. Although if this is the message the record is getting stuck on it could be a lot worse tbh

  • Rajjah PoshPug (@Rajjah) reported

    @anakin2005sky It looked more cinematic but made no sense. What a terrible way to kill off BOTH Luke and Leia. Death by using force Skype too hard. Mark Hamill loves the fandom, he would have loved to come back for more. But TLJ is a supremely selfish movie unconcerned with the franchise.

  • kingofblackacid Jason (@kingofblackacid) reported

    I hate having to try things this way, but yo, @SkypeSupport anyone work there? Everything on your help page seems hell bent on not helping. So, you know, good job on building that.

  • NikoSarcevic Niko (@NikoSarcevic) reported

    @suchi_kulkarni @zoom_us @Skype so strange. ive upgraded basically minutes after it was available and I have no issues whatsoever

  • trippypoop trippypoop (@trippypoop) reported

    QWICK! Turn on TBS and watch Conan! It's COMPLETELY UNFUNNY! Conan is doing a skype call with Wanda Sykes and he can't help but YELL because HE'S A BOOMER now. Plus he's scream laughing because he seems uncertain if she can hear him. SHE CAN CONAN. K bud?

  • FahdRasool mariam Fahd Rasool (@FahdRasool) reported

    @sairamehboob @92_nrk Join us. Till kids allowed phone/Skype to their father. Let's become one voice & help 2 x INFANTS. Infants suffering for last 12 years. 2 x infants abducted from Pakistan(age 6 month,other 2 years old) in Dec 2009.Flown Canada.Till Today kids r Not allowed to phone/Skype father.

  • SharLovegrove Sharmaine Lovegrove is away (@SharLovegrove) reported

    @Damian_Barr I just have to remember that you are not on it and use SMS. I always find it odd that the same function (text messaging service) can go out of use. In the UK, Whatsapp is to SMS what Zoom is to Skype.

  • jayzcoz jayzco (@jayzcoz) reported

    @BabyzSmudge They will have ‘leave a message’ service as they won’t staff it properly. I hear music and road and airport noise ahead. Multiple calls...can do it via Skype all day if you have an internet service. Redial. Redial.

  • FahdRasool mariam Fahd Rasool (@FahdRasool) reported

    @PakPMO @ImranKhanPTI @PresRajapaksa Join us. Till kids allowed phone/Skype to their father. Let's become one voice & help 2 x INFANTS. Infants suffering for last 12 years. 2 x infants abducted from Pakistan(age 6 month,other 2 years old) in Dec 2009.Flown Canada.Till Today kids r Not allowed to phone/Skype father.

  • RichJamesBits Richard James (District4) (@RichJamesBits) reported

    Total truth. She fingered her *** on Skype before ******* down.

  • FahdRasool mariam Fahd Rasool (@FahdRasool) reported

    @MahamOfficial_2 Join us. Till kids allowed phone/Skype to their father. Let's become one voice & help 2 x INFANTS. Infants suffering for last 12 years. 2 x infants abducted from Pakistan(age 6 month,other 2 years old) in Dec 2009.Flown Canada.Till Today kids r Not allowed to phone/Skype father.

  • UgotBronx MichelefromdaBronx (@UgotBronx) reported

    You'd think by now with all of the zoom meetings, Skype meetings, all the interviews that people would know by now to either have a headset or to mute themselves if they're not being spoken to so that we don't have feedback issues! 🤦 #capitolhillhearings

  • beverleyturner Bev Turner (@beverleyturner) reported

    @karenredhed Well... Our WiFi is terrible due to @virginmedia. So lots of faffing. Eventually out into garden to Skype on phone. So not much time But always grateful to get on @thismorning.