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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 01/29/2026 06:15

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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:

  • kenziroze 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙨 (@kenziroze) reported from Paradise, Nevada

    one Skype session down - only available for two or three more tonight! Get yours while I’m awake & horny 😈 I already came everywhere from my last session 😭

  • ianscooper Ian S (@ianscooper) reported from Fazeley, England

    The main stream media have become less and less relevant, so why bother. I'm pretty sure the PM has Skype / video conferencing to conduct meetings with ministers, civil servants and military personnel et al. Parliament next week will provide the opportunity to discuss the issue.

  • mcdizziness Mia K. (@mcdizziness) reported from Columbus, Ohio

    It’s so weird that when @discordapp goes down we’re at a complete standstill, but just a few years ago we jumped between Mumble, TeamSpeak, Skype, hell even Xbox live parties

  • DigitalJonathan Jonathan Phillips (@DigitalJonathan) reported from Bristol, England

    @virginmedia To repeat, your service drops for a few minutes a day. By the time I check, it’s back. It absolutely frustrates me. On Tuesday, 4mins *just as I needed to start a Skype w a customer*. > 2

  • smacula smacula (@smacula) reported from Oxfordshire, England

    @holly Ah. That one. It came to me as soon as I asked! To be fair nobody has gone down due to stickers worse than Skype.

  • Joy7xo J ♛ Y (@Joy7xo) reported from Los Angeles, California

    My favorite memory from when I was applying for jobs in 2018 was when I thought I had a phone interview but it was really a Skype interview. I was wearing pajamas and looked terrible. Granted to say I didn’t get that job 😂

  • boripool Tori Pool (@boripool) reported from San Antonio, Texas

    I only use my mouse so that Skype doesn’t tell my coworkers that I’m inactive. I’m Latina, my mom’s been telling me I’m inactive my whole life. Sit down Skype🤙🏾

  • jonvludwig /jvl (@jonvludwig) reported from Lost Creek, Texas

    @googlenesthelp I see that @googlenesthelp follows the same strategy as their toll free number. Initially the appearance of trying to helpful with zero follow through. Guess it’s gone the way of esteemed acquisitions like MS/Skype where a good product/service is ruined by terrible outsourcing

  • evanadlerbright Evan Bright (@evanadlerbright) reported from Nishi-ku, Ōsaka-fu

    @JAL_Official_jp i have tried calling your local japan phone number and the international number multiple times, from our cell phone, a skype phone, our hotel phone, everything says it is a disconnected number. please help. we are just trying to reserve seats on our flight home!

  • staticfade2010 Marc Connors (@staticfade2010) reported from Chesterfield, Missouri

    @thurrott Apple must have shut your Skype call down with @bdsams They have an anti-douche bot search. And you are holding the “espresso cup” wrong. Pinkies out!!

  • DanielM57077810 Daniel Murphy (@DanielM57077810) reported from Workington, England

    @SkypeSupport I am unable to use the dictation feature with Skype. But because it keeps cutting me off when I try to use it and it’s not allowing me to use it properly. Because I think there is an issue with it.#Issue.

  • giruganesh Arun (@giruganesh) reported from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    @accruedhake Had the issue on both Skype and Hangouts :/

  • PlasticLoveLA Plastic Bas (@PlasticLoveLA) reported from Los Angeles, California

    4 goal deficit to Aston Villa is nothing that a Klopp pep talk via Skype can't fix. Let's go boys! #AVLLIV

  • _rana_sarkar_ aSYmPToTE (@_rana_sarkar_) reported from Agartala, Tripura

    @RajKuma11376985 @vodafone @JioCare @VodafoneGroup @VodafoneIN #Vodafone is a big time cheater. I missed one of an important Skype interview because of its pathetic service. Really disappointed!!

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

    @scottlincicome This nearly happened to me this morning! -my 6 year old kid came down the stairs as I finished a Skype, he was singing - I so wish he’d been 30 seconds earlier!-it’s a special time with children between Christmas and New Year!

  • kuliroberts STOP ALBINISM KILLINGS (@kuliroberts) reported from Centurion, Gauteng

    @MelBala Meetings must b on Skype if one expects productivity. Heavy rain and traffic lights not working means chaos and taking Bolt or uber is madness, under these conditions. Sowi boo. Think we need to live differently to cope with the new Dawn. Generators, petrol or gas. I dont gas

  • HeyItsHigbe Meh. (@HeyItsHigbe) reported from Plano, Texas

    I was told “SKYPE IS NO PLACE FOR PORN, HIGBE” and I feel let down.

  • MarionDowling Mmmm Dowling (@MarionDowling) reported from Hubberts Bridge, England

    My 'dad' sent me a Christmas card saying 'To Marion and her ******. Don't forget to Skype' Last year when I Skyped he said my older brother was trying to look down my top just because he was moving the laptop.

  • thatchamdad Tim | ThatchamDad (@thatchamdad) reported from Thatcham, England

    @One_Dads_View Had mine for a year. Others have had issues with fit but they’re fine for me - I go out running with mine and they double up as a wireless headset for me at work (I spend half my day on Skype) which is very liberating

  • TPDDavis TPDDavis (@TPDDavis) reported from Carmel Hamlet, New York

    @baller23100 @SedrickSantoyo @KaleeDionne @wfaa @dalehansen That's how I used to do my Skype interviews with potential staff at times. I'd toss on a decent shirt and just on vacation from the waist down. Didn't matter what I wore.

  • coonerinoo Vibe Checked (@coonerinoo) reported from Chicago, Illinois

    Random people within the company love to hmu on Skype and ask for help but when I ask em to fill out a stank ass two question surgery they offline 😒 I'm not answering these mfs anymore

  • imshikha Shikha Prasad (@imshikha) reported from Arun Arekar -residence, State of Gujarāt

    @SkypeSupport I've sent you a DM with all the details team. The issue was happening in morning. I checked back again in an hour, it was still the same. Finally I checked in evening, and it was working fine.

  • Fitzroy47 Adrian Harris (@Fitzroy47) reported from Melbourne, State of Victoria

    @knarfnamduh Skype or the chat room they use on dialup must be down because of the bushfires.

  • IanRobinson Ian Robinson (@IanRobinson) reported from Dundonald, Northern Ireland

    “As Microsoft Teams has become the core communications client for Office 365, we are announcing that Skype for Business Online will retire on 31 July 2021. After that time, the Skype for Business Online service will no longer be accessible or supported.” — Microsoft

  • thinaar Aaron Landsman (@thinaar) reported from Manhattan, New York

    I have three Zoom/Skype meetings today with three cities, in two countries, about three projects. On one hand I’m #blessed but also I can’t tell if what I’m coming down with is a cold or split personality disorder.

  • thedjleek_ Leekus (@thedjleek_) reported from Columbus, Ohio

    @Outlook Signing in is not the problem. It’s the verification after. I don’t have subject lines or Skype names from years ago.

  • mccote Marie-Claude Côté (@mccote) reported from Gatineau, Québec

    @thomkearney @LibraryArchives All is managed *properly* in backend; IM invisible to users. Collab can be enable with an EDRMS however problem is firewalls bc security. Yes, some folks care about security. Now on WebEx. It’s sucks but better than nothing. In my dept we use Skype & Skype for business w outside.

  • nicolakidsbooks Nicola Davies (@nicolakidsbooks) reported from Saddleworth, England

    The problem is bloody useless WiFi - obsession with 5 G before decent universal WiFi provision - is do Skype visits if my so called ‘optical broadband’ worked

  • GabHillgrove Gabrielle Hillgrove (@GabHillgrove) reported from Temple Terrace Golfview, Florida

    @ogsaltqueen @lindsaydemeola No! I did it online for anxiety! Was $150 total for housing and flying papers. I spoke to a therapist on skype for 15 minutes, had my paper within 20 minutes and have not had a single issue for either of my dogs.

  • JustCallMeFrank Just Call Me Frank™©✌🏼🖕🏼 (@JustCallMeFrank) reported from Los Angeles, California

    @geochili Current findings: Problem is, these days, is resumes are ran through AI software before they pass and get to a human; some want video/audio recording for "first interviews" (not even live Skype or the like); or ask for "text to apply". It's all completely impersonal and sterile.