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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 03/14/2026 15:20

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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:

  • KCDAutomate Kimberly Delgado (@KCDAutomate) reported from Los Angeles, California

    @vaficionado @SkypeBusiness @zoom_us It was down yesterday too. Had back to back meetings yesterday which customers set up on Webex and Skype; Webex is so old and takes so long to join, skype just wasn’t working straight up. Love Zoom!!

  • mrbrownandyou Mr Brown (@mrbrownandyou) reported from Pleasant Hill, California

    @MrsWard3 I think I found the issue. It may be a firewall proxy issue that will need my site techs to fix. I played with Skype on my personal computer here at home and had no issues.

  • rene_plz 💆🏽‍♀️ (@rene_plz) reported from Chicago, Illinois

    My favorite thing that happens at work is when I try to talk to people casually/tell them about my problems on Skype and they just clearly don’t care or don’t even bother to respond at all! I STAN lack of support in the workplace!!!! 🙃

  • blueskypks pradeep sahu (@blueskypks) reported from PETROL BUNK ORR, State of Karnataka

    @SkypeBusiness .. help needed urgently to resolve Skype login issue

  • Traderlife_ Traderlife (@Traderlife_) reported from Oldsmar, Florida

    @SkypeSupport That link says limited service

  • kales16 Kaley (@kales16) reported from City of London, England

    @SA_M21 Skype appts are legit and can decrease people physically going to the doctor when they don’t need to. Always gotta strive for peak healthcare utilization where we only seek care when we need it, and not for issues like the common cold.

  • Cam_Evans cam (@Cam_Evans) reported from Nottinghamshire, England

    @Trader_Dante @Jenner_Trader Remember this going down in the skype chat .

  • NijlandMark Mark Nijland (@NijlandMark) reported from Rotterdam-Albrandswaard, Provincie Zuid-Holland

    How difficult can you make it @Skype @SkypeBusiness @SkypeSupport ending up with 3 icons, ‘lync’ is still in the url and they are not working together...#ux #scenarios #user #makeitsimple #

  • cacarr cacarr (@cacarr) reported from Portland, Oregon

    @GilWhitedale @chrislhayes These are data-slinging pocket computers now, and too few people care all that much about voice quality for it to be too much of a priority. And increasingly people voice communicate over IP anyhow -- Skype, FaceTime, Duo, etc -- and that's not a carrier issue.

  • tickmothy robert deldge (@tickmothy) reported from Spokane Valley, Washington

    @AntonHand @Skype This is on the same level as that one glitch apple had. Its insane what's happening to tech these days.

  • saucyy_nikki sassÿ spice. (@saucyy_nikki) reported from Margate, Florida

    I’ve had my laptop for 1 yr & use it for everything. I went to do a Skype interview- guess what won’t start up! So now I get to spend 1/2 of today @ the store diagnosing it & how much it’s gonna cost to fix instead of the day & a half I finally get to spend with my family. Cool.

  • GMRaphi GM Raphi🏳️‍🌈 (@GMRaphi) reported from Olten, Kanton Solothurn

    @fionapup ...if it's _not_ hardware related, you can have a friend (or even me!) log into your box via Team Viewer, and look at the system's behavior and load together. Add voice chat via Skype or Discord, I'd be up for it, and we might find and or even fix stuff. If it doesn't fix itself!

  • annaonthemoon Rebecca Lockley #WeAreStarfleet 🖖🏻 #IDIC (@annaonthemoon) reported from Dunholme, England

    So apparently, there was some big merger and Skype changed and I had to reinstall. Would have been nice to notify people or have skype auto update when I opened it instead of just giving me that useless error. I don't use skype daily, only every few months with my bff.

  • matteastnz Matt East (@matteastnz) reported from Auckland, Auckland

    @lightweight @paulbrislen @billbennettnz That’s more of a behaviour issue, not a technology one, Skype, FaceTime, Jitsi can all be used while driving...if I if I’m on a call with someone who is driving, I end it ASAP...nothing is that urgent

  • BlippyTheSlug BlippyTheWonderSlug (@BlippyTheSlug) reported from Frankfurt am Main, Hessen

    @SkypeSupport There was no instslled Skype. I grabbed from the App Store. I solved the issue (kinda) by downloading the Skype Preview installer and running it in Win8 compatibility mode.

  • purpleorchid369 Tara Sloggett (@purpleorchid369) reported from St. Catharines, Ontario

    @SkypeSupport As far as I know the Xbox updates regularly and there hasn’t been any changes I have made. I really appreciate the help.

  • johnffarrell John Farrell ☀️🌬🔋 (@johnffarrell) reported from Minneapolis, Minnesota

    @SkypeSupport It turned out to be a bank credit card issue and not Skype, but the support person was very helpful in showing me how to update the payment options. Thanks!

  • young_prof_ toni p. (@young_prof_) reported from Goldenrod, Florida

    @JermaineJupiter As someone who uses Skype daily for work, I feel like I should have known this. I just never thought of connecting the podcast concept to the service... Lol maybe I’m jus late ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There’s that too 😂

  • Stevieboy02 Stephen Harper (@Stevieboy02) reported from Kirkcaldy, Scotland

    @SkypeSupport assistance required pls help

  • purpleorchid369 Tara Sloggett (@purpleorchid369) reported from St. Catharines, Ontario

    @SkypeSupport I am currently using Xbox One as my platform. The issue has been going on forever and sometimes it never happens, sometimes that is all it does.

  • JacobMGEvans Jacob M-G Evans ⚛🚀 (@JacobMGEvans) reported from Round Lake Beach, Illinois

    @amandathedevnyc The remote IDE and Skype of a hard whiteboard algo problem was almost as painful as in person... I ended up not talking through the problem at all with the interviewer they even asked if i was still there more than once 😂😂😂

  • ISayPorter Stephen Q Bunwackett Buzzardstubble and Boot #FBPE (@ISayPorter) reported from Bruxelles-Capitale, Bruxelles-Capitale

    My new Directorate-General has no telephones - everything is done through Skype for Business. I arrived and found my PC doesn't have it, so I emailed the help desk to ask them to install it. The response was predictable. See if you can guess what it was. Answer tomorrow.

  • oskarhowell Oskar Howell (@oskarhowell) reported from Hamilton City, Waikato

    @sylveoncore ive decided to uninstall skype, id rather use an obscure chat service than use their pos. I really shouldnt have to make a separate account just for skype :/

  • jvholmes87 Director Nola (@jvholmes87) reported from Gukgil, Gyeonggi-do

    @VirtualPBX @Skype @Grasshopper @magicJack I may have to checkout your service too.

  • danikwateng Dani Kwateng-Clark (@danikwateng) reported from Brooklyn, New York

    Someone pleaasseee invent a service for parents to navigate basic technology at home. Just spent an hour on Skype with my mom to walk her through downloading a document and attaching it to an email 😫😫😫

  • AJJacksonReal A.J. Jackson (@AJJacksonReal) reported from Los Angeles, California

    I'm hoping @Skype #CustomerService will respond to my DM...This has been an ongoing issue for several days now. I'd like to Skype with my Parents on Sunday but at this rate, another week will go by without the ability to do so. Very displeased. #poorcustomerservice

  • mrbrownandyou Mr Brown (@mrbrownandyou) reported from Pleasant Hill, California

    @MrsWard3 Well, I’m in my classroom at the moment having hooked up a WebCam and I am trying to figure out how to proceed with checking that Skype is going to work. This is a whole new territory for me. You help me out. If you are available to call at 925-768-5045, great.

  • GabbarSanghi Ratnakar Sadasyula-రత్నాకర్ సదస్యుల (@GabbarSanghi) reported from Rājendranagar, Telangana

    Dear IT companies, in these days of Skype, Zoom. When everything is done remotely, your insistence on holding face to face interviews makes no sense, unless you are doing a mass recruitment. Half the day is gone driving down and then waiting for the interview.

  • Traderlife_ Traderlife (@Traderlife_) reported from Town 'n' Country, Florida

    @SkypeSupport Running the latest of desktop Skype app and iOS app. No error just says connecting and all the messages lag to go through

  • Stevieboy02 Stephen Harper (@Stevieboy02) reported from Kirkcaldy, Scotland

    @SkypeSupport No its because Skype keeps suspending my account when l dont sign out and is unable to send a recover code to my mobile. Please HELP