Skype

Is Skype down?

No problems detected

If you are having issues, please submit a report below.

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 01/20/2026 03:15

At the moment, we haven't detected any problems at Skype. Are you experiencing issues or an outage? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

Community Discussion

Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.

Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.

Skype Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • hseidema Hans (@hseidema) reported from Prince Rupert, British Columbia

    @KalhanR You can call your voicemail number using Skype from desktop and use Skype's record call feature to save them as an mp3 on your computer. Then you can upload them to Google drive or any other cloud storage service.

  • SizzleOndaBass Brown Skin Boi™ (@SizzleOndaBass) reported from Johannesburg, Gauteng

    Work wouldn't even be an issue, I'd just take my laptop, find a hot desk, Skype in if need be.

  • Simply_BS13 Brandon Smith (@Simply_BS13) reported from Elk Grove, California

    @taaaarzaaaan I’m down for that, I need a friend to play park so bad with 😂 hmu later on Skype and we can switch accounts to get it

  • Joniboyg Jonathan Garcia (@Joniboyg) reported from Manhattan, New York

    Currently trying to help some guy who has the same position as me, literally doesn't know how to share a screen through business's Skype..... Bruh how do you not know that is like the most used thing in corporate

  • selenarainxxx selena-rain (@selenarainxxx) reported from Las Vegas, Nevada

    @lydialovexxx when i was younger & use to house sit for these people I would do ***** skype dates with my long distance boyfriend. Found out later down the road they had cameras installed in their house 🙀 lmaooo!!!!

  • NotRapd2Tite ayoo manni yayo 🇯🇲🇵🇦 (@NotRapd2Tite) reported from South Laurel, Maryland

    I thought about coming back to Rochester until i pay down all my credit cards but I need a job BEFORE I get there... like tell your employer to Skype me 😂

  • YorkiePug Sandy likes pugs, yorkies & Martin Freeman (@YorkiePug) reported from Blaine, Minnesota, Minnesota

    @221beees Drawful is fun! You wouldn’t wanna skype with me now, I look terrible right now 😅

  • Stuart_Anderton Stuart Anderton (@Stuart_Anderton) reported from Bruton, England

    Messages to “”Everyone” about PC config changes aren’t usually popular. But this week’s instructions for disabling the unbidden and irritating@MicrosoftTeams login at startup has been well received. It’s as bad as @SkypeSupport

  • Bill_Canter Now...everything is 'exactly' different (@Bill_Canter) reported from Chevy Chase Village, Maryland

    @SkypeSupport @SkypeBusiness Too little. Too late. Some customer service 24 hours later!

  • dilribeiro DilRibeiro (@dilribeiro) reported from São Paulo, São Paulo

    @Plantronics I do love my headset but it’s just not working at all with Skype. I don’t know it the problem is with Skype or the macOS

  • ShirleyLusty Shirley Lusty (@ShirleyLusty) reported from Bedford, Massachusetts

    @SkypeSupport Tks @SkypeSupport. It was helpful, led me to the correct information and the problem was solved.

  • bldngnerd Matt Hillyer (@bldngnerd) reported from Chicago, Illinois

    I think I found a fix for my Skype being broke by hyper-v. Reinstalling hyper-v to test. Wish me luck. I really need to be able to host virtsual machines on my laptop again.

  • BalGill2020 Balvinder Singh Gill (@BalGill2020) reported from Oxfordshire, England

    My parents love me deeply and want me home. They made an error because I am an entrepreneur not a psychopath. @garyvee i am active and read 4 hours a day and talk on skype. They thought i was talking to myself

  • Falabs Abisoye Falabi (@Falabs) reported from Lagos, Lagos State

    @SkypeSupport Thanks for your response. My previous tweet with a screenshot shows the error I get whenever I attempt to install Skype from the link you shared. My using a @surface pro 3 64 bits for this. @shanselman @jongalloway @ife_okunoren have someone from @Skype team look into this

  • marybethwest Mary Beth West, MPRCA, APR, Fellow PRSA (@marybethwest) reported from Maryville, Tennessee

    @VictorVrsnik @Caanz @EllaMinty @i_kostopoulos @PRSA My outcry over these issues led the then-PRSA Nat’l Chair to hold a Skype call with my local PRSA chapter board in Knoxville, TN, where I live/work, in which she defamed my motives & professionalism (I was not present to defend myself). #PowerAndInfluence

  • kgcolor1016 KC (@kgcolor1016) reported from Westpoint Mobile Home Park, New York

    @gagal97 This happens a lot to my friends and I because we work with the military. My Mom missed two Christmases because she was deployed. Skype and FaceTime always help! 💛

  • PVSCO_ PVSCO (@PVSCO_) reported from Cape Town, Western Cape

    @GeorgeAvakian @whiteNiteDJ Nothing Skype can’t fix

  • ayeshacarley AYESHA👑 (@ayeshacarley) reported from Salford, England

    @DmiMorgan Also my mate got down to final two, I was with her when she was having her Skype call with the producers and the process.. there’s so much behind closed doors than what you see on screen, and that’s when I lost my ratings for it

  • Peter__Wood Peter Wood (@Peter__Wood) reported from Maidens, Scotland

    @benedictevans Seems to me some hardware companies have the opposite problem today. Their gadgets last too long, so they upgrade the operating systems to the point where the hardware becomes obsolete e.g. my perfectly good iPad II can no longer run Skype because the OS has maxed out.

  • TheSoloWandera Nasserian Onyeakachi Abena Nzama ✊🏾 (@TheSoloWandera) reported from Edenburg, Gauteng

    @mjmatodzi She's struggling w her Skype account and we must help her 😂🤣😂🤣 the delusion 🤣😂🤣😂

  • EJRD_Hou EJRD_Hou (@EJRD_Hou) reported from Houston, Texas

    @SkypeSupport I’m the creator of the group and /kickban is not working

  • pauli_jorge Jorge Pauli Matos (@pauli_jorge) reported from Manhattan, New York

    @LegalizeitLala They should call it by their proper names. There's different farms just like ********. Krypto, Space X, Skype and many more. The problem is: they don't have any THC. They are big Bud's but very poisoning. They're called smokable buds which can be purchased on line sent by UPS.

  • slimegoon ☠️sammy☠️ (@slimegoon) reported from Le Mesnil-Amelot, Île-de-France

    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. Man I’m so horny today. Sorry. I’m sorry. I feel so bad. I just came out a

  • kensy143 Mc_Mami (@kensy143) reported from Ocean Springs, Mississippi

    Lmao I kill myself sometimes. I’m online with a tech support agent and he’s accessing my computer trying to fix @skype. Can someone tell me why I was typing a message to him and erased it Bc I couldn’t remember how to spell a word... tbc

  • GertsenPR GertsenPR 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧 (@GertsenPR) reported from Canterbury, England

    @pickledpuffin @ElliotElinor We Skype weekly and often have problems it stops you can’t hear et

  • bendell Benjamin Dell (@bendell) reported from Farnborough, England

    @jamesjgill Lol i feel your pain. This is why I stopped using Skype a couple of years ago. The UX is just terrible.

  • alexjacksondir Alex Jackson (@alexjacksondir) reported from Honiton, England

    Also a special thank you to my partner in this particular crime @elainef99 who has been a total inspiration to me throughout the whole process and has put up with some terrible Skype problems and remote working solutions in order to make it happen.

  • CVCResearch CVC Research (@CVCResearch) reported from Melbourne, State of Victoria

    $MSFT Skype #skype has to be the worst ******* app ever. If you know your password, just answer 19 questions. If you don’t, no problem, just tell us when you lost your virginity, her name & 3 facts abt it. Seriously WTF. I need to make a call but will create a non-Skype account

  • The_McJones Tim McJones (@The_McJones) reported from Brisbane, State of Queensland

    @TaniaWalker I’ve never done video calls with but voice works fine on Skype with the iPad. Most of my VoIP calls across the various services (Skype, Discord, Zoom, etc) are done on my iPad now. I am more and more often travelling just with my iPad and rarely hit any issues.

  • mortuarygem Mortuary Gem (@mortuarygem) reported from Romford, England

    @LauraFrancesT If you need a hand or help with anything let me know! I might be far away but there’s always Skype or something we could do a revision session x