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Something went wrong. Try reloading. appears on X, formerly Twitter, when part of the page asked X's servers for posts and didn't get a usable answer. It can replace your whole timeline, or just the replies, a profile or the search results, with a Retry button underneath.
Rate limit exceeded is more specific. X caps how much each account can read and do in a set period, and you've reached a cap. The first message is usually short-lived. The second clears only when the time window runs out.
Is X down?
Check our X (Twitter) status page. When X has a fault, the app often still opens and shows old posts, and every refresh ends in Something went wrong. If reports are spiking, wait. Reloading over and over during an outage can also push you into a rate limit.
Fixing "Something went wrong. Try reloading."
- Tap Retry once, then wait a minute before trying again.
- Close X fully and reopen it. In a browser, reload with Ctrl+F5 on Windows or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac.
- Try another route in. If the app fails, open x.com in a browser, or the other way round. If one works, the fault is local to the other.
- Open X in a private window. If it loads there, an extension is breaking it. Ad blockers and strict tracking protection are the usual causes, so turn them off for x.com.
- Turn off your VPN. VPN addresses are shared by many people, so they are more likely to be limited or challenged.
- Clear cached data. On Android: Settings, Apps, X, Storage, Clear cache. In a browser, clear cookies and site data for x.com and log in again.
- Update the app, and check your phone's date and time are set automatically.
- Log out and back in if only your account is affected and other accounts load on the same device.
Fixing "Rate limit exceeded"
- Stop refreshing. Each reload is another request against the same cap.
- Wait. A reading limit often clears within minutes. For posting limits, X says to try again in a few hours once the period has passed.
- Close extra tabs and other X apps. X counts activity from every device and every app connected to your account together.
- Disconnect third-party apps you don't use. X notes that people using several of them reach the limits sooner.
- Log in. Reading X without an account is far more restricted than reading it with one.
X's published limits
X's help centre lists these technical limits for accounts:
- Direct Messages: 500 sent per day.
- Posts: 50 original posts and 200 replies per day for unverified accounts, split into smaller half-hourly allowances.
- Follows: 400 per day. Past 5,000 accounts followed, further follows depend on your follower ratio.
- Changes to account email: 4 per hour.
X says it may lower these temporarily when the site is under heavy load.
The July 2023 reading limits
"Rate limit exceeded" became widely known on 1 July 2023, when people found their timelines stopped loading after a few minutes of scrolling. Elon Musk said the company had applied temporary limits on how many posts an account could read per day, to deal with what he called extreme levels of data scraping. The first figures were 6,000 posts a day for verified accounts, 600 for unverified accounts and 300 for new unverified accounts. He raised them within hours, to 10,000, 1,000 and 500.
X doesn't list a daily reading allowance in its help centre today, so there is no official number to quote. The practical point is that reading is counted as well as posting, and heavy scrolling, auto-refreshing tabs and third-party tools all draw on the same allowance.
Why limits exist
X says limits take strain off its systems and reduce downtime and error pages. They are also its main defence against automated accounts. That is why actions that look like a bot, such as following hundreds of accounts in a row or sending the same message to many people, can be limited before you reach the published daily figure.
Signs it's X, not you
- The error appears on Wi-Fi and on mobile data.
- It appears in the app and in a browser.
- Posts load but images, videos or replies don't, for everyone you ask.
- Our status page shows a sharp rise in reports.
If the error only appears in one browser, or only on one network, the cause is on your side.
What not to do
- Don't use scripts or auto-refresh extensions to keep reloading. They guarantee a rate limit.
- Don't bulk follow or unfollow to test whether a limit has lifted. X has separate rules against aggressive following.
- Don't reinstall repeatedly. Limits are tied to your account on X's servers, not to the app.
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Questions
How long does "Rate limit exceeded" last on X?
It depends which limit you hit. Reading limits often reset within minutes, while X says posting limits need a few hours. Daily limits such as Direct Messages and follows reset the next day.
Why does X say "Something went wrong. Try reloading." when my internet works?
Your connection reached X, but X did not return the posts. That happens during X outages, when a browser extension or VPN interferes, or when the app's stored data is out of date.
Does X Premium remove rate limits?
No. Subscribers get higher limits for some actions, and the 2023 reading caps were ten times higher for verified accounts, but every account still has limits.