X Shadowban Statistics

All figures

Last 7 days

55% of the X accounts checked on Shadowban Radar over the last 7 full UTC days showed a restriction. How long each restriction usually lasts.

Key facts

• 58% of the X accounts checked by Shadowban Radar showed an active visibility restriction on 9 September 2026.
• On 9 September 2026, that share was 5 points lower than the day before.
• Over the 7 days ending 9 September 2026, an average of 55% of the X accounts checked by Shadowban Radar showed a visibility restriction.
• Over the 30 days ending 9 September 2026, an average of 54% of the X accounts checked by Shadowban Radar showed a visibility restriction.
• Over the 7 days ending 9 September 2026, 44% of the X accounts checked by Shadowban Radar came back clean.
• Over the 7 days ending 9 September 2026, 1% of the X accounts checked by Shadowban Radar could not be measured at all.
• 36% of the X account restrictions that Shadowban Radar followed to a known outcome over the last 90 days lifted within 7 days.
• 100% of the X account restrictions that Shadowban Radar followed to a known outcome over the last 90 days lifted within 30 days.
• Shadowban Radar has run 10,534 free visibility checks on X accounts in total, as of 9 September 2026.
• There is no single shadowban on X: 4 distinct restrictions are tested, and an account can have one without the others.

What share of X accounts are shadowbanned?

Over the 7 days ending 9 September 2026, an average of 55% of the X accounts checked by Shadowban Radar showed a visibility restriction. This is a share of the accounts brought to Shadowban Radar by its visitors, not of X as a whole.

Is the X shadowban rate going up or down?

The share of checked X accounts showing a restriction is up 1 points against the previous 7 days, as of 9 September 2026.

How are these statistics measured?

Every figure on this page comes from the free checks visitors run on Shadowban Radar, read live from the public data X serves at that moment. Each account is counted once per full UTC day, on the most recent result served that day, and counts as restricted when at least one of the 4 public visibility checks fails. A check that cannot be measured is counted apart and never as clean, and the sample is self-selected: someone who already suspects a restriction is more likely to run a check.

The 4 checks, what each one observes and when it returns Unknown instead of a guess, are documented on the methodology page.

How long does an X shadowban last?

36% of the X account restrictions that Shadowban Radar followed to a known outcome over the last 90 days lifted within 7 days. 100% of the X account restrictions that Shadowban Radar followed to a known outcome over the last 90 days lifted within 30 days.

The duration written into X's own published recommendation code, restriction by restriction, is on how long does a shadowban last.

What is a shadowban on Twitter (X)?

A shadowban on Twitter (X) is a hidden limit on your account's visibility: your posts, replies or profile stop reaching people, and X never tells you.

There is no single shadowban on X: 4 distinct restrictions are tested, and an account can have one without the others. The 2 minute diagnostic is on Am I shadowbanned?, and what to do about each restriction is on how to fix a shadowban.

What these figures are not

This is a description of the accounts brought to Shadowban Radar, not of X as a whole, and it is not a survey. A check that cannot be measured is counted apart and never as clean. A result is reused for 24 hours, so an account checked late in the day can count on two consecutive days with the same verdict.

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