Paypal status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Paypal 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.

Most Reported Problems

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

• Sign in (40%)
• Errors (39%)
• Website Down (22%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Tlaquepaque	Errors	14 hours ago
Bron	Errors	1 day ago
Calp	Sign in	1 day ago
Sevilla	Errors	2 days ago
Rome	Errors	2 days ago
Isola Maggiore	Errors	2 days ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Tara St. Michel ♪ (@TaraStMichel) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Elidyss Taxes and business license are separate things. You can file taxes as a freelance professional operating under your own name legally without a license. Problem is will PayPal accept your documentation & if you’re in your first year what do you do if you won’t get that until 2027

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  joey 🐈‍⬛ (@joeyyyyeoj) reported 2 minutes ago

  does anyone have paypal i’m trying to add £5 towards my chair and idk throne still hates me i have had this problem since may i can only make one payment every few weeks it’s really annoying 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it’s not even my cards fault if paypal always won’t take my money LIKE PLEASE LET ME JUST ADD £5

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  Financial Freedom (@Fin_FreeInv) reported 3 minutes ago

  PayPal $PYPL Q2 2026 earnings: Q2 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.38 beats by $0.10. Revenue of $8.7B (+4.8% Y/Y) beats by $230M. Shares DIP 1.5% in PM trading. Stock is down 4% on the YTD.

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  Gojo Maduro 諸葛亮 (@kungfurykong) reported 5 minutes ago

  What Would Happen If Elon Musk Had Been Born in China? This is Mr. Ma, a barbecue chef at a restaurant in Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province. Because he looks strikingly like Elon Musk, a customer took his photo and uploaded it online, unexpectedly making him famous. He said that over the past two days, more than a dozen people have asked to take photos with him, while several others have approached him about possible collaborations. In fact, there have long been many discussions on the Chinese internet about what would have happened if Elon Musk had been born in China. One fairly representative article argued: "Let us suppose that, in 1971, twenty people with the same potential as Elon Musk were also born into ordinary Chinese families. "If they were fascinated by science and technology, the most they could probably do would be to join an extracurricular hobby group at a children’s activity center and build model airplanes. "In 1981, a computer cost tens of thousands of yuan. There was absolutely no way an ordinary Chinese family could afford one. "It would not be until the 1990s that they might finally get access to computers in a school computer lab, where one hour of use could cost about as much as an entire meal. "But students had to attend morning reading sessions every day and evening self-study classes at night. Where would they find the time to learn programming? "Besides, what if they spent all their time messing around with these 'useless' things and then failed to get into a good university? 'A mild-tempered father might patiently lecture them: 'Focus on your studies. Stop wasting your time on improper pursuits,' until they finally gave up on their own. "A bad-tempered father would simply confiscate everything. If they dared to argue, he would grab something and beat them. "From the first grade onward, they would have to devote all their energy to exam scores. Otherwise, they might not even make it into university. "By the time they finally entered college, all their sharp edges would have been worn away. They would have been molded into conformity and would have had almost no chance of becoming another Elon Musk. "If Musk had been placed in China, his life would probably have followed a path like this: "No one would have paid for software like Zip2, an online city-guide and business-directory platform. Lenovo would not have acquired it. It would have ended up like Zhang Xiaolong’s Foxmail: users would simply use pirated copies. "Have you ever seen Lenovo pay a huge amount of money to acquire independently developed personal-computer software? "So Musk would probably have starved to death at the age of 28 and gone to meet Karl Marx. "Suppose he somehow survived until the age of 31 and developed a payment platform like PayPal. The major Chinese internet giants—Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent—could simply copy it. Why would anyone pay to acquire his company? "Have you ever seen BAT pay an enormous price to acquire an internet application developed by an individual entrepreneur? Investors would know that his product would be copied, so they would refuse to fund him from the very beginning. This time, he would definitely be finished. "Even if BAT did not copy him, could Musk manage the necessary connections? Could he obtain the required licenses? "Those are not things an ordinary person can easily secure, as everyone understands. "Operating such a business without a license would be illegal. In the best-case scenario, the authorities would order him to shut down. In a more serious case, they might accuse him of illegal fundraising, and Musk could end up spending the rest of his life in prison. "Even if he successfully built PayPal and had more than a billion yuan in his hands, could he establish a company like SpaceX? "That is the domain of the state-owned aerospace corporations. "Even if he somehow obtained permission to enter the industry, no one would provide him with the necessary components or support. "If one private individual were allowed to accomplish all that, where would it leave the millions of people working within China’s state aerospace system? "I guess that, had Musk been born in China, the best possible outcome for him would have resembled Zhang Xiaolong’s career path: working for someone who had the connections and qualifications needed to obtain the necessary licenses."

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  Dale Ⓥ (@EclipseDj) reported 5 minutes ago

  Imagine having £400/$500 in a PayPal account but for various reasons you don’t sign in for 3+ yrs. When you try, you’re told your account has been deleted & all your money with it! Why are people saying it’s ok for #PlayStation to do this with game purchases? #digital #PSN

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  Colby Hill (@Chill_Investing) reported 8 minutes ago

  ello world test Here's a full recap: 1. Boeing $BA posted Q2 revenue of $24.56 billion, up 8% year over year and above the $24.25 billion estimate. The company still swung to a GAAP net loss of $428 million, or 67 cents a share, as a $280 million charge tied to the Air Force One program pushed the adjusted loss to 76 cents a share versus the 30-cent loss analysts expected. Commercial deliveries climbed 14% to 171 planes, and free cash flow turned positive at $631 million versus a $200 million burn a year ago. Shares jumped 4.7% to $221.53. 2. Sherwin-Williams $SHW grew Q2 sales 7.5% to $6.79 billion and posted adjusted EPS of $3.70, topping estimates of $3.50 on $6.61 billion. The paint maker raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $11.80-$12.20, up from $11.43 in 2025. The stock surged 8.2% to $354.24. 3. PayPal $PYPL delivered Q2 revenue of $8.68 billion, up 5% year over year and ahead of the $8.47 billion estimate, with non-GAAP EPS of $1.38 versus $1.28 expected. Total payment volume rose 10% to $486.4 billion and transactions climbed 8% to 6.8 billion. Management raised full-year EPS guidance to $5.30-$5.40 from $5.15-$5.30. Shares gained 4.0% to $58.32. 4. Ford $F beat with adjusted EPS of $0.42 versus $0.35 expected on revenue of $48.3 billion, ahead of the $47.51 billion estimate even as revenue fell 4% year over year. Adjusted EBIT rose 17% to $2.5 billion, and Ford raised full-year adjusted EBIT guidance to $10-$11 billion and free cash flow guidance to $6-$7 billion. Shares gained nearly 2% in the regular session and jumped another 5% after hours to $15.71. 5. UPS hello world test of $1.76 versus $1.66 expected, and raised full-year revenue guidance to $91.2 billion. Shares still sank about 6.5% to $105.62 after management guided US Domestic average daily volume down mid-single digits and third-quarter operating margin to just 7%, with $891 million in transformation charges tied to the Driver Choice program weighing on the outlook.

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  Mike Bergmann (@mrbergmann) reported 11 minutes ago

  The Visa trend check: payments volume accelerated 9% to 10%, cross-border +13% in World Cup summer. Flag it: that's borrowed demand, the same comp problem Coke, Hilton and PayPal flagged for Q3/Q4. The aggregate holds. The tournament comp decides what's real.

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  Freyas Fantasy (Commissions Open) (@FreyasFantasys) reported 15 minutes ago

  @DespojoV My business is banned from Freyas fantasys tiktok - Banned - to many strikes. 70,000 subscribers lost Freyas Fantasys 2 tiktok - shadow banned, then hackers, then restored but never worked. Freyas Fantasys 3 tiktok - Banned - 15 strikes in 1 night. Freyas Fantasys 4 tiktok - Banned - to many strikes Freyas Fantasys 5 tiktok - made using a vpn during the shut down. Videos posted are not promoted for some reason. 5 views in 10 months. Rednote - Banned. Its chinese tiktok. Of course im banned there. After 1 video. Wise banking- banned before i could even use it. I added money and got a ban message. Stripe banking - banned for being associated with nsfw content Cashapp - banned for illegal gambling activity? Pornhub - banned for…. I duno. It wasnt ***** enough? Youtube - banned. I think someone reported my content over and over. 45,000 subscribers lost. Gumroad - banned for being a potential risk Onlyfans - banned for not showing my face Etsy - got a cease and desist from crunchyroll for my first piece. Rumble - banned for literally being gay. Probably. Idk. the site is gross. Dont go there. Instagram1 - banned for Child ****, or so they claim. 13,000 subscribers lost. Instagram 2-6 banned for being related with first account Discord - Child ****. Insta put me on a list, and other websites check and preemptively ban Cgtrader - they just auto ban all lewd content. Paypal - banned for being associated with nsfw stuff. Venmo - banned when paypal was banned. Paypal personal - just banned. No relation to anything. Just got banned the same day. Paypal 2 - they demanded identity verification, then shut the account and locked in payments. Discord 2 - banned for ban evasion when i checked the status of my appeal on the first account. Ccbank - they could not provide services to me. Durango Merchant Services - they can not offer me service. Coinbase - will not approve my business profile Moonpay - Will not approve my business profile. Based on their partner criteria at this time. Soar Payments - Unable to Provide services to me. Payoneer - refused to advance my application.

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  𝓖𝓸𝓭𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓔𝓻𝓲𝓷 (@_findomerin) reported 17 minutes ago

  it's been a while since i have a paypal drain. someone fix that

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  Nellie💖 (@SiennaVelaz) reported 20 minutes ago

  WTS!!! Morgan Wallen: Still The Problem Tour Lincoln Financial Field-Philadelphia, PA August 1, 2026 5:30 PM 2x Standard Tickets Sec 239, Row 6, Seats 6–7 Mobile transfer. Payment via PayPal G&S accepted. DM if interested!

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  Gentle Harasser (@gentleharasser) reported 20 minutes ago

  Hey @Brunch_BCN I've spent half an hour trying to buy tickets and it won't accept any card on your website, revolut, ing, visa, mastercard, nothing... What s the problem? This is ridiculous. Why don't you have PayPal? I'm not the only one failing. It's extremely frustrating, wtf

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  ⋆. 𐙚˚࿔ 𝕽𝖔𝖗𝖔♡‧꒰𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓫𝓲𝓭𝓷𝓬𝓾𝓽𝓮꒱ ‧₊˚ (@Rorophism) reported 20 minutes ago

  I think going forward i think i won't use paypal when commissioning or receiving commissions. Seeing paypal just perma banning peoples accounts(this includes my roommates account) left, right and center i think it's best for me to not use it or have it used for commissions. is paypal being shady? how terrible.

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  Lenny (@LennyOnTrack) reported 22 minutes ago

  $PYPL has broken my red Zone which means that the bottom is in and we see the next Impulse. Are you invested in PayPal?

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  WeirdPopeArts (@PopeWeird) reported 25 minutes ago

  @bubblegum711971 There's other apps out there, they're just not as popular because of how mainstream PayPal is Never stop making cool content though bro, don't let the bastards grind you down ✊

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  Yuunoh1tz(𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒔 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏) (@Yuusenpai69) reported 26 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal @AskPayPal MY customer support is broken it only said "All our agents are currently offline. Please try again during business hours." can you help me

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  Mike Emerson (@emerson0123) reported 31 minutes ago

  @PastAssistant @AskPayPal Is there an specific error message?

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  🇵🇪 Andino Skb 🎉 COMMS OPEN (3/10) 🎊 (@Andino_SKB) reported 32 minutes ago

  @fsonic3 I've been using PayPal for 10 years, and I pay every tax and transaction they require. The common problem or pattern I see in every post, Reddit thread, etc., is the indiscriminate use of AI moderation.

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  𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕜𝕦𝕟 ͛ (@adyytivity) reported 34 minutes ago

  Erghhh so slow processing. It’s been more than 3h. I hate that I can’t buy eshop credit using paypal anymore just bc it’s not supported here like 🖕 It worked just fine years ago. Can’t even purchase using debit card. One of the downside of buying Switch games.

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  Arch (Comms - Open) (@_vnarch_) reported 34 minutes ago

  The paypal issue with artists is sad but it always makes me wonder why dont they transfer their money into their bank accounts immediately? Its been made clear multiple times when so many accounts get limited randomly

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  TAMTAM🌺 (@dahliadenoire) reported 36 minutes ago

  @lwx_wxyz paypal will find any loophole to keep your money bc they're scum and the best way to fight that is to do things legally and within tos. never had a problem in my ten years with paypal luckily 😭

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  el niñopis 🧉 (luis) COMMS OPEN (@silylittleguy) reported 37 minutes ago

  I'm so desperate to fix this PayPal thing I really needed the money and now I'm not sure if I'll even be able to make a new account 😢 I've been trying to find information on it but everything seems so difficult and I can't understand anything pls be patient with me

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  😑alyshia⁷ seen skz ₈ ࣪🐺 (@alyshia_2001) reported 38 minutes ago

  @dimpledormlover I had the issue with PayPal so I just use my card instead and it worked

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  ✦ Mei (@Zmeinir) reported 40 minutes ago

  For artists, here's some basic knowledge you should have about PayPal: - If you use a business account, you should have a registered legal business - Making the client pay PayPal fees is against ToS - Selling N$FW commissions is against ToS, if you do don't mention it on PayPal - Outline clearly what the client receives (example: the client will receive a custom digital illustration) - Link your ToS in your invoices to make sure the client should have read them if any dispute occurs - Just in case, don't use PayPal as a bank and withdraw your money whenever possible Fearmongering with PayPal is a bit much, if you use it the right way there shouldn't be any problems!

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  Samson (@SamsonIbukunol1) reported 43 minutes ago

  @payhip Hello @payhip, I have been sending mail to your email since 7days now and I'm yet to get a response. All your support are not active and I have issue with my account as I was told by PayPal that you hold myo ey since 27th of June till now

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  Colt (@FluffyBlitzy) reported 49 minutes ago

  @goatcel Yeah you can with gcash but you're still gonna end up with the same problem cause it's also like PayPal. They should've just put the money in a physical bank or at the very least an online one

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  CHARTILLECT (@chartillect) reported 51 minutes ago

  Every headline this morning: "PayPal raises full-year guidance." Here's what's underneath it. Payment volume +10%
Net revenue +5%
Transaction margin dollars +1%
Non-GAAP EPS −1%
GAAP EPS −3% Now the part nobody runs. Diluted shares went 977M → 882M — down 9.7%. Apply that to a 1% EPS decline and the actual profit pool fell about 11%. PayPal raised guidance to ~$5.38. EPS is a fraction. They spent $6.0B in twelve months retiring 111 million shares — shrinking the denominator. GAAP guidance still says down. To be fair, two things genuinely improved: transactions per account rose 3% to 60.0 after falling last quarter, and free cash flow doubled to $1.8B. Branded checkout, in their words, "has further stabilized." But volume grew ten times faster than the gross profit it produced. That's the business. $PYPL $V $MA

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  Plaxun Lumilost 🇲🇿 (@Plaxu_n) reported 54 minutes ago

  @ObakeNekoWorks That is a possibility or someone might have tried to login to your account and the system is keeping tabs on your account? Someone has been trying to get into my PayPal but i don't fall for the fake email and text links.. modern day hacking is so annoying :<

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  🇵🇪 Andino Skb 🎉 COMMS OPEN (3/10) 🎊 (@Andino_SKB) reported 54 minutes ago

  @fsonic3 Dude 500$ Is it too much money? Clearly, the problem isn't the taxes, it's the power imbalance behind it. PayPal is a payment gateway; for foreigners like those in Latin America or Asia, it can be a way to diversify savings due to currency volatility, financial security, etc.

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  Michael Diaz (@MichaelDiazer) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Natsuken425 @ABrinstar @hafuma Yes? Every payment goes through paypal, the thing we're talking about. Aka every payment through paypal gets taxed. What do you think they go through? Your mother? Jeetskin, you're retarded as ****, settle down, drink your cow piss, eat your curry and follow the train.

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  jaylynn ☆ (@lunarstvn) reported 59 minutes ago

  hellolive . can u fix your site too cause my bank blocked me from getting premium but Caits didn’t and it still kept failing to go through until she used Paypal AFTER premium already sold out