'ChatGPT is down': Memes and jokes flood internet. 'It's time to use my brain'

Most of the memes on ChatGPT being down were base don how the outage affected office work.

OpenAI's popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, experienced a global outage on Tuesday, leaving users unable to access the service and sparking a wave of reactions across social media. OpenAI's official status page mentioned that they were investigating this problem but till the time services were resumed, hashtag "ChatGPTisdown" began to trend on X as users took to flooding the platform with memes and jokes on how the outage has affecting their lives.

Here are some of the funniest posts:

This is how I feel when Chat GPT is down: #ChatGPTpic.twitter.com/Ne1pslXFk7

Anusurya (@Anusuryatomar3) June 10, 2025

Everyone running to twitter to check if chatgpt is down for anyone else #chatgpt#chatgptdownpic.twitter.com/n2oJlbex2n Jeet (@JeetN25) June 10, 2025

This is how I feel when Chat GPT is down: #ChatGPTpic.twitter.com/Ne1pslXFk7

Anusurya (@Anusuryatomar3) June 10, 2025

Me and my co-workers in the office right now because ChatGPT is down pic.twitter.com/50FHYgeU1D Yash. (@TheSDELad) June 10, 2025

LinkedIn Content Creators when ChatGPT is down pic.twitter.com/dJME1Qjb9e

Sagar (@sagarcasm) June 10, 2025

ChatGPT is down how will I answer if someone asks me my name pic.twitter.com/BJgl3KBOY8

Altaf ;) (@altaaaf10) June 10, 2025

Reports on Downdetector surged dramatically, peaking at over 1,100 complaints shortly after 3pm .

The majority of reported issues, 93 percent, were directly related to ChatGPT, with a smaller percentage concerning the OpenAI app and login problems. The outage began around 2.45pm and hit its peak just after 3 pm.

The disruption comes right after ChatGPT reached a big milestone of getting 1 billion search requests a day, as per a report by Phone Arena. While that’s impressive on its own, what’s even more surprising is that it got there 5.5 times faster than Google did when it was starting out.