The figures have fallen: X collapses in Europe, a real slap for Elon Musk

X lost big, and this time, it’s written black on white. Its Digital Services Act (DSA) report published at the end of April shows a 10.5 % drop in the number of monthly active users in the EU between October 2024 and March 2025. We are now talking about 94.8 million active accounts, compared to more than 105 million in the fall. A sign of lasting distrust, this figure is even lower than that of 2022, just before Musk put his hand on Twitter.

X loses ground in France, Germany … and in the heads

The dropout is particularly clear with us in France, where 2.7 million users left the ship in five months. In Germany, 1.5 million less accounts are. Even the smallest countries, such as Luxembourg or Lithuania, record massive leaks, exceeding 25 % of their local base.

This decline is all the more significant since it is forced to transparency. Digital Services Act obliges large platforms to publish their real figures, without marketing filter. And this time, no possible pirouette: despite the buyout of X by the company xai From Musk, despite the flash return of certain advertisers after the election of Donald Trump in November, the trend is disaffection.

In addition, when reading the report, we noted a total of 1,486 active moderators, including 1,307 in English, but only 63 in French (and 63 in German). Other languages ​​are covered with much lower figures: Spanish (33), Portuguese (17), Polish (1), Italian (1), Bulgarian (1). It is very thin to cover all European needs – especially in countries that know a massive fall of users.

The platform today pays controversial choices, chaotic moderation, and the mixture of genres between social network, political field and showcase of other musk companies. The loss of confidence is there, sustainable, and European decline may well be only the emerged part of a global sinking.

And during this time, Tesla’s profits plunge 71 %the marks sulk the X pubs, and the controversies stack. Elon Musk continues to shake X like a megaphone of ideas, but the reality is more raw: the European public turns heels, often without a crash.

Because those who leave X do not all disappear from the digital landscape: some branch out towards Mastodonmore discreet but anchored locally; Others bet on Bluesky Or Threadsdespite their low implantation in Europe.

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