# Am I shadowbanned on X?

A shadowban means X quietly limits your reach. Your posts look live to you, but barely reach anyone else. There's no official tool that confirms it, so here's how to check yourself in two minutes.

The checklist walks you through a two-minute self-check (a logged-out profile check, a search check, and a reply check) and the recovery steps: stop the triggering behavior (aggressive following, spammy links) and return to one to three days of normal activity. For anyone whose reach suddenly cratered and wants to know why.

Use the live tool at [https://argushq.cc/tools/shadowban-checklist](https://argushq.cc/tools/shadowban-checklist).