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What is a shadowban on X (Twitter)?
An informal name for visibility restrictions that hide your posts or replies from other people without notifying you. X does not publish a shadowbanned flag, so it can only be inferred from public observations.
The term covers several different limits: an account not appearing in search, not appearing in typeahead suggestions, posts missing from search results, or replies hidden behind Show more replies. They are separate signals and do not have to appear together.
Because there is no official status field, no external tool can read a definitive answer. What can be measured is public visibility: whether a logged-out search returns the account and its posts, whether autocomplete offers the handle, and whether replies appear in a public thread.
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These answers describe public observations, not X enforcement decisions. X does not publish an official shadowban status.