In a significant disruption impacting millions worldwide, Meta’s flagship apps—Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—have been experiencing widespread outages.
Users across the globe reported being unable to access their accounts or post content, triggering a surge of complaints on social media platforms, including X.
According to Downdetector, a popular platform for tracking outages, the issue appears to be massive in scale.
Reports indicated that Instagram logged over 71,000 problem notifications, while Facebook received more than 107,000 reports from affected users globally.
Those trying to access Facebook were met with a message saying, “We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.”
The outage has sparked intense activity on X, as users flocked to confirm if the problem was widespread. The hashtag #instagramdown quickly began trending.
One user, Shay, posting as #uloveshaaay, wrote, “Every time my Instagram or Facebook doesn’t work, I run to Twitter to see if it’s just me. Thank God I’m not the only one!”
Similarly, #iamrazi18 tweeted, “Me running to Twitter to see if everyone else’s #Whatsapp #Facebook #Instagram is down or if it’s my internet.”
Meta addressed the disruption in a post on X, acknowledging the issue, “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.”
Instagram, using the hashtag #instagramdown, assured users on X, “Hi, we know there’s a technical issue impacting some people’s ability to access Instagram. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and are sorry for any inconvenience.”
WhatsApp joined in with its update, writing, “We’re aware of some issues accessing WhatsApp. We’re actively working on a solution and starting to see a return to normal for most people. We expect things to be back to normal shortly.”
This marks yet another service disruption for Meta, with the company having faced similar outages earlier in 2024, including a major one in March. As engineers work to resolve the technical glitch, users are left waiting for full functionality to be restored.
