In a major disruption affecting millions of users, Meta’s key apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have been down for many users globally.
Reports flooding in on social media, including X (formerly Twitter), confirmed that the issue is widespread, with many users unable to load their accounts or post content.
Downdetector, a platform that tracks outages, has also shown massive spikes in outage reports across Meta’s services.
The platform reports that Instagram has logged over 71,000 issues, while Facebook has received more than 107,000 reports from around the world.
On Facebook, users have reportedly been greeted with a message reading, “We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.”
The outage has also sparked a flurry of activity on X, with users turning to the platform to check if others are facing the same issue.
The hashtag #instagramdown has been trending on X within the period.
Shay tweeting as #uloveshaaay on X.com 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!”
“Me running to Twitter to see if everyone else’s #Whatsapp #Facebook #Instagram is down or if it’s my internet,” #iamrazi18 similarly wrote on X.
Reacting to the downtime in a post on X.com on Wednesday, Meta wrote, “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.”
Using the #instagramdown, Instagram similarly wrote on X.com, “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 also wrote on X.com, “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 outage follows a series of similar disruptions affecting Meta apps in the past, including a major service interruption in March.
As Meta works to restore normal service, users are left waiting for an update on when the issue will be resolved.
