WhatsApp down in India: Users complain of service disruption, Meta says 'we are working to restore it asap'

WhatsApp messenger's several users have reported service disruption across the globe. The server has reportedly been down since approximately 12:30 pm.

Outage detection website Downdetector showed that over 11,4300 users have reported on the platform that WhatsApp is down.

Whatsapp down: Users in India and across the world are complaining that their messages are not getting delivered. The users are also not able to publish status or make any calls on WhatsApp.

Group messags, WhatsApp calling, WhatsApp Web and payment services are completely disrupted.

Meta-owned applications such as Instagram, Messenger and Facebook are working fine.

We are working to restore it asap: Meta

Meta spokesperson in a statement said, "We're aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we're working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible."

The last time WhatsApp was down was last year on October 9 2021. During this period all the platforms under Meta - Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were down.

On October 4 2021 WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram were down for nearly six hours.

Currently, WhatsApp is reported to have more than 2 billion monthly active users globally, and is among the rop ranked popular mobile messenger apps in the world.

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A report by Statista, in April 2022, claimed WhatsApp had approximately 2.44 billion unique active users worldwide, which was 6.4 percent higher as compared to the corresponding month in the previous year, 2021.

In February 2022, the platform clocked two billion monthly active users.

Published on: Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 01:01 PM IST