Facebook, WhatsApp & Instagram Down For Millions In Global Outage, Twitter Says 'Hello Literally Everyone'

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram have crashed for users worldwide on Monday evening in a global outage.

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New Delhi: Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram crashed for users worldwide on Monday in a global outage wherein millions were unable to use the Facebook-owned applications.

Facebook took to Twitter and issued a statement which read: "We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience".

We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021

A similar statement was posted on WhatsApp's official Twitter account.

We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible.

Thanks for your patience!

— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) October 4, 2021

An official clarification over the cause behind this global outage is awaited.

Meanwhile, netizens swarmed Twitter to share their reaction with their favourite memes. Here are some of them:

#instagramdown again? The only ones that never let me down fr pic.twitter.com/QCp8hF51VX

— N M 66 (@NihalNeheem) October 4, 2021

Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp down right now, meanwhile everyone coming to Twitter to check pic.twitter.com/ABBDo9qKqy

— Shubham Dutt (@shubhamdutt13) October 4, 2021

Whatsapp and Instagram down again, the world right now switching to Twitter like: #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/m21ijt5e2h

— 🇲🇦MCMoroccan  (@CrewsmatMorocco) October 4, 2021

During Instagram, WhatsApp & Facebook goes down, I Believe in Twitter supremacy 👑 pic.twitter.com/B5RkX60Qaj

— rituraj singh BHU 🚩 (@RiturajSinghBHU) October 4, 2021

WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram down:

Mark Zuckerburg rn: pic.twitter.com/uMSJzXLmCj

— S p e c O f G o l d ⚠️ (@jeff_oh_willie) October 4, 2021

As a result of the avalanche of tweets, several related hashtags dominated Twitter trends.

As the global outage of Facebook-owned apps persists for several hours, Twitter seized this opportunity to say "hello literally everyone", followed by WhatsApp waving back.

👋 hello!

— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) October 4, 2021

While it is normal for websites and apps to suffer outages, one on a global scale lasting for several hours is rare to see. Users, in different parts of the world, reported being unable to access the applications. India has one of the highest numbers of users on Facebook as well as its other platforms.

As per government data shared earlier this year, India has 53 crore WhatsApp users, 41 crore Facebook users, and 21 crore Instagram users, news agency PTI reported.