WhatsApp and Instagram down for hours worldwide
WhatsApp users around the world could not send or receive messages for several hours, with Instagram and Messenger also affected, before Meta restored service.
- Service
- WhatsApp, Instagram
- Date
- 3 April 2024
- Cause
- Unknown
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- Android Central ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “WhatsApp and Instagram down for hours worldwide”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 3 Apr 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-04-03-whatsapp-instagram-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: Android Central, https://androidcentral.com/apps-software/whatsapp-outage-april-2024.
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