The popular messaging app WhatsApp was down for several users across the globe, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Users trying to log in to the App or WhatsApp web – the browser version – were faced with an error message.
“WhatsApp is currently experiencing an issue with their servers,” said WABetaInfo on X.
WhatsApp is currently experiencing an issue with their servers. #whatsappdown
— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) April 3, 2024
Downdetector, a popular website that tracks web outages, showed a spike in users attempting to use WhatsApp but facing an issue.
Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform.
There were more than 17,000 incidents of users reporting issues with the messaging platform, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.
Meanwhile, more than 30,000 users in India, over 67,000 in the United Kingdom and 95,000 in Brazil reported problems with the platform.