WhatsApp Is Back Online After Global Outage: Twitter Explodes With Memes

WhatsApp services, the instant messaging platform owned by Facebook-parent Meta, have been restored after a brief outage. For nearly an hour, the app was down for millions of users in India and worldwide.

Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, said that as many as 16,000 users had reported issues with accessing WhatsApp.

Users who were affected by the outage were unable to send or receive messages or calls.

As per the outage tracker, Downdetector, many users started facing issues with the WhatsApp mobile app and web at around 01:43 AM today, July 20.

The outage affected users across the country, with the majority of reports coming from major cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.

Multiple WhatsApp users are flooding to Downdetector and Twitter to complain about the messaging app being down. The microblogging site was flooded with some hilarious memes. Check some of the best ones below.

The cause of the outage is not yet known. However, Downdetector said that the outage could have been caused by a problem with WhatsApp's servers.

In a statement, WhatsApp said it's working to restore the services,''we're working quickly to resolve connectivity issues with WhatsApp and we'll update you here as soon as possible.''

This isn't the first time that WhatsApp has been down in the country. The last time WhatsApp was down was on July 14, 2023. According to Downdetector, the outage started at around 11:00 AM IST and lasted for about an hour. During this time, users were unable to send or receive messages, or access the WhatsApp web app. The cause of the outage was not immediately known, but WhatsApp later said that it was due to a "technical error."