WhatsApp and Instagram down for several users globally | Whatsapp Instagram Down Today in India

If you've been trying to send messages on WhatsApp but failing to do so, then you're not alone. WhatsApp is down for several users globally. Additionally, Instagram is also down for several users, as per the Downdetector site. At the time of writing this article, over 11,000 people registered issues with WhatsApp service on Downdetector while almost 12,000 people registered problems with Instagram.

The social media messaging app Instagram and WhatsApp stopped working in many parts of the country on Friday evening because of which users could not send messages or post anything on Instagram.

Facebook Inc's platforms including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram were down for thousands of users on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outages might be affecting a larger number of users.