Did Whatsapp go down today, February 28, 2025? The answer is yes. Meta’s messaging service users have reported issues with the platform.
One of the most well-known websites for tracking online service outages, Downdetector, recorded a significant increase in reports of problems with Whatsapp starting at 10:00 AM this Friday, February 28.
According to Trends, Google searches have increased for terms such as:
- whatsapp is down
- whatsapp outage
- whatsapp down today
- whatsapp not working
The Whatsapp service outage has been reported in multiple countries. According to Google Trends data, there has also been an exponential increase in searches related to service failures in the United States.
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On social media, primarily X (formerly Twitter), users have also shared their complaints about issues with this messaging app.
What happened to Whatsapp?
So far, META has not provided any information about the cause of this failure.
The day Whatsapp was down for over 6 hours
On October 4, 2021, Whatsapp experienced one of its most challenging days. On that date, a widespread Meta outage also affected Instagram and Facebook.
Failures in Whatsapp, Facebook, and Instagram affected millions of users worldwide, who encountered messages about a 5xx error when trying to access their networks or apps.
That day, Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp were offline for more than six hours. Afterward, their services began to gradually restore.
At that time, users trying to access Whatsapp Web or Instagram from a computer encountered the message “5xx server error.”
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