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Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application. Users can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio, and files.The service also supports voice and video calling.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Facebook Messenger reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Facebook Messenger Outage Chart 12/16/2025 00:55

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Facebook Messenger users through our website.

  1. Messaging (54%)

    Messaging (54%)

  2. Glitches (14%)

    Glitches (14%)

  3. App Crashing (11%)

    App Crashing (11%)

  4. Connection (9%)

    Connection (9%)

  5. Sign in (7%)

    Sign in (7%)

  6. Multimedia (4%)

    Multimedia (4%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Facebook Messenger outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesHolland Messaging
United KingdomHebburn Messaging
FranceDrancy Messaging
United StatesWoodstock App Crashing
United StatesMount Pleasant App Crashing
FranceAuxonne App Crashing
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Facebook Messenger Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Nayfield NΑҮFIΕLⅮ (@Nayfield) reported

    @munin It's likely true, just without the detail. A configuration/code change ... caused a withdraw of all BGP announcements, and they couldn't roll back. Their internal communication (FB Messenger for FBers) was down. Keystone kops for hours to get physical access and revert by hand

  • dayanatuna dayanatuna (@dayanatuna) reported

    Pls fix the flickering issue when watching videos on Facebook Messenger. @Apple

  • scork285 Steven Cork. I live for endurance. (@scork285) reported

    @ItsJamieDrfc96 Itv news said it is very serious. Think it was a cyber attack on Facebook. Plus WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook messenger are all owned by Facebook. That's why they all went down. Back to normal now. Plus every network went down. O2, Vodafone, three and EE

  • _wonderLhen Lhen Quilalang (@_wonderLhen) reported

    Me not bothered about Facebook messenger and IG down system 🤪

  • theghytimes The Guwahati Times (@theghytimes) reported

    In a blogpost, Downdetector said the outage was global and the largest it had ever seen. “Facebook is currently experiencing a rarely seen global outage that is taking out Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.”

  • Saclassycouture Classycouturesa (@Saclassycouture) reported

    @Mashstartup I have been saying I need to work on my SEO and email marketing.I communicate with clients via Watsup or FB messenger and IG DM .Market through FB and IG yesterday outage was a wake up call 🤞🤞🤞

  • MollyBarkingDog MollyTheBarkingDog (@MollyBarkingDog) reported

    @DayeanneHutton The main issue for me was that FB Messenger was down because I use it to communicate with my friends.

  • Beau2fullyBrkn1 “C” 🇨🇦🇯🇲🇭🇹 (@Beau2fullyBrkn1) reported

    @MetalBlonde FB Messenger and WhatsApp being down were my biggest issues. WhatsApp is how we keep in touch with family in the Caribbean.

  • alyocmpo ALY (@alyocmpo) reported

    mercury retrograde really took over fb messenger ig whatever **** was down today. fckn up my mood and sleep schedule also, great :)

  • RSathsen Ranuja Sathsen (@RSathsen) reported

    WhatsApp is down ? What’s going on not only WhatsApp Facebook messenger all are down!

  • dipeshkp Dipesh Prajapati (@dipeshkp) reported

    Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp Call are still down. Unable to make a call. #WhatsApp #facebookdown #messenger

  • HankTrash ❤️‍🔥 Trash ❤️‍🔥 (@HankTrash) reported

    @PageInaBook29 @flannelcured The definition of what you should NEVER put all your eggs in one basket. They couldn’t even communicate well bc they use FB messenger. Which was down.

  • MonteroMax Max Montero (@MonteroMax) reported

    Facebook, FB Messenger, Whatsapp are down again???

  • guerrero_ramey R. Ramey Guerrero (@guerrero_ramey) reported

    @AuthorElyseC My only way of contacting anyone is through FB messenger because I do not have phone service. I live alone, so it was concerning to me.

  • Bell_Anth Anthony Bell (@Bell_Anth) reported

    @Morgan44Brown @bryce_satkowski I figured I'd just talk to you at some undecided point in the future by running into you back home by pure chance if Facebook messenger stayed down

  • LENT0N _ Dylan (@LENT0N) reported

    Genuinely concerned at how many people talked about how their business shut down because they use FB messenger for so much communication and everything grinded to a halt.

  • elfriesen E L Friesen (@elfriesen) reported from Amsterdam, Provincie Noord-Holland

    @llmunro It's used widely by businesses large, small, and micro here in the Netherlands. I communicate with most of my friends and family scattered across the world using it, and to a lesser extent FB messenger. The outage made for a very lonely and unproductive few hours.

  • LysanderTheLion LysanderTheLion (@LysanderTheLion) reported

    @joshtigerhill Wife calls from work and says, "Hey, I have a technical question?" I insta-respond, "Yes, FB is down hard!" *Pregnant pause* "Well, OK then, thanks!" We typically communicate through FB messenger throughout the day...

  • le_miloutre мιℓσυтяє (@le_miloutre) reported

    @zoengros Insta Facebook messenger et whatsapp down

  • nxtnchl nich • yj's gf (@nxtnchl) reported

    @Gelaeroy Me fb messenger ig 🤝🏻 "Down"

  • Kramgil3 Kramgil (@Kramgil3) reported

    @_euriiiii Down fb messenger etc

  • Happiest_Gurl DonDon (@Happiest_Gurl) reported

    @LGirraffe FB, insta, WhatsApp and TikTok were all down for hrs. Seems to be up and running again. I use FB messenger mainly.

  • swagrix !!! (@swagrix) reported

    wdym fb messenger and ig are down ..

  • Nizambjr Nizamuddin (@Nizambjr) reported

    Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook messenger recovered after major outage. WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Facebook Messenger were down for many people, meaning it was a major outage Globally. There were more than 1.2 million incidents of people reporting issues.

  • VoidsharkXIV Gpose Cryptid (@VoidsharkXIV) reported

    I, in the meantime, dared hope that the FB outage might get my offline friend group to finally go "maybe we should have an alternate method for group communication that isn't FB messenger" but no dice :|

  • ParagKayostha1 Parag Kayostha. (@ParagKayostha1) reported

    @Facebook messenger still showing problem.....

  • swiftiewetjet mary🧣 (@swiftiewetjet) reported

    @invisibleeswift wth that’s crazy. Pretty much all phone plans here come with unlimited texting and almost everyone I know has an iPhone so if they don’t have service you can iMessage with your home internet on the same app. People who don’t where I live usually use Facebook messenger though

  • hillerskaroyals imogen 🎃 (@hillerskaroyals) reported

    irl watched ep6 last night and wanted to message me about it, but fb messenger was down… i hate that i was robbed of her live reactions…

  • soiba Soiba Noorzay 🇦🇫🇺🇸 (@soiba) reported

    @GravelInstitute Facebook messenger and Whatsapp are used in Afghanistan to reach people outside who might. help them. It seems you think humanity stops at the US border.

  • sigwo Steven (@sigwo) reported

    *Slides tin foil hat on* Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and FB Messenger went down today to install the most comprehensive monitoring tool ever installed on the internet. Even more a reason for #Metis and the rise of Web 3.0! $JUP