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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 03/13/2026 20:45

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Glitches (33%)

    Glitches (33%)

  2. App Crashing (31%)

    App Crashing (31%)

  3. Messaging (25%)

    Messaging (25%)

  4. Connection (6%)

    Connection (6%)

  5. Sign in (3%)

    Sign in (3%)

  6. Multimedia (1%)

    Multimedia (1%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
GermanyWissen Glitches
GermanyWissen App Crashing
GermanyBonn Glitches
GermanyWissen App Crashing
United KingdomGlasgow App Crashing
United StatesAustin Glitches
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Facebook Messenger Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • PirateKnits Alison Coe 🏴‍☠️🧶 (@PirateKnits) reported

    @saunieindiego If FB Messenger wasn’t also down I would have never known.

  • miranxmiranx miranx (@miranxmiranx) reported

    With FB Messenger down yesterday, I had to go gossip in-person.

  • tedeetabilon Theodore (@tedeetabilon) reported

    I didnt even realize fb messenger, intsa and whatsapp broke down. How sad 🙃

  • CraftyUtd Dave (@CraftyUtd) reported

    @The_FUT_Hunter Wonder how many people had to reinstall it yesterday, whilst WhatsApp & FB messenger were down

  • _jaybeezus JB. (@_jaybeezus) reported

    I find it rather professional to text your phone number for a problem instead of Facebook messenger or IG dm… bc guess what y’all will open that iMessage quick

  • mavensupdate Mass Movie Mavens (@mavensupdate) reported

    Like FB messenger being down all day yesterday was a BAD thing?🤔

  • I_hate_solostan Moo⁷ ia 📚📍 (@I_hate_solostan) reported

    Facebook messenger and Whatsapp was not working?? When???

  • 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

  • inteldawg the inteldawg (@inteldawg) reported

    Look @MSNBC @CNN Facebook is so essential to people's lives it just cannot be constrained. The only way to deal was when Bell Telephone Co. was broken up years ago into "baby bells" in my opinion. Break it up, sell the pieces off. At least Instagram from FB messenger.

  • datarusty Vasilis Kalantzis (@datarusty) reported

    @codeblue87 Had the same problem on fb messenger

  • Little_Hiccups Sally Mason (@Little_Hiccups) reported

    @emilyctamkin Right? It was the only way I could keep in touch with family outside the country for years. They've all since switched to Facebook Messenger - which was obviously down too.

  • mellymoos16 mel (@mellymoos16) reported

    Is anyone else's Facebook messenger not working?

  • Gordon_Hamilton Gordon Hamilton (@Gordon_Hamilton) reported

    FB outage last night caused me major problems as I had details of 2 different work projects that I needed this morning only on FB Messenger! 😩 Now heard back from both parties who were fully understanding/OK about it - but going back to notepad and pen with immediate effect! 👍

  • torihime02 Purgatorihime 🦇 @ DL/DI (@torihime02) reported

    I found myself opening #discord with my roommates just to talk about a PSE/G problem bc our usual apt chat in FB Messenger was disabled. I actually used Snapchat for the first time in forever. Sorry not sorry, I'm against Facebook owning everything social media...

  • BenStokes2 Ben Stokes (@BenStokes2) reported

    Can Facebook messenger go down again so these fake accounts can ******* with the message requests

  • bmluse Brittany Luse (@bmluse) reported

    Also... as I was just remarking to a friend, I spend so much time feeling terrible/ anxious about my own life... I can't do that and maintain sustained fb messenger convo about what other people are doing. it's just not feasible

  • ar_mu Ar (@ar_mu) reported

    Has Facebook messenger gone down again?

  • racharena Rachel (she/her/hers) (@racharena) reported

    @TheRealHoarse The reason why Facebook paid billions of dollars for WhatsApp, a messaging service superior to Facebook Messenger in every way, is precisely because FB saw a secure, reliable, non-data-gobbling messaging infrastructure as a threat to their own systems. Very important globally.

  • aleramirezv Alex-ito (@aleramirezv) reported

    @AlbCozer @engadget I tried but looks like incident management and Service desk uses Facebook messenger and Messenger's rooms so!!!!! And yes, somehow my mailbox was empty yesterday at 15:00 hrs

  • ImMeganCollins Megan Collins (@ImMeganCollins) reported

    @Drrramina It's WILD. I feel like there had to have been spreadsheets involved -- who responded to the kidney post and who didn't and who she tracked down via email or FB messenger to see if they heard about her kidney

  • fannyperrin_ ***** :) (@fannyperrin_) reported

    @saltchillie last night ig Facebook messenger and WhatsApp shut down for a few hours apparently

  • hamropatro_dev Hamro Patro (@hamropatro_dev) reported

    We saw 3x increase in Hamro Patro video calls while fb messenger was done. Yesterday outage suggest we can be alternative calling platform.

  • NuLeninist Yes, I Hate Everything ☭ 🇨🇳🇧🇴🇻🇪🇰🇵🇨🇺 (@NuLeninist) reported

    @SameeraKhan Headline: “Evidence Suggests China Was Behind the Social Media Outages on 10/4” The evidence: Richard McWhitemanson recounts, “I was talking to someone from China on FB Messenger when the service went down. Coincidence? I THINK NOT”

  • HueyJackson_ Huey (@HueyJackson_) reported

    Why is fb messenger broken for me :(

  • Jvoor12 Dr. Jess River Vooris (@Jvoor12) reported

    @HumnEnterprises @julieannablock @emmitabanks I was thinking today that we maybe should exchange phone numbers or something so that we can still communicate if FB messenger goes down!

  • ARossP Aaron Ross Powell (@ARossP) reported

    Likewise, if everyone you know uses Facebook Messenger, and Facebook goes down, it doesn't help you much that WhatsApp is still up. In each case, lots of alternatives exist (Signal, Telegram, etc.), but the problem is that the one everyone you know uses is down.

  • Dave_Blogs DaveB (@Dave_Blogs) reported

    @CommonestMan @cg505_ @alexhern Not if you can't route to the network, then you need physical access to the console, managed by door card readers authenticating against an LDAP that can't be routed to. And you can't reach co-workers for help because comms use WA and FB Messenger, that can't be routed to.

  • agenderfox 🏳️‍🌈 Yentl stan account 🦊 þei/þem (@agenderfox) reported

    @Cathrine_Heart @ninsiana0 sadly the apps started working again not long after I saw this tweet, BUT, during the outage, the one group of people I primarily used fb messenger for all decided to use discord instead, so I'm probably going to finally delete my profile as soon as I download all my photos

  • cattydragons Andy Dresiewerd (@cattydragons) reported

    @SatanDahling Okay. But will you allow me to actually explain the stuff that I left out of the synopsis and Facebook messenger? And so I can explain why? And yes it has to do with the safety issue.

  • Oshes Miss Zac (@Oshes) reported

    Why are notifications weird with iOS 15 ugh 😑 fix it @Apple please I keep missing things unless I go on the app smh especially Facebook messenger I miss 14 it didn’t have this annoying issue