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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 01/13/2026 09:20

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Messaging (42%)

    Messaging (42%)

  2. Glitches (32%)

    Glitches (32%)

  3. App Crashing (12%)

    App Crashing (12%)

  4. Sign in (6%)

    Sign in (6%)

  5. Connection (6%)

    Connection (6%)

  6. Multimedia (3%)

    Multimedia (3%)

Live Outage Map

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

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Facebook Messenger Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • AbaloLotlot Lotlot Abalo (@AbaloLotlot) reported

    FB MESSENGER WHATSAPP INSTAGRAM IS DOWN

  • EarthyLilly Rachel Ell (@EarthyLilly) reported

    I am an Android user and happy to be so. Until my Apple friends decide to use text messaging like it is Facebook Messenger while FB is down. Stop liking and laughing at things, people!

  • The_JRP_Artist the JRP jennifer (@The_JRP_Artist) reported

    @ZEROINTELIGENCE Hahaha! Oh no! Then I realized I’ll have the same issues with my mom who still can’t even with the Facebook messenger 😭

  • Sara_Harrison79 Sara Harrison (@Sara_Harrison79) reported from Wellington City, Wellington

    Realising how reliant I am on Facebook’s services. While their services are down, I am almost completely cut off from my friends and family back home who I primarily contact through WhatsApp and FB messenger to avoid international messaging/calling fees 😔

  • skilled_enough Crocarah (@skilled_enough) reported

    @NathanMantia @oculus @Facebook damn : / everyone is experiencing issues it seems. also do you want my referral code? I have to friend you on Facebook, then I send you a referral link through fb messenger and once you activate your headset w/ the same fb we both get $30 of store credit for free

  • Xyzen_Cris Xyzen (@Xyzen_Cris) reported

    @WatchandRetweet Facebook messenger is still not working. Please fix

  • heartpuffjevs 𝐸𝓂𝓂 ⚔️ 𝗖 𝗛 𝗥 𝗢 𝗠 𝗔 𝗧 𝗜 𝗖 𝗔 🚀 (@heartpuffjevs) reported

    my messenger is still down. but Mark Z*ck*rb*rg already posted thst fb messenger is back. ****

  • RogueRavenclaw Rowena Slytherin (@RogueRavenclaw) reported

    Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook Messenger are all down. I had to actually get out of bed right when I woke up. WHAT IS THIS THE DARK AGES

  • yukiomachinima woke knife crime | tw*tter supports Nazis (@yukiomachinima) reported

    so the day we had to pick our neighbour up from hospital was the day the road was closed all day due to a fire, and fb messenger was down so we couldn't talk to him and his family. never rains but it pours

  • EreJordan Jordan Higgs (@EreJordan) reported

    My mom can’t ask me what this is about because Facebook messenger is down 😌

  • saturnswench Sheng | A ******* Mess (@saturnswench) reported

    When Facebook messenger was down, that's when I realized I don't have mobile numbers of my family members and closest friends 😳 We're all very dependent on messenger Groupchat for communication. 😳

  • YoursTruly_Lina Lina (@YoursTruly_Lina) reported

    @lmdemuytere @Facebook and I can’t login to my FB messenger because I created my FB messenger by registering it using my instagram account. AHHH

  • CeraphimFalls Alana Duran (@CeraphimFalls) reported

    Anybody else getting frantic "Unavailable Message/Attachment" messages from their elderly parents on Facebook Messenger? Even though you've called to tell them about FB being down and that they could just text you or watch The Big Bang Theory since they still pay for cable?

  • Tomstits101 Tom 🌈 (@Tomstits101) reported

    Why is Facebook messenger down the one night I really wanna talk to my mum. (She only uses messenger) 😓😓😓

  • gardenstparker Parker (@gardenstparker) reported

    @genieinanovel FB messenger is down too lol?

  • ohhhrelyn rey (@ohhhrelyn) reported

    @AkumuKasumi FACEBOOK MESSENGER IS DOWN! 😭😭😭

  • qews_ferro ♟CheckmateQ♟ (@qews_ferro) reported from Seattle, Washington

    Do dat mean dat umm Facebook messenger down !!??

  • LAMBERT_S1 Sébastien (@LAMBERT_S1) reported

    @Neyrolles75 🔴Breaking🔴 🔷Users worldwide are reporting issues with the following services: •Facebook & FB Messenger •Instagram •Twitter •WhatsApp •T-Mobile / TMBLE Metro •Spectrum •Verizon •AT&T •Google •Cricket Wireless •Amazon •Apple •TikTok •Snapchat •Several more

  • willaintfunny Polish Space Program (@willaintfunny) reported

    Let’s just keep Facebook messenger and take the rest of the site out back and shoot it like a horse with a broken leg.

  • sincemomsout 🌈Leigh (@sincemomsout) reported

    I think I've checked my FB twice this past year so I didn't notice it was down until my FB messenger and Instagram were down 🥺 I need to see pictures! How will I know ppl are still living the life I want without 18 million shots of it?!

  • an_acute_angle Sophie Scott-Maunder (@an_acute_angle) reported

    Facebook messenger is down so I have resorted to texting my bf of nearly two years. This is my first text I have ever sent to him lmao

  • theflash565656 miss avocado (@theflash565656) reported

    @Facebook Im still having trouble sending messengers through facebook messenger

  • dinaelIie michail (@dinaelIie) reported

    fb and fb messenger are both down that means no school works...

  • lilredroxstar Justsurvivesomehow (@lilredroxstar) reported

    Typical people are saying their fb messenger is fine now yet mine are both not working. #fbmessenger #storyofmylife

  • yukiomachinima woke knife crime | tw*tter supports Nazis (@yukiomachinima) reported

    so the day we had to pick our neighbour up from hospital was the day the road was closed all day due to a fire, and fb messenger was down so we couldn't talk to his family. never rains but it pours

  • MayColene Colene Guthrie (@MayColene) reported

    🔴Breaking🔴 🔷Users worldwide are reporting issues with the following services: •Facebook & FB Messenger •Instagram •Twitter •WhatsApp •T-Mobile / TMBLE Metro •Spectrum •Verizon •AT&T •Google •Cricket Wireless •Amazon •Apple •TikTok •Snapchat •Several more 🔸

  • ESP_MTG Erik, the Unhallowed (@ESP_MTG) reported

    I am mildly annoyed that I don't have my new roommate's phone # now that FB messenger is down.

  • inscash1 AllCommunistsAreBastards (@inscash1) reported

    Facebook Messenger is down too. L O L

  • YoursTruly_Lina Lina (@YoursTruly_Lina) reported

    @Facebook When I created my FB messenger, I registered using my instagram account, not FB. When everything went down today and I came back, it logged me out, and when trying to log back in, it’s telling me my password is incorrect. Ive tried all the passwords I would have used! (continued)

  • RoBoCo74100926 RoBoCo (@RoBoCo74100926) reported

    @Bitboy_Crypto @AltcoinDailyio Ironic I had friends on Facebook Messenger telling me crypto would get shut down. Lol