WhatsApp is down worldwide in a major outage

WhatsApp is down worldwide, impacting the 2 billion users of the messaging service. Users started experiencing issues connecting to WhatsApp in multiple countries just after 2PM ET today, with the service stuck on “connecting” for many. The Meta-owned messaging service appears to be experiencing a major outage worldwide.

WhatsApp doesn’t have its own status page, and it’s not listed on Meta’s own service status, either. You can still send messages, but they won’t be delivered until WhatsApp is back online.

Other Meta services like Facebook, Instagram, and Threads aren’t showing any issues on the status page either, but many people are reporting issues trying to view recent posts or trying to create new posts on the services.

Update April 3rd, 2:53PM ET: Added details on Facebook and Instagram issues.