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Is Facebook down?

Some problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: website down, sign in and errors.

Facebook is an online social media and networking website that allows its registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Facebook 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 Outage Chart 01/18/2026 22:15

January 18: Problems at Facebook

Facebook is having issues since 04:20 PM EST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Website Down (42%)

    Website Down (42%)

  2. Sign in (36%)

    Sign in (36%)

  3. Errors (22%)

    Errors (22%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesCharles Town Sign in
United StatesBlaine Sign in
United StatesSunrise Beach Website Down
EcuadorQuito Sign in
United StatesBelleville Errors
United StatesSan Jose Sign in
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Community Discussion

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Facebook Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Robyn2125 Robyn Noble (@Robyn2125) reported

    Nah I can’t handle all this **** being down 🙄😒 #whatsapp #instagram #facebook @Facebook @instagram @WhatsApp

  • madrocker91 Matthew Sampson (@madrocker91) reported

    One thing that sucks with @instagram & @Facebook being down is that I can't check in to see if a fellow #RollerJam fan loved his California Quakes jacket. #SocialMediaDown

  • Av8rdan Airplanista (@Av8rdan) reported

    So @Facebook and its apps all go down the day after a whistleblower appears on "60 Minutes", [insert crazy conspiracy theory here]. I'm going with "the Jewish space lasers took out the servers so we can't spew our anti-vax/horse dewormer misinformation garbage. BENGHAZI!"

  • 1GinnyME1 Ginny Meadows (@1GinnyME1) reported

    @DonnieWahlberg @instagram @Facebook Facebook & IG went down around 11am 😕

  • TerraMater2020 🍄🌞🌱🌻Terra Mater🌻🌱🌞🍄 (@TerraMater2020) reported

    @schrep @Facebook How do you explain employee keycards not working? Now isn't that on a separate system? Hmmmm. Facebook continuing to promote falsehoods.

  • GrantDlamini Madime (@GrantDlamini) reported

    @WhatsApp At least WhatsApp is vocal about the issue but what about Facebook ? Don't be shy @Facebook what's the status ?

  • BlingTherapist Melissa Stubblefield (@BlingTherapist) reported

    Are we still down @Facebook ? The giant has fallen . . #facebookdown #instadown #twitterwins

  • whitneygrausam whitney. (@whitneygrausam) reported

    @Facebook @instagram very inconvenient of you to be down the day before my online boutique opens 🥸

  • nufeilokey Nufeil Abdul Kareem (@nufeilokey) reported

    @abusulayman @instagram @Facebook But i guess this the most outage near 5hrs now and no explanation on the issue

  • tio2dioxide Its Me ! (@tio2dioxide) reported

    @Facebook Ahhh! Finally...please shut them down permanently.plz

  • ly055sco Scotty (@ly055sco) reported

    @ChristnaMichele @Facebook @instagram They've been down for 6 hours already.

  • trans_dog peanut the trans dog (@trans_dog) reported

    @schrep @Facebook Stay down permanently. Facebook is a ******* Cancer on society.

  • alexr13_ Alex Roark (@alexr13_) reported

    FACEBOOK IS DOWN WHAT ARE THE BOOMERS GONNA DO LMAAAOOOO @Facebook

  • Jesse_Lindell Jesse Lindell (@Jesse_Lindell) reported

    @Facebook @instagram FIX YOURSELVES

  • AnandThummar1 Anand (@AnandThummar1) reported

    I am with You. Dont worry jucker everything will be done in few hours, trust on our God, keep cool. If any more problem call me any time…. Your best dear @Facebook @instagram

  • PaulTBackes Paul T. Backes (@PaulTBackes) reported

    @Y107 I hope @Facebook and @instagram won't be down forever.

  • StreetKeith1 Street Keith (@StreetKeith1) reported

    Soooo… @Facebook & @Instagram been down all day… Y’all got hacked didn’t you?🤔

  • JaggiGurdeep Gurdeep Singh ***** (@JaggiGurdeep) reported

    @BaaghiTV @mubasherlucman @Facebook What is the real problem in fb

  • RussellOchoa Russell Ochoa (@RussellOchoa) reported

    @Facebook Did the servers get attacked or something? How can everything be down at the same time?

  • Twin_Geez Twin Geez 🇰🇪🇦🇪 (@Twin_Geez) reported

    @WhatsApp @instagram @Facebook somebody fix them please

  • ZainLadha Zain 🙋🏻‍♂️ (@ZainLadha) reported

    How are all these unvaccinated people going to continue their research while @Facebook is down? #AskingForAFriend

  • Agnivabhatt Agniva Bhattacharjee (@Agnivabhatt) reported

    @Facebook whats going on huh do something. We know you can fix it.

  • judalillight671 Powreful (@judalillight671) reported

    @schrep @Facebook Matter of fact work slower. Make sure that poorly designed AI stays in the outage and never falsely hands out a restriction again

  • mihirpraharaj mihir praharaj (@mihirpraharaj) reported

    @schrep @Facebook I think how many long hours of Facebook network engineered data problem outrage then restore data network 12 or 24 hours or 48 hours or 7 days ???

  • Drcesilie Cesilie Andersen (@Drcesilie) reported

    @Facebook Some People not experiencing problems? Where?

  • Yakoaway11 Yassineaway1 (@Yakoaway11) reported

    @schrep @Facebook Trouble with what software or network

  • GNeinstein גדעון - Geordan Neinstein (@GNeinstein) reported

    The fact that Facebook and Instagram going down causes #InternetShutDown to trend at #2 is proof that @Facebook has too much power over the internet.

  • SellKicksSunday SellKicksSunday (@SellKicksSunday) reported

    I honestly don’t mind if @Facebook @instagram and @WhatsApp stay down for two or three days!

  • superfunkaytay SuperFunKayTay (@superfunkaytay) reported

    So what am I supposed to when @Facebook and @instagram are broken? I feel so… lost? #DeleteFacebook #instagramdown #facebookdown

  • ashishkumar27 ashish kumar (@ashishkumar27) reported

    Hey @Facebook and @WhatsApp is the unavailability of ur site/app services just a technical glitch or were you forced to say so????