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WhatsApp Messenger is a cross platform mobile messaging app for smart phones such as the iPhone, Android phones, Windows Mobile or Blackberry. Whatsapp allows users to send and recieve messages, photos, and other information and is considered an alternative to text messages or SMS.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of WhatsApp 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.

WhatsApp Outage Chart 02/18/2026 16:30

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Messaging (30%)

    Messaging (30%)

  2. Connection (24%)

    Connection (24%)

  3. App Crashing (12%)

    App Crashing (12%)

  4. Glitches (11%)

    Glitches (11%)

  5. Sign in (11%)

    Sign in (11%)

  6. Multimedia (8%)

    Multimedia (8%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
MexicoRamos Arizpe Connection
PeruChiclayo App Crashing
United StatesGaithersburg Multimedia
MozambiqueMaputo Video
United KingdomCity of London Messaging
United KingdomReading Messaging
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WhatsApp Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Patricia_RLNN 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖆 🛸 (@Patricia_RLNN) reported

    @Rajnish124567 @WhatsApp Same problem!

  • RunLolaRun1979 LolaRun (@RunLolaRun1979) reported

    Bad news of the day. @WhatsApp is still down and @lewis_damian leaving @SHO_Billions for good.

  • Bianca00775486 Bianca (@Bianca00775486) reported

    @WhatsApp Please somebody help it won’t verify my phone number

  • graypanels ari🦜 (@graypanels) reported

    @WhatsApp still down that means I don't need to do midterm today🤩

  • Radhika77453127 Radhika V (@Radhika77453127) reported

    @yayayasmon @WhatsApp Same here! @WhatsApp pls fix this asap... its tough that it's working for everyone except us :(

  • Starforce1st Starforce (@Starforce1st) reported

    @WhatsApp Plz fix

  • Arabesk91969550 Turkish.sweet.man (@Arabesk91969550) reported

    @WhatsApp WhatsApp login here not problem now

  • Adesewa33 Goodgal'yinyin💃🤗💧 (@Adesewa33) reported

    @IB_SAJO @WhatsApp Same here before I knew it was WhatsApp problem I uninstalled like 5 WhatsApps and keep downloading na so I waste all my data oooo because I did the same thing to IG and Facebook too 😭

  • myriad_social Myriad.Social (@myriad_social) reported

    2/ quick recap: the #FacebookFiles is a whistleblower package by a former @facebook product manager. at the same time, a hacker group posted 1.5 billion Facebook users' personal info for sale. Facebook, @instagram, and @whatsapp went down right after.

  • ITORIGINALABDUL Abdulkarim (@ITORIGINALABDUL) reported

    @WhatsApp Sorry, I haft to say this because people forgot their manners. Your using someone else's platform for 100% Free, you don't own it guy's. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook not you so have some respect. System problems can happen so be patient or make your own. Stop complaining 🤬

  • AlooshFalconer Ali Salim (@AlooshFalconer) reported

    @WhatsApp WhatsApp is not available at the moment, please try after 5 minutes.. I am already waiting, but I cannot login, the problem remains with logging in😭😭

  • Abdalsalamtabol عبدالسلام الطبولي (@Abdalsalamtabol) reported

    @WhatsApp But it caused a lot of problems

  • JosephS84584537 Joseph Salmon (@JosephS84584537) reported

    @WhatsApp My friends said its working for them but not me i don't know why may it's because I deleted it and reinstalled it. PLEASE HELP ME OUT?

  • ColonDimaris Dimaris Colón Molina (@ColonDimaris) reported

    @WhatsApp My whatsapp is not working it says whatsapp currently unvailable when I put my phone number since I unistall and install again, help:(

  • Abhishe37450650 Abhishek (@Abhishe37450650) reported

    @WhatsApp Hey I uninstalled the app and i am trying to install again . When i am registering it says “whatsapp is temporary unavailable. Please try again in 5 minutes.” Please fix

  • stormdwivedi Rajesh Dwivedi (@stormdwivedi) reported

    @WhatsApp When will you fix it

  • reginakruisheer Regina (@reginakruisheer) reported

    @WhatsApp Still not working. It still says its not available. Even tried to reinstall it. But with no results.

  • tg81571700 tg (@tg81571700) reported

    @WhatsApp @Twitter no you don’t get to do this @WhatsApp work on sorting yourself out first no chatting until you fix your chatter box

  • Vicjhon17 João Victor (@Vicjhon17) reported

    @WhatsApp Could you please solve the problem when installing WhatsApp again!!! I'm trying so far and only the message "WhatsApp unavailable" appears I'm losing my patience already!!! Please could they solve it!!!

  • indocanadiann Rakesh (@indocanadiann) reported

    @yayayasmon @WhatsApp Same, I clear cache and data, now getting this error temporarily unavailable.... Fix this Whatsapp

  • official_anaiss 🎙🎙 (@official_anaiss) reported

    @yayayasmon @WhatsApp I did the exact same thing because I needed to send a message ASAP and thought the problem was my phone

  • cheetalicious9 Sarah Meston (@cheetalicious9) reported

    @WhatsApp Still down

  • Ezaa14188872 EzaaGojes (@Ezaa14188872) reported

    @WhatsApp hi, mine is still unavailable. please help

  • SGMarkJin one of seven fan☾-SGMarkJin (@SGMarkJin) reported

    @val_hdeez @yayayasmon @WhatsApp Still cannot login

  • AnimeWatcher500 Damianpalo79🥀 (@AnimeWatcher500) reported

    @WhatsApp Still not working for me

  • cheetalicious9 Sarah Meston (@cheetalicious9) reported

    @Codebro_25 @boncitogaming @WhatsApp Mines not working either it still says down

  • ITORIGINALABDUL Abdulkarim (@ITORIGINALABDUL) reported

    @WhatsApp Sorry, I haft to say this because people forgot their manners. Your using someone else's platform for 100% Free, you don't own it guy's. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook not you so have some respect. System problems can happen so be patient or make your own. Stop complaining 🤬

  • nxchtbraker isa (@nxchtbraker) reported

    Whatsapp still down😔 @WhatsApp

  • Shan84051545 Shan (@Shan84051545) reported

    @Rajnish124567 @WhatsApp Mine as well... Exact same issue.

  • Jiizzyy_ J (@Jiizzyy_) reported

    @WhatsApp @alwayspearlxx Fix up + ratio