Metas social media apps were reportedly down for thousands

Meta Platforms’ social media apps Instagram and Facebook, messaging app WhatsApp and Twitter-rival Threads were all back up after a brief outage affecting thousands of users on Monday, according to Downdetector.com. Also Read: Instagram Rolls Out AI Translations For Five Indian Languages, Plus New Local Fonts

At the peak of the outage, lasting over an hour, over 14,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram, while around 7,000 and 2,700 users faced issues with Facebook and WhatsApp, respectively. Also Read: Instagram Adds Limited-Time Stranger Things Fonts Ahead Of Season Finale

Meta’s newest offering Threads also experienced an outage, with about 470 users reporting problems accessing the app. Also Read: Oakley Meta HSTN AI Glasses With Hindi Voice Support Launches In India On December 1: Price, Features

Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outage could have affected a larger number of users.

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters query on the outages.

— Reuters