Facebook said Tuesday users were having trouble accessing the social network and its other applications such as Instagram, but did not explain the cause of the outages. It was the second instance in the past two weeks in which technical issues appeared to affect access to Facebook. Facebook has more than 2.2 billion active users worldwide.Facebook, Instagram down again for many users
56% of all Brazilians actively use WhatsApp for communication and information. This makes WhatsApp the most popular social media platform in the country, counting 24% more usage than the Messenger from Meta. Among all smartphone users in Brazil, 98% have WhatsApp installed on their devices.Not only do Brazilians use WhatsApp more than other apps, but they also use it a lot! 86% of all smartphone users who have downloaded the app use it daily and are actively engaged throughout the entire day.
Facebook, Instagram, And WhatsApp Were Down For More Than Two Hours
In the face of global lockdowns and remote working, people were limited to what they could do and how to spend their time. A result of this extra time and limited mobility was an increase in social media use. 40% of people now spend more time on social media with the Philippines, India, and South Africa exceeding that global benchmark.
PARIS: Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world's reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant.
Downdetector, which only tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform, showed there were more than 50,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and Instagram. 2ff7e9595c
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