WhatsApp went down for millions of users across the globe as revellers tried to wish friends and family on the new year.
There is even a page for the same –
The outage affected India as well, which is the largest market for the messaging service. The Facebook-owned service has over 200 million users in the country that are making it an extensive source of communication.
To those asking if Whatsapp is down??#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/AeXTAaws0W
— Aravinth.J (@Aravinth_MBBS) December 31, 2017
#whatsappdown when its the first day of new year and whatsapp is down again. pic.twitter.com/nvTse71C8G
— Suraj Thakur (ST) (@st20014) December 31, 2017
As the outage continued, people started venting their frustration on twitter with #whatsappdown top trending around the world.
Heading to Twitter to see if #Whatsapp is down xD #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/xqe7XtwwCT
— Pranav Nalawade (@PNCSGO) December 31, 2017
We are glad we bought WhatsApp back!