Is social media down right now?
All 7 social apps we track look operational right now.
When one social app breaks it's often not just you, and often not just that app — the big networks share infrastructure, so an outage can hit several at once. Here's the live status of every major social platform we track, plus the cascade that explains a multi-app outage.
Frequently asked
Why do Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp often go down together?
They're all owned by Meta and share backend infrastructure, so a single Meta incident frequently takes down the whole family at once — as in the 2021 global outage. If all three are down for you, it's almost certainly Meta, not your connection.
Is it social media that's down, or my internet?
If multiple unrelated apps (say Instagram and a streaming app) are failing at the same time, it's more likely your connection or a shared provider. If only the social apps are affected, it's the platform. This page shows several at once so you can tell the difference fast.