By Joel Adams and Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:57 GMT, 22 January 2019 | Updated: 19:22 GMT, 22 January 2019
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WhatsApp has crashed around the globe, leaving users unable to send messages.
According to the website Down Detector, the problem hit both iOS and Android users.
Messages failed to send and the app would not load, according to affected users.
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Messages failed to send and the app would not load, according to affected users. Users took to Twitter to vent their frustration as the site crashed
However, the technical problems did not appear to be affecting every user of the site, with some able to get onto both the app and its desktop and web versions.
According to downdectector, users in the UK and Europe were worst hit.
Around 8,000 reports from as far afield as Rio, New York and Moscow, as well as a host of European capitals, have been tracked by the downdetector website which monitors connectivity.
Many posted comedy tweets sharing their thoughts over the outage
Many joked about the outage, but WhatsApp has not confirmed what caused it.
The deluge of complaints began at around 6pm GMT, with 58 per cent of people reporting problems with connectivity, 22 per cent saying they could not receive messages and 19 per cent having difficulties logging in to the app.
Many users later reported the site was back up,
