WhatsApp down again? Google Trends peak after the outage

As WhatsApp goes down again, there are a number of alternative platforms that are popular alternatives in the space of cryptocurrencies.

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Some two billion WhatsApp users were left without service on October 25 as the world's largest messaging app went offline. Meta, the owner of Facebook and WhatsApp, has yet to clarify what led to the outage.

Users took to social media platforms like Twitter to share hilarious memes about the outage, and many rushed to other social media platforms to find out if they were alone in their lack of service . A similar situation occurred in October 2021, with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down for more than 24 hours due to a "server configuration change".

WhatsApp is down. #Bitcoin never goes down.

— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) October 25, 2022

This time the outage was short-lived, with WhatsApp restoring messaging services within hours of the initial outage. Nevertheless, questions about alternative messaging apps have come to the fore again.

When you come to @Twitter and realize that, yes, WhatsApp is down... pic.twitter.com/xBpLAxw3Uf

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) October 25, 2022

Data from Google Trends highlights the surge in WhatsApp-related searches around the world on October 25, as users tried to find out what happened to the world's most popular messaging app. Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan and South Africa were among the countries with the highest number of WhatsApp-related queries after the outage.

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