On Monday October 4th, Facebook services experienced a several hours outage, with Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, as well as the main Facebook social media platform being inaccessible to all users worldwide. As a result, users looked to other social media platforms and apps to stay connected. Among mobile apps, Snapchat reported the highest week-over-week growth in app openings, with 14 percent more Android users initiating sessions on the instant video messaging app. By comparison, Messenger reported a 15 percent decrease in sessions initiated among Android users.
Week-over-week growth in social media app opening during Facebook global outage on October 4th, 2021
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MobileWorld. (October 8, 2021). Week-over-week growth in social media app opening during Facebook global outage on October 4th, 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269023/social-media-app-openings-growth-facebook-outage/
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