The Facebook app is down for many — here's what we know about the outage

The Facebook app is down for many — here's what we know about the outage

The Facebook app isn't playing ball today

News By Mark Wilson published 18 June 2026

If you're having trouble with the Facebook app today, you're far from alone — hundreds of people are reporting that the mobile app is closing down unexpectedly.

According to Downdetector, the problems started at around 6am ET / 11am BST, when large spikes in reports appeared from both the UK and US. Those numbers aren't yet huge — around 1,000 in the US and 500 in the UK at the time of writing — but they are growing rapidly.

There's been no official comment from Meta yet about the issues, but you can follow all the latest news in this live report...

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What's wrong with the Facebook app?

Right now, hundreds of people are reporting that the Facebook app isn't working properly — with the most common complaint being that it simply closes when they open it.

We haven't been able to replicate the issues here on TechRadar, but the comments on Downdetector and social media point to similar issues. Some say it simply "keeps closing down when I open it", while other are reporting that that a pop-up box says that there's a known bug.

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