IS SNAPCHAT DOWN? FRUSTRATED USERS TAKE TO TWITTER TO REPORT APP NOT WORKING FOR THEM.

Update: Snapchat's brief outage should now be resolved. "Some users
experienced

issues accessing some of their Snap Memories earlier today. The issue has
been

fixed," a spokesperson for Snapchat told Newsweek.

Original article follows:

Snapchat appeared to be suffering outages early on Wednesday, prompting
the

hashtag #SnapchatDown to trend on Twitter.

The social media platform has yet to comment on any issues, but more than
6,000

people took to Twitter to report issues, leading to #SnapchatDown becoming
the second

highest trending topic.

DownDetector, which tracks website outages, reported a sharp spike in problems
in

the early hours on Wednesday. A map showed issues for users in the U.S.,

particularly on the West Coast, as well as some parts of Europe and Australia.

The website said the most reported problems were with sending snaps on the
platform,

although some also experiences issued with receiving pictures and refreshing the
app.

Complaints quickly appeared on Twitter, with some expressing frustration that

Snapchat had stopped working while people were self-isolating during the
coronavirus

pandemic.

"Snapchat is making the whole quarantine experience worse like wtf
#snapchatdown,"

one user noted.

Others noted that they weren't sure if the app was down or if their cell service
was

just poor. "Everyone running to twitter to see if snaps down or it's just their
service,"

one person wrote.

Snapchat has been contacted for comment.

Snapchat Users Report Widespread Problems Sending Snaps

Snapchat was dealing with technical problems spanning the U.S. and Europe on Wednesday morning, as thousands of users reported trouble using the social messaging app.

According to DownDetector, problem reports spiked around 10:30 a.m. ET with nearly 90,000 users reporting issues; 82% said they were having problems sending Snaps, the app’s disappearing messages. That came after a previous uptick in error reports submitted to DownDetector about nine hours earlier Wednesday morning.

Many Snapchat users also said they were unable to even log into the app, taking to Twitter to vent their frustration amid the stay-at-home COVID-19 quarantine. In the U.S., the hashtag “#snapchatdown” trended into the No. 1 spot on Twitter on Wednesday morning.

In a tweet at 10:33 a.m. ET, Snapchat’s support account on Twitter acknowledged the issues. “We’re aware many Snapchatters are having trouble using the app. Hang tight — we’re looking into it,” the post said.

Parent company Snap reported that Snapchat hit 218 million daily active users for the fourth quarter of 2019, up 17% year over year and a sequential gain of 8 million new DAUs. That marked Snapchat’s biggest quarterly growth since the first quarter of 2018, which preceded a redesign that many users hated and stalled the app’s user growth.