WhatsApp boasts of record-breaking message 24 hours before the service crashing

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Despite the naysayers who threatened to boycott WhatsApp after Facebook bought it in February, the app recently posted its highest ever message figures.

But less than 24 hours later, reports are flooding Twitter from across the globe that the instant messaging service has crashed.

Some users are moaning they can’t send messages, while others claim service is intermittent or they can’t connect to it at all.

Others who previously reported problems are now saying the issue has been restored and MailOnline has contacted WhatsApp for an official statement.

 Whatsapp made its announcement about record-breaking figures via Twitter yesterday.

The official WhatsApp handle tweeted: ‘New daily record: 20B messages sent (inbound) and 44B messages received (outbound) by our users = 64B messages handled in just 24 hours.’

The figures sent and received differ due to the way the app handles group messages.

For example, a message sent to a group is counted as one sent item, but is then counted as received by each individual in that group.

By comparison, WhatsApp’s daily message traffic this time last year was around 27 billion a day; highlighting a significant increase in traffic… see more

source: Dailymail UK

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