# The biggest internet outages in history

The day CrowdStrike crashed millions of computers, the six hours without WhatsApp or Instagram, the typo that took down Amazon Web Services: the digital blackouts that showed how fragile the internet is. Which one did you suffer?

- 6 votes · 11 items
- Sep 2, 2026 · la_pestanas
- https://even.best/en/l/3215/the-biggest-internet-outages-in-history

## Top 11

1. **Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp (2021)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — More than six hours without Meta's apps worldwide.
2. **Dyn (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An attack using infected cameras and routers knocked out Netflix, Spotify and Twitter for half the world.
3. **Amazon Web Services (2017)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An engineer's typo paralysed Slack, Trello and iCloud for hours.
4. **Amazon Web Services (2025)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A failure in its main region took apps and websites offline around the world.
5. **BlackBerry (2011)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Three days without messages or email for millions of users.
6. **PlayStation Network (2011)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shut for 24 days after an attack compromised more than 70 million accounts.
7. **CrowdStrike and Microsoft (2024)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows machines: the biggest IT outage in history.
8. **Fastly (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One configuration change took down Reddit, Amazon and the UK government's website.
9. **Google (2020)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 45 minutes without Gmail, YouTube or Drive.
10. **Rogers, Canada (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 12 million people without phone or internet for more than 15 hours.
11. **Verizon (2026)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About ten hours without service for around 1.5 million customers.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.