WhatsApp has over 200 million users in India
WhatsApp went down for millions of users across the globe as revellers tried to wish friends and family on the new year.
The outage affected India as well, which is the largest market for the messaging service. The Facebook-owned service has over 200 million users in the country that are making it an extensive source of communication.
As the outage continued, people started venting their frustration on twitter with #whatsappdown top trending around the world.