Facebook ads not working today?
See if it is Meta or your account before you change anything.
Meta Ads right now: Normal day. Nothing unusual in the signals we track. Meta has not confirmed an incident. In the last 30 days we flagged 1 bad day and 5 very bad days worldwide. Updated 2026-10-24 01:49 UTC.
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Last 30 days
Each square is a day. Tap one to see why it was flagged.
Community reports, last 48 hours
Advertiser complaints per hour in public communities. Red bars are unusually busy hours.
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What this page shows
If your Facebook ads stopped delivering or your results fell today, do not change budgets or creative until you know whether others are seeing the same. This page shows live problem reports by country and any incident Meta has confirmed. If the map is green, the cause is more likely in your account, so work through the Facebook ads not delivering guide and the ad status in Ads Manager. If it is orange or red, wait and compare again tomorrow before making big changes.
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How it decides
- Every hour we read public signals: Meta's own status feed, advertiser complaints in public communities, Google search interest for problems such as "ads manager not working", Wikipedia pageviews for Facebook, and country internet outages.
- Each signal is compared with its own last 28 days. A day is flagged only when it is unusually high, and the strongest flag needs two signals to agree or Meta to confirm an incident.
- Green is a normal day. Orange is a bad day: something is unusually high. Red is a very bad day: confirmed by Meta or by several signals at once.
- Country dots use the signals that can be tied to a country: search interest, Wikipedia in the local language, complaints that name the country and internet outages. A Meta incident applies to every country.
How to use the result
This shows how much people are reporting problems. It does not measure ad performance and it is not an outage guarantee. If it shows a bad day and your numbers dropped, wait before making big changes and check Meta's status page. If it shows a normal day and your numbers dropped, look at your own account first.
Where the data comes from
Common questions
Should I pause my ads if Facebook ads are not working today?
Not because of one weak day. If the map shows a bad day, wait and recheck. If it is green, check delivery status, review status and payment in your account first.
Is this real time?
Community reports, Meta's status and internet outages are read every hour. Search and Wikipedia data arrive about a day behind, so those signals describe the last complete day.
Does an orange or red dot mean Meta is down?
No. It means problem reports are unusually high. Only an incident listed on Meta's own status page confirms a Meta issue, and this page shows when one is active.
Where does the data come from?
Meta's public status feed, public Reddit communities, Google Trends, Wikipedia pageviews, IODA internet outage data and Google News links. All are free and public. We keep only titles and links, never user names.
Why are some countries always green?
Where search or community volume is too low to judge, we do not guess. A green dot can mean normal or not enough data, and the country panel says which.
How is this different from checking my own numbers?
Ads Manager compares you with yourself. This shows whether other advertisers are reporting problems at the same time, which helps you decide if it is Meta or your account.
What should I do on a bad day?
Avoid big budget or creative changes based on one day of weak numbers, check Meta's status page and your account's delivery and review status, and compare again tomorrow.
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