Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp have reportedly crashed with users reporting issues across the social media and messaging platforms.

According to Downdetector, reports of issues started at around 4pm on Monday afternoon.

Users trying to access Facebook are greeted with an error message (below), with users of WhatsApp and Instagram able to view the apps, but new content is not appearing.

The reason for the issues surround the three companies owned by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg remain unknown.

Whatsapp down?

Downdetector saw a rapid rise in reported issues from around 4pm on Monday afternoon.

43% of reports suggests problems with server connection while App (31%) and sending messages (26%) are other problem reported by users.

Instagram down?

Users began reporting issued with Instagram on Downdetector at around 4pm on Monday.

50% of issues reported were linked to the app while server connection (27%) and website (23%) were other issues reported.

Facebook down?

Again, users started reporting problems at around 4pm on Monday afternoon with 78% of reports issued linked to the website.

12% of reports were linked to the app while 10% of reports were linked to server connection.