Zoom Goes Dark: Widespread Outage Halts Meetings Across the Globe
So, if you were just about to hop on a Zoom call and it didn’t load… you're not alone. Zoom, the massively popular video conferencing platform, suddenly went down on April 16, 2025, and the internet is not taking it lightly. Thousands of users around the world have been reporting issues trying to access meetings, log into the app, or even open the Zoom website. What was meant to be just another workday suddenly turned into chaos for remote workers everywhere.
This wasn’t a minor glitch either. Down Detector recorded over 67,000 outage reports in a short span, with users seeing error messages like “Error 50003” pop up when they tried to connect. About 46% of users reported issues with the website, another 39% said the app itself wasn’t working, and 15% couldn’t even log in. That’s a full-on disruption.
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Even Zoom’s own status page admitted something was seriously off. The company posted a notice confirming a "partial outage" affecting its meetings and web portal, along with degraded performance on Zoom Phone services. They later added they were dealing with domain name resolution issues impacting multiple Zoom services. Now, when your uptime tracker goes down, too? Yeah, that's not a great look.
Social media, as expected, lit up instantly. Memes, jokes, and mini-meltdowns started flying. One user on X (formerly Twitter) joked, "Trying to join a job interview and Zoom went down globally 😂". Others shared that they were relieved to get a break from meetings, while some were scrambling for backup options.
For businesses that live and breathe through Zoom calls, this kind of outage isn’t just inconvenient—it can bring the whole operation to a halt. And while there are alternatives like Microsoft Teams or Google Meet, switching in the middle of the day isn’t always an easy fix for larger organizations that have Zoom baked into their workflows.
As of now, the issue is still being investigated, and everyone’s watching closely for an update. It's a good reminder that even the most reliable platforms can have an off day—and when they do, the whole world feels it.
Stay tuned and maybe enjoy a little breather… your boss probably can’t reach you either.
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