# SEARCHES FOR MARK ZUCKERBERG RISE 4,400% AS PEOPLE LOOK FOR ANSWERS WHILST FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND WHATSAPP GO DOWN
Published: 2021-10-05
Category: News
Category URL: https://business.express/category/news/
Meta Title: Searches For Mark Zuckerberg Rise 4400 As People Look For
URL: https://business.express/searches-for-mark-zuckerberg-rise-4400-as-people-look-for-answers-whilst-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-go-down/

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Analysis of Google search data reveals that **online searches for Mark Zuckerberg** in the United Kingdom **exploded 4,400%** on the **4th of October**, the **Facebook, Instagram** and Whatsapp experienced an outage and became a widespread phenomenon across the globe.

A new finding by internet experts [VPNOverview.com](http://74n5c4m7.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/http:%2F%2Fwww.vpnoverview.com/1/0102017c4cf090a0-ddfb6a48-bbe7-4e18-863a-0d1b297f60a0-000000/wwZJCAMHIe6vIXsZh0UF603Ni6U=238) reveals that **online interest for Mark Zuckerberg skyrocketed** to **44 times the average volume** in one day, an unprecedented spike in interest for the owner of all the apps that are down.

A spokesperson for [VPNOverview.com](http://74n5c4m7.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/http:%2F%2Fwww.vpnoverview.com/2/0102017c4cf090a0-ddfb6a48-bbe7-4e18-863a-0d1b297f60a0-000000/QUNcnANsfoxPVbCevcUrxopLd80=238) commented on the findings:

“It is fascinating to see how the downtime of a popular app can trigger such immense search interest for the CEO of the company. Facebook spends over $23 million a year on Mark Zuckerberg’s security, and search trends like this can almost justify this budget.

Outages of this kind can be caused by a variety of reasons, such as DNS problems, a software bug, or even a hack on the website’s servers. Until we have an official confirmation from Facebook, we can only speculate – but we hope the outage has not been caused by the worst-case scenario, which is a hack on facebook’s servers – this could mean the personal details of hundreds of millions of people could be compromised.”

Google searches for **Facebook** rose **1,150%** since 4:30pm (GMT) on the 4th of October as well as searches for partner apps **Instagram** and **Whatsapp** skyrocketing **1,228%** and **1,850%** respectively.


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