Popular graphic design site, Canva suffered a major outage impacting millions of users globally on Monday, as users were not able to access their accounts and complete ongoing design projects.
The outage led to widespread annoyance among professionals, businesses, and content creators utilizing the site for creating marketing materials, branding, and social media content.
In a brief statement on X (formerly Twitter), Canva acknowledged the issue and assured customers that its technical team was attempting to resume normal service. They stated:
“Not the ideal situation right now, but we’re working on it. You can check canvastatus.com for updates. We’ll keep you posted!” the company said.
The downtime affected both desktop and mobile users, with users taking to error messages, very slow loading, and outright inaccessibility in some areas.
With over 170 million monthly active users in more than 190 countries, Canva is today one of the world’s leading digital design and content creation platforms utilized by individuals, small businesses, and enterprises at large.
At press time, the company had not issued the cause of the outage or an estimate of when full services would be restored.
