- Instagram has been hit by an outage, impacting users around the world
- The outage, which started around 4:00 PM ET, affects the app and website
Instagram is offline for tens of thousands of people around the world, leaving users unable to scroll through a sea of images and videos.
The outage, which started around 4:00 PM ET, affects the app and website.
Problems are occurring in New York City, Los Angeles and other major US cities, as well as in parts of Europe, Asia and the United Kingdom.
It is not yet known what caused the outage.
Instagram is offline for tens of thousands of people around the world, leaving users unable to scroll through a sea of images and videos
More than 10,000 Americans submitted problem reports to DownDectector, a site that monitors online outages – but even more when other countries are taken into account.
On X, #Instagramdown is trending with thousands of reports.
One X users joked: ‘#instagramdown so just tell me what you had for lunch.’
The posts are a nod to the popularity of people sharing images of food on Instagram.
Instagram users have reported that their videos are being deleted within the app instead of being shared through their feed.
Others discovered that Reels shows a blank, black screen.
DownDetector shows that 79 percent of notifications come from the app, 19 percent from Feed and that three percent of users experience problems with the website.
Instagram users have reported that their videos are being deleted within the app instead of being shared through their feed. Others discovered that Reels shows a blank, black screen
