- Instagram has been hit with an outage, impacting users worldwide
- The outage, which stared around 4pm ET, is plaguing the app and website
Instagram is down for tens of thousands of people across the globe, leaving users unable to scroll through a sea of images and videos.
The outage, which stared around 4pm ET, is plaguing the app and website.
Issues are appearing in New York City, Los Angeles and other major US cities, along with parts of Europe, Asia and the UK.
What caused the glitch is not yet known.
Instagram is down for tens of thousands of people across the globe, leaving users unable to scroll through a sea of images and videos
More than 10,000 Americans submitted issue reports to DownDectector, a site that monitors online outages – but even more considering other countries.
On X, #Instagramdown is trending with thousands of reports.
One X users joked: ‘#instagramdown so just tell me what you ate for lunch instead.’
The posts is a nod to the popularity of people sharing images of food on Instagram.
Instagram users have reported their videos are being deleted in the app instead of sharing to their Feed.
Others found Reels is showing a blank, black screen.
DownDetector shows 79 percent of reports stem from teh app, 19 percent from Feed and three percent of users are experiencing problems with the website.
Instagram users have reported their videos are being deleted in the app instead of sharing to their Feed. Others found Reels is showing a blank, black screen