- Instagram was down for users around the world who cited issues with the app
- Users claimed they could not access their accounts and the news feed would not load
Instagram was offline for users around the world on Monday afternoon, leaving thousands of people unable to scroll, post and like.
The outage hit Meta’s platform around 2:00 PM ET, with many users citing issues with the app, Feed, and account logins.
Problems were reported in the US, Britain, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world.
Many users flocked to Elon Musk’s
Instagram was down for users around the world who reported issues with the app, News Feed and account access
DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages, showed problems around 2 p.m. and 71 percent of users cited problems with the app – 12 percent can’t log into their account.
The problems seemed to go away around 5:00 PM ET. Some users may still experience issues.
When one social media platform goes down, users tend to look for answers on another platform – and that’s usually Musk’s X.
Shortly after the issues came to light, people started asking other X users if they had also been kicked out of their accounts or if their feed wasn’t loading.
Some users found it comical that Instagram also went down on April 1, noting that the platform seems to have issues every other week.
When one social media platform goes down, users tend to look for answers on another platform – and that’s usually Elon Musk’s
Some users found it comical that Instagram also went down on April 1, noting that the platform seems to have issues every other week
DownDetector’s outage map shows New York City and Los Angeles in “red,” meaning users have reported the most problems there.
Across the Atlantic, reports from Britain come from Manchester and London.
However, more problem reports have been filed by Americans than by other countries.
Monday’s outage comes about three weeks after Instagram experienced problems.
On March 21, the photo-sharing app, Facebook and Messenger were all hit by a global outage that lasted more than two hours.
The outage occurred around 10:45 a.m. ET and affected the US, Britain, parts of Europe and Asia; other countries have also been affected.
DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages, reported issues with the apps, websites and users accessing accounts.
But that outage was nothing compared to the chaos that ensued on March 5 when Meta’s internal systems failed, taking the plan forms with them.
Meta has not yet provided details about the cause of the two March outages and it is unclear whether the company will provide any updates on Monday’s issues.