According to the outage monitoring website Downdetector.com, Meta Platform’s (META.O) Instagram was down on Wednesday for thousands of customers worldwide. By combining status information from numerous sources, including user-submitted faults on its platform, Downdetector collects outage statistics. Instagram users experienced issues signing in, posting content, and using several of the app’s capabilities, however, the specific cause of the outage was not immediately apparent.
Earlier tonight, a technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved this issue for everyone as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience. #instagramdown
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) March 9, 2023
At the height of the outage, more than 46,000 users in the US reported having trouble accessing the photo-sharing network, according to Downdetector, which keeps track of outages by compiling status updates from various sources, including user-submitted problems on its own platform. Several customers were dissatisfied and unable to utilize the platform during the outage, which lasted for many hours before service was restored. The Instagram Comms Twitter account stated that the incident was connected to a technical issue on Instagram’s end.
Almost 2,000 UK users were affected, while there were over 1,000 reports each from India and Australia, according to Downdetector. As usual, all Instagram users took to Twitter to show off their humorous sarcasm. Here are some reactions Twitter users started to give immediately.
Me trying to fix my insta by deleting and reinstalling the app. #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/3uaKx4MnIe
— michelle🪐 (@baglifemichiee) March 9, 2023
I think instagram is down. All my other apps are working fine but Insta is saying it "can't refresh my feed" and "something went wrong please try again" but all my apps and shit are working. wtf
— Jedi Chaos (@JediCapybara) March 9, 2023
Me when insta stopped working #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/5K2B8RkGOI
— Gael (@Gaelrhcp) March 9, 2023
Me trying to fix Instagram servers by myself #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/uMl4M5V91r
— Uncertified Lover Boy 🇭🇹🇯🇲 (@soynonoo) March 9, 2023
Everyone coming to twitter to confirm instagram is down #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/M88I0cvpvV
— cesar (@jebaiting) March 9, 2023
This is not the first time that Instagram servers have been down. Time and again, Instagram shits down globally and almost all users face problems. Although, Instagram has never stated a specific reason for this. Instagram users have now become so used to this that they take it lightly and joke about it on other social platforms like Twitter.
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