Instagram is DOWN: Thousands of users worldwide hit with outage plaguing the app
- Instagram users have reported issues with the app and logging in to accounts
- The outage appeared around 2pm ET, impacting users worldwide
- Instagram is back online following worldwide outage
Instagram is experiencing outages worldwide, leaving thousands of users unable to access the app or login to their accounts.
DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages, reported issues around 2pm ET.
An outage map shows users in the US, the UK, parts of Europe and Australia - among other regions - are experiencing issues.
Many people flocked to Elon Musk's X to see if others were experiencing problems, with some reporting their accounts have been suspended.
What is causing the glitch is not known and Meta has not acknowledged the outage.
Instagram is experiencing outages worldwide, leaving thousands of users unable to access the app or login to their accounts
DownDetector issue reports show 62 percent of problems stem from the app, 28 percent cite the server connection and 10 percent of users said they cannot login.
In the US, users in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta, Georgia have reported problems.
Across the Atlantic, Norwich, Cambridge and London users have also issued notices to DownDector about the outage.
More than 1,500 Americans have issued reports to DownDetector.
When one social media platform goes down, users tend to seek answers on another - and it is usually Musk's X.
One Instagram user highlighted that Monday's outage is the second this month.
The previous hit on April 1 - also known as April Fool's Day.
Many users flocked to Elon Musk 's X to see if others were experiencing problems, with some reporting their accounts have been suspended
One Instagram user highlighted that Monday's outage is the second this month. The previous hit on April 1 - also known as April Fool's Day
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