Instagram is back now for most users after a brief global outage. The Meta-owned platform said that the issue that caused the disruption has been resolved. Earlier, several Insta users had reported the outage and informed about the outage on Twitter. Several users also shared memes on the issue.
"Instagram is back! Sorry for the trouble - we had a brief outage earlier and resolved the issue that caused it," the company tweeted.
Instagram is back! Sorry for the trouble - we had a brief outage earlier and resolved the issue that caused it. instagramdown — Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) May 22, 2023
Earlier, more than 180,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram at the peak of the outage, with over 24,000 users in Canada and over 56,000 users in Britain reporting problems, Reuters reported.
Me apologising to my wifi after finding out Instagram is down instagramdown pic.twitter.com/KHls8RGjfe — PKSDT (@VodkaTweetz) May 21, 2023
Twitter HQ seeing everyone run to Twitter because instagram is downinstagramdown pic.twitter.com/AfvvvqzUS3 — Ishraq (@ishraq_05) May 21, 2023
everybody going to check twitter to see if everyone else’s instagram is downinstagramdown pic.twitter.com/RuTioXoU3I — bailey (@itsstillbailey) May 21, 2023
Me opening the instagram app for the 6th time hoping it’s working againinstagramdown pic.twitter.com/MR7cjCab68 — KP Stone (@KP_Stone) May 21, 2023
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