Instagram crashes AGAIN: Users around the world hit by outage, leaving them unable to login or load the app
- Instagram began experiencing a global outage starting around 3:30 p.m. (ET)
- Users had issues logging in and loading the app, as well as accessing messages
- Comes after the social media site experienced widespread outages on Monday
Instagram has crashed for users around the world.
Users began reported having issues accessing the Facebook-owned app around 3:30 p.m. (ET) on Friday, preventing many in the United States, Europe and other areas of the globe from logging in.
The social media platform suffered a similar outage earlier in the week, which left users further frustrated.
Instagram was down for many users on Friday. Users began reported having issues accessing the Facebook-owned app around 3:30 p.m. (ET) on Friday, preventing many from logging in
The app appears to be down for users in some parts of the US, as well as regions in Europe, South America and India, in addition to other areas, according to Down Detector.
As of 4:30 p.m. (ET), thousands of user reports had been filed complaining of an outage.
Some Instagram users who have tried to post photos this afternoon have instead been hit with an error message: ‘Something went wrong. Please try again later.’
The issue seems to have primarily affected the app, though a small percentage of users said the Instagram website wasn’t online either.
Others said they couldn’t access their direct messages, while some were unable to refresh their feed or read comments.
Users took to Twitter to express their grief about the issue.
As of 4:30 p.m., thousands of user reports had been filed complaining of an outage. The issue appears to have primarily affected the app, though some reported issues with the website too
It comes just a few days after Instagram faced similar outages that lasted the better part of Monday afternoon.
Users reported issues accessing their feed, posting photos and viewing direct messages in the app.
Additionally, Google suffered an outage on Sunday, that resulted in service disruptions for YouTube, G Suite and Gmail.
The search giant said it appeared to stem from ‘high levels of network congestion,’ but it wasn’t immediately clear if that was the root cause.
Google also insisted that the widespread outages, which primarily affected service in the Eastern United States, but also stretched across the globe, were not a result of cyberattacks.
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