Instagram down for thousands of users: Tracker

Last Update: May 22, 2023, 05:41 AM IST

FILE PHOTO: A keyboard is placed in front of the Instagram logo displayed in this illustration taken February 21, 2023.  (Reuters / Dado Ruvik / Illustration)

FILE PHOTO: A keyboard is placed in front of the Instagram logo displayed in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. (Reuters / Dado Ruvik / Illustration)

The company did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption, but outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed

Meta Platforms Inc’s Instagram said the company was aware that some people were having trouble accessing the app on Sunday, as users globally complained of service disruptions.

The company did not disclose the number of users affected by the outage, but outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed more than 100,000 incidents in the United States, 24,000 in Canada and 56,000 in the UK.

“We are working to get things back to normal as soon as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience,” a company spokesperson said in an email.

More than 180,000 users reported problems with accessing Instagram at the peak of the outage.

According to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, Instagram was down for users from around 1745 ET (2145 GMT) on Sunday.

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