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Thousands of users can’t refresh their feeds or send messages
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Thousands of users can’t refresh their feeds or send messages


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Instagram users around the world are complaining about the disruptions they face while refreshing their feeds.

Downdetector displays over 1,000 reports.

Some users reinstalled the app to resolve the issue.


Instagram Down: Thousands of users are unable to use Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram. Instagram users around the world are complaining about the disruptions they face when refreshing their feeds or sending messages.

According to real-time outage detection platform Downdetector, the problems started early on Friday around 7 am IST. The chart has been red for almost four hours with over 150 consistent reports every 30 minutes. Additionally, Instagram users in the US and other countries are also facing similar issues, as shown in the Downdetector chart.

According to the platform, more than 77% of users face problems with the application, 22% with the connection and 11% with downloading their content. Users in India, USA and some other countries are facing problems in using Instagram.

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As always, X has become a place of celebration where people find humor in the situation. Users went X and started trolling Facebook, Meta, Instagram and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for the outage. However, Meta has not reacted to the situation at the moment.

It appears that there is a possible technical issue or bug that is causing disruption for users when refreshing their feeds or sending messages. Some users on X also said they uninstalled and reinstalled the app to fix the issue and it worked.

Here are some memes and posts shared by users complaining about Instagram’s outage.

Ashish Singh

Ashish Singh

Ashish Singh is the editor-in-chief of Digit. Previously, he worked as a senior sub-editor at Jagran English from 2022, and has been a journalist since 2020, with experience at Times Internet. Ashish specializes in technology. In his free time, you can find him exploring new gadgets, playing games, and discovering new places. View full profile