Users of the popular social media app Instagram faced issues with the platform on Friday, June 9.
Many users took to Elon Musk-owned Twitter to complain about technical glitches they were facing.
Outage monitoring platform Downdetector received 645 complaints regarding the alleged Instagram outage as reports of Instagram going down started around 9:30 AM.
46% of problems reported were about the app while 32% were about the website.
Source: Downdetector.com
Source: Downdetector.com
Instagram is yet to comment on the alleged outage.
The reactions on Twitter ranged from users complaining about Instagram going down while some choosing to share memes.
#InstagramDown Trends On Twitter
"When Instagram is down, I immediately head to Twitter and see if everyone is having the problem," a user tweeted.
Instagram Global Outage
Last month, Instagram was affected by a technical issue that caused some people to have trouble accessing Instagram. The Meta owned app acknowledged the issue and resolved it.
"Earlier today, a technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted," a Meta spokesperson told Reuters on May 21.
Outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed more than 100,000 incidents in the United States, 24,000 in Canada and over 56,000 in Britain, according to a Reuters report.