Instagram, the immensely popular photo-sharing platform, is currently facing a significant global service disruption, leaving users worldwide frustrated.
However, Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has not yet officially acknowledged the ongoing problem.
The impact of this outage appears to be mainly affecting Android users, with relatively few complaints coming from iPhone or web users.
According to data from Downdetector, a prominent service that monitors outages, approximately 66% of the reported issues are related to disruptions within the scoial-media mobile app.
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A notable 27% of complaints are centered around problems with the Instagram feed, while only 7% are related to issues with the website version of Instagram. The exact cause of this widespread outage remains a mystery to both users and Instagram’s technical team.
This incident is not unprecedented, as the social-media platform has grappled with similar technical glitches in the past, with noteworthy outages occurring in July and March. As of now, users affected by this service disruption can only wait in anticipation for Instagram’s technical team to identify and resolve the issue.
