Instagram users in different parts of the world apparently faced an outage in the photo-sharing app’s services on Thursday night. Netizens were reportedly unable to log in, load their feed or send messages. People took to Twitter to express their emotions and #instagramdown soon started trending. From memes mocking the app closing immediately after opening to Instagram employees struggling to fix the bug, there were plenty of hilarious reactions on Twitter.
Instagram’s Twitter handle also confirmed the issue and apologized for the inconvenience. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing Instagram. We’re working to get things back to normal as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience and please wait! #instagramdown,” the tweet read.
After an hour, Instagram Comms tweeted that the issue has been resolved. “And we are back! We’ve fixed the issue that caused today’s outage and apologize for the inconvenience,” Instagram Comms tweeted.
And we’re back! We have resolved the issue that caused today’s outage and apologize for the inconvenience.
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) September 22, 2022
People coming to Twitter to check if Instagram is down again! #Instagramdown pic.twitter.com/pYTPuko1LC
— Patel Meet (@mn_google) September 22, 2022
Everyone came to Twitter after Instagram went down. #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/ChLZKIUuWF
— Meme (@memeisduniya) September 22, 2022
#instagramdown
I call my friend to check if Instagram is working…pic.twitter.com/bb5MhQVUIk
— HeelFinn (@Afreedali8) September 22, 2022
I just tapped my wifi router to realize that Instagram was down. #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/i9ZEZO2SAB
— Jay⁷ (@jsheeeeee) September 22, 2022
*I’m trying to open Insta over and over #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/klMCmrbquQ
— Ignored_Inayat (@inayomeister) September 22, 2022
#instagramdown #instagramhackedSituation right now on twitter pic.twitter.com/3nvPgp9jJu
— ⭐👑 (@superking1815) September 22, 2022
everyone tries to update Instagram until we realize it’s down #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/KrcWlj3zxU
— cesar (@jebaiting) September 22, 2022
Me on my Wifi after knowing Instagram is down #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/etEaivWJGz
— Ujjwal Sharma (@marvingalon) September 22, 2022
According to Downdetector, an online platform that provides real-time information from websites, the Instagram outage peaked between 9:47pm and 11:47pm on Thursday with 30,521 reports as of 10:32am. Of the most reported problems, 64% were from the application. , while 24% were server connection and 12% login issues.
This is not the first time that social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter have reported problems. Time and again, social media users have reported outages and in May this year too, Twitter was flooded with #instagramdown memes.