Instagram down for several users, outage reported in India, US and UK; check details

By Team Newsable | First Published Mar 9, 2023, 9:30 AM IST

The outage graph on downdetector showed a spike in reports around 7am. While over 50 percent of the reported outages were regarding server connection, 20 percent were about login issues.

Meta Platform's (META.O) Instagram was down for thousands of users on Thursday (March 9) morning, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

It is reportedly said that there were more than 27,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.

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The outage graph on downdetector showed a spike in reports around 7am. While over 50 percent of the reported outages were regarding server connection, 20 percent were about login issues.

According to Downdetector, about 2,000 affected users from the United Kingdom, and more than 1,000 reports each from India and Australia.

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The outage was lasted for several hours before it was restored, leaving many users frustrated and unable to use the social media app during that time. It is unclear if this incident was related to any technical issues on Instagram's end or if it was caused by other factors.

Here are some reactions shared by social media users on Twitter

Me trying to fix Instagram servers by myself pic.twitter.com/uMl4M5V91r

— Uncertified Lover Boy 🇭🇹🇯🇲 (@soynonoo)

Me when insta stopped working pic.twitter.com/5K2B8RkGOI

— Gael (@Gaelrhcp)

I think instagram is down. All my other apps are working fine but Insta is saying it "can't refresh my feed" and "something went wrong please try again" but all my apps and shit are working. wtf

— Jedi Chaos (@JediCapybara)

Me trying to fix my insta by deleting and reinstalling the app. pic.twitter.com/3uaKx4MnIe

— michelle🪐 (@baglifemichiee)

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