It’s one of the most popular social media platforms around the world, but it appeared that Instagram went down this morning.
According to DownDetector, the problems started at around 09:16 BST and affected users globally.
While the reason for the outage remains unclear, of those who reported problems in the UK, 44 per cent said they were struggling with the app, 43 per cent with the website, and 13 per cent with the feed.
MailOnline tried to access profiles on the desktop version of the platform and received an error messaging reading: ‘Something went wrong. There’s an issue and the page could not be loaded.’
It’s one of the most popular social media platforms around the world, but it appeared that Instagram went down this morning
MailOnline tried to access profiles on the desktop version of the platform and received an error messaging reading: ‘Something went wrong. There’s an issue and the page could not be loaded.
DownDetector collates reports of outages from multiple sources, including social media and mobile apps.
Just after 9am BST on Friday it had more than 200 reports from affected users, following on from an earlier spike shortly after 6am.
The Instagram Comms account on Twitter, which usually confirms any outages, is yet to comment on the issue, although it now appears to be resolved.
MailOnline has contacted Meta, Mark Zuckerberg’s company that owns Instagram, for more information.
Those affected took to Twitter to share their frustration, with one saying that Stories, video and music were not loading.
Just after 9am BST on Friday DownDetector had more than 200 reports from affected users, following on from an earlier spike shortly after 6am
One user said Stories, video and music were not loading on the popular platform
Users regularly go on Twitter whenever a popular app is not working to make sure they’re not the only one
The Instagram Comms account on Twitter, which usually confirms any outages, is yet to comment on the issue
Instagram confirmed on May 22 that it suffered another outage, although it didn’t go into details about the cause.
At the time the Instagram Comms account tweeted: ‘Instagram is back! Sorry for the trouble – we had a brief outage earlier and resolved the issue that caused it.’
It followed a particularly big Instagram outage last November that left users unable to access their accounts, with many being told they’d been suspended.
Several Instagram users reported their accounts being suspended because they ‘didn’t follow its community guidelines’.
Those who clicked to appeal against the suspension were then presented with a mysterious black screen with a loading circle.
Earlier this week, Outlook users had issues accessing their emails due to problems at owner Microsoft.
