It’s one of the most popular social media platforms around the world, but it appears that Instagram is down this morning.
According to DownDetector, the problems started at around 09:16 BST and are affecting 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 appears that Instagram is 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.
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.
Instagram is down again: 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
