May 15th 2023 Instagram is down. The app’s feed is frozen, tossing users errors that it can’t refresh, while the website gives only a blank page. In an email to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold acknowledged the outage, saying, “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing Instagram. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience.”
According to the outage tracker DownDetector, the first reports of trouble started a few minutes after 6PM ET before spiking to over 175,000 reports at its peak, and there’s no sign of a resolution yet.
company Meta, like Facebook, WhatsApp, or Horizon Worlds, appear to be unaffected. There’s no sign of any issues like the massive datacenter backbone problem that took down the company’s services for hours in 2021, and usually, outages like these have been resolved quickly.
Instagram’s help page and accounts on other platforms like Facebook and Twitter haven’t posted any updates about the outage. An Instagram-owned service like Twitter would be a good place to check, but despite the rumors and leaks, it doesn’t exist yet.
Instagram is a popular social media platform that allows users to share photos and videos with their followers. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and was launched in October 2010. Instagram offers various features such as filters and editing tools to enhance the visual appeal of photos, as well as the ability to add captions, tags, and location information.
Over time, Instagram has introduced additional features like Stories, which are temporary posts that disappear after 24 hours, and IGTV, a platform for sharing longer-form videos. Users can also send direct messages, follow other accounts, like and comment on posts, and discover content through the Explore page.
Instagram has become a popular platform for individuals, influencers, businesses, and brands to showcase their creativity, connect with others, and share their experiences. It has had a significant impact on visual storytelling and has become an integral part of many people’s daily lives.
