In a global hiccup, Instagram, the widely-used photo-sharing platform, is grappling with a significant service disruption impacting users across the globe.
Despite the growing frustration among users, Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has yet to officially acknowledge the ongoing issue.
The brunt of this outage seems to be borne primarily by Android users, with minimal complaints emerging from iPhone or web users.
According to data from Downdetector, a prominent outage monitoring service, approximately 66% of the reported issues pertain to disruptions within the Instagram mobile app.
A sizable 27% of complaints are linked to feed-related problems, while only 7% are related to issues with the website version of Instagram.
The exact cause of this widespread outage continues to elude both users and Instagram's technical team.
This incident is not without precedent, as Instagram has grappled with similar technical glitches in the past, with noteworthy outages occurring in July and March.
As of now, users who find themselves impacted by this service disruption can only wait in anticipation for Instagram's technical team to identify and rectify the issue.
