The issue affects both the app and the web version, with problems loading content, publishing posts, and using some social network features.
Thousands of Instagram users in various countries reported service disruptions on Friday, affecting both the mobile app and the web version of the platform. The outages caused difficulties accessing certain features, uploading content, and posting new photos and videos.
The first reports began to multiply across digital service monitoring platforms and other social media networks, where numerous users shared screenshots and messages alerting others that Instagram was not functioning properly. Among the most frequent problems were server connection errors, content update failures, and difficulties using some of the app's tools.
The outage has had international reach and has affected users in various countries, who have experienced intermittent interruptions on the social network lasting for several hours. In many cases, the application displayed error messages or remained loading without showing any new posts.
These types of outages are not unprecedented for Meta, the company that owns Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. In the past, problems with the company's technological infrastructure have caused temporary outages that have simultaneously affected millions of users worldwide.
While the situation is being resolved, experts recommend checking if the problem is widespread before reinstalling the application or modifying device settings, since in these types of incidents the origin is usually found on the platform's servers and not on users' phones.
The company had not initially detailed the specific causes of the incident, although user reports and monitoring tools pointed to a widespread service outage.
