Instagram crashes for thousands of users across the world

We're looking into it and apologise for the inconvenience, tweets photo-sharing platform

Instagram is looking into an issue that has prevented thousands of its users from accessing the photo-sharing platform, with several of them complaining about their accounts being suspended.

"We're aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account. We're looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience," Instagram, owned by Meta Platforms Inc (META.O), said on its Twitter account on Monday.

We're aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account. We're looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience. #instagramdown

— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 31, 2022

 

A spokesperson for Instagram did not comment on the suspension of accounts. Several Instagram users have tweeted that the application asked for email ID and phone number to access their suspended account.

Me tryna figure out why my Instagram account was suspended for no reason. #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/UUc8tViaBX

— Certified Don (@tadiwa_nasher) October 31, 2022

Me trying to recover my Instagram Account 😆 #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/Qi02ChAPAA

— × റോബിൻ ⱼD × 🕊 (@PeaceBrwVJ) October 31, 2022

After confirming from Twitter that it's not just my Instagram..got suspended#instagramdown pic.twitter.com/SdjQCSkf2N

— Karthik Janani (@KarthikJanani5) October 31, 2022

Me scrolling through Twitter to figure out why my instagram was disabled #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/u2wUafvyX4

— Ava McBeth (@mcava02) October 31, 2022

At 11:13 ET, nearly 3,000 users were affected, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.

All of us coming to twitter to confirm instagram is down #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/DT6BthlNDK

— cesar (@jebaiting) October 31, 2022

Peope after seeing.... #instagramdown
My Instagram Everyone is having
Is down.. Same problem... pic.twitter.com/9q9rpWAnwe

— Bella Ciao (Chai) (@punjabiii_munda) October 31, 2022

When your Instagram Account is playing up but you come to Twitter and see that everyone else is having the same problem ( suspended account)#instagramdown #instagramcrash pic.twitter.com/3Hzp4qip8j

— Lalit Bhandari (@lalitbhandarii) October 31, 2022

The outage may be affecting a much larger number of users. Shares of Meta were trading nearly 5% lower amid a wider selloff in stock markets.

More to come…