Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleInstagram and Facebook experienced a major outage, preventing users from accessing features as expected. On Instagram, new pictures failed to load and profiles were not displaying correctly. The issues were not universal across the apps, with some sections loading before displaying error messages. The problems began around 5pm Eastern Time, which is 10pm in the UK. Tracking website Down Detector reported a sudden increase in error reports from users worldwide. In fullInstagram and Facebook down: App not working amid major outageThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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Instagram and Facebook have gone down in a major outage.

Instagram is down for thousands of users in the United States.

Instagram is down again! Thousands of users worldwide report login and server errors during a widespread Instagram outage. Get the latest updates here.

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Facebook and Instagram experienced a worldwide outage on Wednesday morning