Instagram Resumes Service Following Brief US Outage

On Wednesday, Instagram experienced a brief outage that impacted over 10,000 users in the United States. This incident was reported by Downdetector.com, a service that monitors outages across various platforms.

Details of the Instagram Outage

At around 8:30 p.m. ET, Downdetector recorded 10,108 reports of issues with Instagram. Users took to the platform and other channels to express their frustrations.

Rapid Recovery

Fortunately, the situation improved quickly. Just one hour after the peak reporting time, the number of incidents dropped significantly.

About Downdetector

• Downdetector tracks outages through user reports.
• The site aggregates data from various sources.

Despite the outage, Meta Platforms did not provide any comments to the media, including Reuters. The brevity of the incident highlights the resilience of the platform and its ability to recover quickly from temporary disruptions.