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Instagram Outage Hits Thousands
5 Feb
Summary
- Thousands reported Instagram outages on Wednesday evening.
- Most issues affected Instagram's website, not the app.
- The number of outage reports decreased by Wednesday evening.

Instagram experienced widespread service disruptions on Wednesday, leading to a surge in user reports.
As of Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET, tracking website Downdetector recorded over 10,000 reports of outages affecting the popular social media platform.
The majority of these reported issues specifically impacted Instagram's website. However, Downdetector noted a decrease in the number of complaints by the time of writing, suggesting a potential resolution or improvement in service.