Instagram Is Back. Resume Your Meme Sharing
The app was down for users in countries like the US, South Africa and Singapore, according to Down Detector.
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The app was down for many people Thursday.
Instagram is back up after some users ran into an error message in the app around 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday. People from around the world reported they couldn't access the app or refresh their photo feed, according to Down Detector.
"And we're back!" Instagram posted on Twitter. "We resolved the issue that caused today's outage, and apologize for any inconvenience."
And we’re back! We resolved the issue that caused today’s outage, and apologize for any inconvenience. https://t.co/2Av4sC4C5B
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) September 22, 2022
At the outage's peak about 24,000 users from the US alone reported the app was down.
Many people who couldn't access the app took to Twitter to share memes about the outage and caused #instagramdown to trend.
Whenever instagram crash#instagramdown #instagramcrash pic.twitter.com/QTfD7FPk80
— 𝙺e𝚝♡ (@InsanelySsane) September 22, 2022
#instagramdown
— HeelFinn (@Afreedali8) September 22, 2022
Me calling my friend to check if Instagram is working... pic.twitter.com/bb5MhQVUIk
everyone trying to refresh Instagram until we realize it’s down #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/KrcWlj3zxU
— cesar (@jebaiting) September 22, 2022
me opening and closing instagram every five minutes to see if it's back up #instagramdown #instagramcrash pic.twitter.com/9CrKftuqjv
— Indian Tweets - Ankit (@indiantweets__2) September 22, 2022
Instagram didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on what caused the outage.
