Instagram down? Thousands report issues accessing social media platform, frustrated netizens say ‘whole thing is broken’

Social media platform Instagram is facing issues with hundreds of users reporting problems accessing the platform. On the outage tracking website Downdetector, there have been over 10,000 reports about issues with accessing the platform with the spike peaking at around 8:59 AM India time.

Downdetector monitors outages by aggregating status reports from several sources, including user-submitted complaints, meaning the actual number of affected users may differ.