Popular social media platform Instagram is back today after a brief outage. The app was down for thousands of users, with more than 30,000 users reporting problems accessing Instagram on DownDetector.com.
In a Twitter post, Instagram Comms – the platform’s PR team said that the outage was caused by a ‘technical issue’ due to which people were having trouble accessing the app. The issue, it says, has now been ‘resolved’ for all.
“Earlier tonight, a technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved the issue for everyone as soon as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience,” reads the post shared by the PR team of Instagram on Twitter.
According to the Downdetector outage graph, most of the outages were reported around 7 am (India time). In addition, 81% of users faced issues while using the app, while 15% faced issues while using the website and 5% users while logging in.
The updated outage graph on DownDetector shows that there is now a slight drop in the number of affected users.
Meanwhile, a meme fest broke out on Twitter as the photo sharing app faced downtime. Here are some of the funniest memes shared by users
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