Instagram status
Instagram uptime & performance at a glance
- Current status
- Operational
- Uptime · 24h
- 100%
- Uptime · 7 days
- 100%
- Uptime · since Aug 5, 2026
- 100%
- Response time
- 500 ms
- Tracked incidents
- 0
- SSL certificate
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Is Instagram down everywhere, or just for you?
Our probes reached Instagram successfully from every monitoring region in the last check round.
| Monitoring region | Last check | Success rate (24h) | Avg response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Reachable | 100% | 745 ms |
| Europe | Reachable | 100% | 661 ms |
| North America (East) | Reachable | 100% | 471 ms |
| North America (West) | Reachable | 100% | 551 ms |
Based on 3,100 automated checks in the last 24 hours. A region only appears here once we have real measurements from it.
What to check when Instagram misbehaves
Instagram is a social platform in our social catalog. Services like this rarely fail as one block — these pieces can break on their own, so identifying which one is affected usually explains what you are seeing.
- FeedTimeline loading and refreshing
- PostingPublishing text, photos and video
- LoginAccount access
- Media uploadsAttachments processing
- NotificationsAlerts and direct messages
Our automated checks measure reachability and response time of Instagram's public endpoint. Component level detail above reflects what users of this kind of service typically report, not a vendor status feed.
Incident timeline
No incidents reported. Everything is green.
Instagram appears stable across all monitored regions. Community reports in the last hour are within normal noise levels.
Monitoring live signals…
No disruptions detected
No regional issues yet
About Instagram
Instagram is a visual social media platform where users share photographs, Reels, and temporary Stories through a mobile-first interface. The service relies on extensive backend systems for content delivery, Direct Messaging, and the algorithmic discovery feed that populates user timelines. When the platform struggles, users often experience failures in uploading media, blank profile pages, or broken hashtag searches. Rimetry helps users identify if these errors are widespread by tracking the global availability of the social network's primary API and content delivery endpoints.
Instagram (instagram.com) is a social service monitored continuously by rimetry from multiple global regions. We probe its public endpoints every 60 seconds to detect outages, latency spikes, and regional degradations the moment they happen.
Right now Instagram is reporting as operational across our probes, with an average response time of 500 ms and 100.00% uptime over the last 24 hours. Most users connecting to instagram.com are seeing it work normally.
Common causes of disruption for services like Instagram include backend API failures, region-specific routing problems at the CDN or ISP layer, expired TLS certificates, DNS misconfigurations, and capacity spikes during major events. rimetry combines automated probes, vendor status feeds, and verified community reports to give you a single high-confidence answer instead of guessing.
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Other social tools people watch alongside Instagram. See the full category.
What is Instagram?
Photo and video sharing.
Instagram is part of our Social category. You can also review current trending outages across the internet.
Common issues
- · Feed won't load or shows stale posts
- · Uploads and posts failing
- · Login errors
- · Notifications and DMs delayed
Similar patterns often surface across other social providers — cross-check against the global outage map.
Troubleshooting
- · Pull to refresh and check whether old content still renders
- · Try the web version to separate app bugs from platform issues
- · Re-upload media over a stronger connection if posts fail
- · Log out and back in if the feed is empty
- · Disable content blockers that break embedded media
- · Check Instagram's official social channels
Not sure whether it's you or the service? Run a live speed test, check what your IP looks like from the edge, or watch for regional trouble on the worldwide outage map. For the wider picture, browse recent incidents or filter down to social.
FAQ
- Is Instagram down for everyone?
Use the live status above — green means it's likely just you. - How often is the status updated?
Every minute from four global regions. - Where can I see past Instagram incidents?
Every event we've recorded lives in the live incident feed, and older ones are grouped in the monthly incident archive. - What else is broken right now?
See the trending outages page or narrow it to social.