Meta's Instagram outage in US nearly resolved as reports drop, Downdetector shows

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Meta's Instagram outage in US nearly resolved as reports drop, Downdetector shows

, Reuters - 9:02 PM ET 3/20/2025 default

March 20 (Reuters) - Reports of an Instagram outage in the U.S. on Thursday evening dropped significantly, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, indicating that the issue has largely been resolved for many users.

As of 8:34 p.m. ET, there were only 429 incidents reported, down from 19,431 earlier, according to the website that tracks outages by aggregating status reports from multiple sources.

Instagram owner Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.

Downdetector's numbers are based on user-submitted reports, so the actual number of affected users may differ. (Reporting by Pretish M J in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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