Instagram down on Thursday night; memes surface on Twitter

People complained of not being able to watch Instagram Reels, send messages to friends, load their feed or like pictures on the popular photo and video-sharing app.

Hyderabad: If you experienced your Instagram app crashing on Thursday night, then you were not the only one. Several users across the globe went through the same and were left wondering if there was something wrong with their phones or WiFi. People complained of not being able to watch Instagram Reels, send messages to friends, load their feed or like pictures on the popular photo and video-sharing app.

The official Twitter account of Instagram’s PR team (@InstagramComms) tweeted, “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing Instagram. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience, and hang tight! #instagramdown.”

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Soon, Instagram users began circulating memes on Twitter. “Instagram is down and me who uninstalled and reinstalled Instagram #instagramdown,” tweeted one person. “Just slapped my wifi router only to realise that Instagram was down. #instagramdown,” tweeted another.

The technical team was working on getting things back to normal as soon as possible. After rectifying the issue after more than an hour, Instagram tweeted, “And we’re back! We resolved the issue that caused today’s outage, and apologize for any inconvenience.”

Check out some of the memes:

Whenever instagram crash#instagramdown #instagramcrash pic.twitter.com/QTfD7FPk80

— 𝙺e𝚝♡ (@InsanelySsane) September 22, 2022

Again Twitter is King!👑😂#instagramdown pic.twitter.com/k3NIAr7ri7

— Rovin Singh Verma (@RovinSinghVerma) September 22, 2022

The employee who has to fix Facebook and Instagram every week #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/EXwj7nhfp2

— Abz👨🏾‍🦯 (@schizophrnicabz) September 22, 2022

*Me trying to open Insta again and again #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/klMCmrbquQ

— Ignored_Inayat (@inayomeister) September 22, 2022

Me going onto Twitter to check if everyone elses Instagrams are down #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/8dv3c0AUsY

— ♡Allyb (@houlkeeho) September 22, 2022

Don’t panic guys,
Mark Zuckerberg is fixing Instagram #instagramdown #instagramhacked pic.twitter.com/RBhEQ6ka1I

— Abhishek Nimbrain (@A6h1sh3kk) September 22, 2022

Instagram every other day. #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/NemQdbiXsk

— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) September 22, 2022

People on twitter right now😂#instagramdown pic.twitter.com/PVhJVkpoF7

— 🐙 (@ahembika) September 22, 2022