Instagram and WhatsApp suddenly went down on Friday around 1:30 p.m. ET. It’s unclear what exactly is causing the problem, but the outage appears to be global, with users of both apps saying they can’t log in or send messages. A visit to Instagram.com results in a “5xx Server Error” at the time of this writing.
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DownDetector shows a major spike occurring at 1:23 pm ET, with nearly 100,000 reports made in the last few minutes for Instagram and nearly 25,000 for WhatsApp. Both platforms are owned and managed by Facebook, and while the social media site is still active, Facebook Messenger is also down. A quick look at the comments reveals that users in the US, India, South Korea, Germany, Brazil, Hong Kong, and more are having trouble.
DownDetector shows an outage on Instagram on March 19, 2021. Image Source: DownDetector Facebook has yet to offer explanations on the outage, but we will update this post when we learn more.
UPDATE 1 | 2:03 pm ET: The official Facebook Gaming Twitter account was the first to comment on the outage:
There are a number of issues currently plaguing Facebook products, including game broadcasts. Several teams are working on it and we will update it when we can.
– Facebook Games (@FacebookGaming) March 19, 2021
UPDATE 2 | 2:23 pm ET: No official Facebook news yet beyond the above tweet, but it appears Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger are back online. Here in New York my Instagram feed is loading again and I am able to send messages in all three apps after not being able to do so for almost an hour.
UPDATE 3 | 3:42 pm ET: “Earlier today, a technical problem caused people to have trouble accessing some Facebook services,” a Facebook spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal late Friday afternoon. “We resolved this issue for everyone and we apologize for any inconvenience.”
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Jacob started covering video games and technology in college as a hobby, but quickly realized that this was what he wanted to do for a living. He currently resides in New York writing for BGR. His previously published work can be found on TechHive, VentureBeat, and Game Rant.
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