Instagram status

Is Instagram down — or is it just you?

We ping Instagram's servers live and tell you in seconds whether it's an outage or your connection.

Pinging Instagram’s servers…

Outage or just you?

When feeds stop loading, the first question is always the same. This page answers it with a live probe of Instagram's servers — if they respond, the problem is on your side; if they don't, it's a real outage and waiting is the only fix.

What to do during an outage

Nothing — genuinely. Don't reinstall, don't reset your password, don't log out (you may struggle to log back in mid-outage). Check back here, and post when it recovers: reach is often unusually good in the first hour after an outage as everyone floods back.

What to do when it's just you

Force-close the app, toggle between Wi-Fi and data, clear the cache on Android, and make sure the app is updated. Still broken? Instagram sometimes rolls out breaking changes region-by-region — the web version at instagram.com is a good fallback test.

FAQ

Quiet answers.

Our server pings Instagram's web and CDN endpoints and measures the response. If Instagram's servers answer, they're up — and your problem is local (connection, app cache, or a regional issue).

Try in order: force-close and reopen the app, switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, clear the app cache (Android), and update the app. Account-specific action blocks can also look like outages.

Most major outages resolve within 30–90 minutes. There's nothing to fix on your side — don't reinstall the app or change your password mid-outage.

No — it checks Instagram's servers only. If your account specifically is restricted or action-blocked, the servers will look fine here while the app misbehaves.