Instagram recovers after brief outage disrupts US users


Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a Facebook logo in this illustration taken September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Feb 4 (Reuters) - ‌Meta Platforms' Instagram ‌rebounded after a brief ‌outage affected more than 10,000 users in the U.S. on ‍Wednesday, according to ‍outage-tracking website ‌Downdetector.com. There were 10,108 incidents ‍of ​people reporting issues with the ⁠social media platform, as of ‌8.30 p.m. ET, according to ⁠Downdetector, ‍which tracks outages by collating status reports from ‍a number of ‌sources.

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

The number of incidents, however, had dropped sharply just one hour later.

(Reporting ‌by Fabiola Arámburo in Mexico City and Hyunsu ​Yim in Barcelona; Editing by Rashmi Aich and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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