- Meta has reportedly been hit by a major outage as users of both Facebook and Instagram worldwide have been hit with an error message when trying to access both platforms.
- The message, which appears the same as on due to being redirected to, reads: "Account Temporarily Unavailable. "Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes."
- Outage alert site Downdetector has also seen reports come flooding in with over 5,000 made regarding Facebook and over 1,000 for Instagram in the UK.
- Although reports are in the thousands for each country, the issue is believed to have caused a problem for over a million users collectively.
- Facebook's messenger and ad manager are also reported to be hit by the outage, according to some users on X.
- Internet watchdogs NetBlocks noted that Facebook and Instagram users were experiencing international outages, unrelated to any country-level internet disruption.
- During the outage, affected Facebook users received an error message saying their account was “currently unavailable due to a site issue,” and were asked to try logging in again “in a few minutes.”
- More than 23,000 users reported problems with Facebook in the United States alone between 3:44 and 5:02 a.m ET Sunday morning, according to DownDetector.
- At least 18,000 reports flagged problems with Instagram in the US during the same timeframe, according to DownDetector’s data.
- WhatsApp, which is also owned by Meta, appeared not to experience problems during the outage.
Meta's Facebook and Instagram faced a major outage on Sunday, impacting users worldwide. Reports indicated that over 23,000 users in the U.S. alone flagged issues with Facebook, while 18,000 reported problems with Instagram during a specific timeframe, according to DownDetector.18
The outage left many users unable to access their feeds, with an error message stating their accounts were "currently unavailable due to a site issue". Internet watchdog NetBlocks confirmed that the outages were international and not linked to any country-specific internet disruptions.
In the UK, over 5,000 reports were logged for Facebook and 1,000 for Instagram. The issue is believed to have affected more than a million users globally. While Facebook's messenger and ad manager also faced issues, WhatsApp, another Meta-owned platform, appeared unaffected.34510
Despite the widespread disruption, Meta has not yet issued a formal statement regarding the outage, leaving users awaiting further information on the resolution timeline.
“More than 23,000 Facebook and 18,000 Instagram users in the US reported problems early Sunday, per DownDetector. WhatsApp, also owned by Meta, was unaffected, and Meta has not issued a statement beyond the error message.”
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