Instagram Is Back. Resume Your Meme Sharing

    

    The app was down for many people Thursday.
    Sarah Tew/CNET
    

    Instagram?is back up after some users ran into an error message in the app around 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday. People from around the world reported they couldn’t access the app or refresh their photo feed, according to Down Detector.
    “And we’re back!” Instagram posted on Twitter. “We resolved the issue that caused today’s outage, and apologize for any inconvenience.”
    

And we’re back! We resolved the issue that caused today’s outage, and apologize for any inconvenience. https://t.co/2Av4sC4C5B
    — Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) September 22, 2022

    At the outage’s peak about 24,000 users from the US alone reported the app was down.
    Many people who couldn’t access the app took to Twitter to share memes about the outage and caused #instagramdown to trend.
    

Whenever instagram crash#instagramdown #instagramcrash pic.twitter.com/QTfD7FPk80
    — ??e??? (@InsanelySsane) September 22, 2022

    

#instagramdown

Me calling my friend to check if Instagram is working… pic.twitter.com/bb5MhQVUIk
    — HeelFinn (@Afreedali8) September 22, 2022

    

everyone trying to refresh Instagram until we realize it’s down #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/KrcWlj3zxU
    — cesar (@jebaiting) September 22, 2022

    

me opening and closing instagram every five minutes to see if it’s back up #instagramdown #instagramcrash pic.twitter.com/9CrKftuqjv
    — Indian Tweets – Ankit (@indiantweets__2) September 22, 2022

    Instagram didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on what caused the outage.