Instagram Confirms Ongoing Outage That’s Leaving Some Users’ Accounts Suspended

An Instagram outage Monday left an influx of users locked out of their accounts, with many of them receiving messages that their accounts had been suspended for 30 days due to community guideline violations. Other users reported the loss of hundreds and, for some, millions of followers.

Instagram later confirmed in an update from its communications Twitter account that they were aware of the outage and are looking into the issue.

“We’re aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account,” it tweeted. “We’re looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience.”

We're aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account. We're looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience. #instagramdown

— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 31, 2022

Downdetector.com, a site that tracks outages, reported that the issue began around 9 a.m. ET, with about 7,600 outages around 10 a.m. By 11:30 a.m., there were 2,700 reports of outages. However, the platform has not commented to confirm how many of its users had been affected or when the issue would be resolved.

Went to check my Instagram DMs this morning and..

looks like I got hit with the seemingly random account suspensions that a lot of people have been dealing with recently. pic.twitter.com/TMRRX4HLcX

— David ImeI (@DurvidImel) October 31, 2022

Instagram is doing some sort of purge, it appears. Lots of people are having a bad day over there. @mosseri pic.twitter.com/CYIxEzbc9H

— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) October 31, 2022