What’s Wrong With Instagram Today? Breaking News!

NOTE: This post was related to a previous Instagram Outage. If you’re coming here to complain about Instagram, feel free to let us know that something is wrong. However, we are NOT tech support, and we have no affiliation with Instagram.

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Update 6/30/12 17:30 : Instagram is back up! Yay!

Update 6/30/12 13:00 : My Instagram feed has updated but will not allow uploads. #GettingThere

UPDATE 6/30/12 12:00 :Amazon has continued to update their AWS with information about continuing outages related to the N. Virginia Cloud server. These outages have been caused by violent storms that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and killing 5 people. Amazon’s most recent update:We are continuing our recovery efforts for the remaining EC2 instances and EBS volumes. We are beginning to successfully provision additional Elastic Load Balancers.

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UPDATE 6/30/12 08:00 : Instagram has been down since @ 23:00 eastern time 6/29/12. The cause of the outage is an Amazon Elastic Cloud server in N. Virginia that has apparently been affected by severe thunder storms in the area. Instagram has tweeted a generic statement acknowledging the outage
– @InstagramHelp
We’re currently experiencing technical difficulties and we’re working to correct the issues. Thanks for your patience

As usual IG has avoided offering any information regarding the outage to the > 1M fans on their Facebook page, IG has updated their wall with a brief description of the cause of the issue. Netflix, Pinterest, and a host of other services are feeling the outage. The latest update from Amazon is: Jun 30, 4:42 AM PDT We are continuing to work to recover the remaining EC2 instances, EBS volumes and ELBs.

EDIT: If you found your way to this page because Instagram is giving you grief by not updating, add your 2 cents to the comment section. We want to know… because odds are we’re feeling the same pain.

Breaking News! What’s wrong with Instagram today? Complaints and questions from frustrated users are piling up on IG’s Facebook page. Messages to the IG help desk have been un-answered to this point and if you’re dwelling on it, the problems may appear to be becoming more severe.
Current issues involved include:

  • Feed not refreshing
  • Profiles not loading
  • unable to upload photos
  • unable to follow users
  • data not refreshing

What kind of issues are you having? add them in the comments below.
Have you received any response from Instagram or found other info related to the issues?

Do you think this has something to do with Android?
Do you think this has something to do with Facebook?

102 thoughts on “What’s Wrong With Instagram Today? Breaking News!

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  2. My instagram data won’t refresh nor will my pictures…been happening for hours now

  3. I have android instagram.and when I open the app and try to click my news feed it stays blank.why won’t out refresh?

  4. My Instagram won’t refresh nor pull up my photos. Help! Maybe tomorrow! It suggests that I might no have a network connection but I do. Other apps at working online.

  5. It doesnt work. My internet conection is 100% good but when i refresh it doesnt load my friends pictures. Im seriously addicted to Instagram and since facebook bought it its been causing problems. Please fix it as soon as possible because im not the only human being desperated for this issue to be fixed.

    • yeaah, well i’m from Puerto Rico and still were having the same problems as you guys ! …. hope this gets fixed in no time :/

  6. logged out, and cant even log back in, freaked out for abit, but im not the only one

  7. Instagram is completely down. I can’t even access my account. Alos, the new internet web page for the app is also down.

  8. My IG app has completely stopped working. It logged me out and won’t let me log in. The picture page that shows up when you sign up or log in isn’t even working. WHAT’S GOING ON!?

  9. It won’t refresh my feed or load up anything.. I uninstalled and reinstalled but now I can’t even log in…..help!

  10. It’s times like these that I am always amazed at how much of a part of my life I let these things become. I am seriously bummed about the lack of Instagram right now.

  11. This truly sucks, I thought it was my phone that had issues but I see that it’s the stupid app that does. I sure hope they fix it fast.

  12. Won’t let me log back in after accidentally deleting it, say I don’t have internet when I do. Other apps that need internet are working fine. When will instagram be fixed?!?!

  13. Yeah, my Instagram has been down as well, but the problem will be resolved, right?

  14. wow as a world we’re finished ig goes down we all are down crazy…fun app but i just realized that I’ve become to dependent on this app holy shit

  15. It’s really sad that I’m so irritated that instagram isn’t working. Funny how technology has become so important to us. Hope it fixes fast

  16. Its giving me a log in page. I try to log in and it gives me an error message. PLEASE FIXXXXX!!!!!!

  17. Its annoying! Its giving me a log in page. I try to log in and it gives me an error message. PLEASE FIXXXXX!!!!!!

  18. Do you have time frame for fixing this problem? I’m now can’t log in, so how can I know if we have the good news. OMG! this app has already been a part of my life, sounds crazy but it’s true! I do miss my ig family…

  19. Kaysoo, I’m pretty sure this has all to do with android. Facebook too. There were never any problems before they came along and I could upload all my pictures quickly and it never failed. I think all those shoutie accounts ruin it too. Instagram should be a place for photographers, or at least only people who are going to post pictures and not words. None of my instagram works, anyways.

  20. ughhh , like its my lil sourcee too knw thingss . yall need too get it bck workingg .

  21. Thank goodness I found this or I would have broken my iPod out of frustration, everything except my profile picture and the pictures from yesterday is blank.

  22. Yeah. I’m in NYC and since last night I haven’t been able to see anything on instagra, but a blank screen, Won’t load, refresh or let me see my own photo. Plus Netlfix is down as well.
    : (

  23. Wont let me login. Says something is wrong with my internet but other apps like Kik, Youtube, and Safari work. Please get it working again! 🙁

  24. It won’t let me log in!!! 🙁 I love instagram so I hope this problem is fixed

  25. I logged out and any even log back in. I’m just glad that I’m not the only one!! Urgg

  26. Same! I have an iPhone and I logged off instagram because it would not refresh. Bad thing is, now I can’t even log on to it anymore! Sucks for me

  27. My instagram isn’t working too. Im glad to know that its not just me. I hope it will be fixed soon. 🙁
    Oh, and when it’s fixed, follow me! @jordan_thatsme

  28. My instagram won’t refresh so I logged out and I can’t log in what’s going on?

  29. It Was Not Working Yesterday My Pictures Wass Taking Too Long To Post And Then Was Trying To See Who Liked My Picture And It Was Blank And It Did Not Even Load So I log Out And Then When I Tryed Loging Back In My Password and Username Just Sit In The Box I’m Getting Real Madd !!! :/

  30. My issue is that my instagram has been down since last night. My page isn’t refreshing, uploading at all. It’s saying refreshing error. I heard the reasoning of why instagram was shut down but all I want to know is when it will be fixed and back to normal?

  31. Heres the problem; ita not iPhone nor any of the providers; this issue happened shortly after the newest update, best guess is that too much change crashed the server; this happened on Modern Warfare 3 for xbox 360. New map pack for Elites was released and an update was required. The update crashed the servers deleting and corrupting player’s files and deleting the previous maps.
    My guess is the update for instagram changing it to look like the Andriod app ad well as similarities to twitter and facebook apps, caused a major server overload. If it lightning did cause the outage they wouldnt hide it. This was a huge problem on their behalf and wont release info untill it is resolved; for now best bet is keep taking pictures until IG is back up

  32. the universe has just shown me that i have so many things i could be doing other than constantly looking to IG. it is awesome that we can connect globally, it would be great if it were for a common good.

  33. when this was just an iPhone app there was never problems with this app now that android has it it has consumed so much server problems!

  34. I thought it was my phone so I deleted the app .. When I tried to log back in it wouldn’t let me .. I’m extremely pissed off about this .

  35. I can’t even sign in. I’m am so upset and w/I instagram this is going to be an ugly summer!

  36. I thought that when my feed wouldn’t refresh it was just something wrong with my wifi. Then I tried to logout and then log back in but after I logged out, I couldn’t get back in.

  37. Ugh it won’t work at all. I deleted the app and reloaded up on my device again, but now it won’t let me log in -_- I hope they get this resolved in the nxt couple days because I have some drawings I need to publish *_*

  38. I havent been able to get into my instagram since the stupid update but now I read that its because of a storm pft seriously

  39. Maybe now alot of y’all can go out and enjoy the real world!!!! Thats the problem with ppl nowadays read a book go to the park

  40. I thought the problem was just my wifi so I logged off of instagram now I can’t log back in! But I realize that the problem is all over the world and it’s not just my wifi. That’s kind of relieving I guess.. But hopefully it gets fixed soon!!!!!!:'(

  41. Instagram is not even allowing me to sign in . When I try to refresh the page it just remains blank ( white ) since about earlier this morning .

  42. Get a life peeps! It will come back, and the fact that Pinterest and Netflix went down with it proves the “Istagram has problems because of the recent update” theories false. Getting mad because you can’t log in is counterproductive. Go take pictures, get out of the house and leave off staring at a small bright screen for awhile. It will be back, consuming a large part of our lives soon.

  43. I can’t see anyone’s photos on their profile!!!!!! I can’t even see my pictures on my profile!!!!!

  44. I understand that things can go wrong, and if the storms in the eastern U.S. have caused technical problems shutting down Instagram (for me anyway), then that’s life. But TELL US WHAT’S GOING ON, so I don’t continue to waste my time “troubleshooting” and trying to figure it out myself, ok?

  45. Hey Man! My Instagram feed is not working right!? It keeps saying Hipstamatic on the top, and it keeps wanting me to shake it. What is wrong with Instagram!?!?! I need you to fix it fast!

  46. Went to change my profile picture, but it ended up getting deleted, now I can’t put another one on! Stuck with a gray-and-white “anonymous” picture and it’s getting me mad…

  47. Every time I try to upload a photo, after I’ve cropped it and everything, the app crashes and the screen goes black and the app closes. The feed won’t refresh half of the time either! I can’t post pictures! Please fix!!

  48. Instagram won’t let me log back in. It keeps saying Error, limit exceeded. I waited a day and it still not working.

  49. In the last two days my photos fail to upload, If they do the feed refreshes then removes my photos. I have restarted the phone uninstalled and reinstalled the app twice. And being in Melbourne Australia I have my doubts it’s anything to do with the servers in Virginia

  50. It is really annoying!
    My instagram feed uploads fine in the beginning, but as soon as I try and scroll down to view more pictures it stops and won’t load. It goes blank and stops loading. I am only able to view a couple of photos at a time and can’t get back to older photos people have posted

  51. instagram wont let me log on or let me reset my password …. dis is really getting on my nerves .. yall need to fix’s dis like nowwwwwww

  52. My instagram wont load any of my followers pictures and only loads some of mine.

  53. everytime i try to upload it tells me to pick a picture but then after im done cropping it my picture doesnt show up on the page where you can add filters, someone help ?

  54. When I try to upload a picture it sends me to a blank page. And when I try to like pictures it sends me to a blank page. When I try to follow people sends me to a blank page. Please help!!!!

  55. Lately my Instagram wont let me upload photos. I can take a photo, put a filter on it then hashtag it, but after that is says ‘Error’ It was working fine yesterday though……

  56. Instagram just wouldn’t let me follow people. Then it logged me out and I have to reset my password so I clicked on send a password email but haven’t received an email Im soo fustrated and upset!

  57. why when i try to upload a picture it says finishing upload but continues to upload then says failed ??

  58. my account wont refresh so i logged out and now i cannot not even log back in my wifi is on and its working but my instagram still wont let me log in what is happening

  59. Ever since I last updated my Instagram I’m not getting any likes form people you don’t follow me when I use hash tags it’s so annoying!!!! I hate it! Why is this? All my friends are having trouble with this no one is getting likes why?

  60. When I touch my instagram app on the screen, it won’t open, my contact list does instead…what is going on! I don’t want to un install so I don’t have to start over, what a pain!!

  61. I’m and having all the problems you can think of with Instagram today?!? Why?!????

  62. My ig isn’t working, it doesn’t let me refresh my news feeds but I still get my notifications ?

  63. hi I’m Nicole I’m having a huge problem with logging into my 37k and I tried to see if I could log into my backup account and it says invalid password so I did a password reset and it won’t work !

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