Meta outage: Facebook and Instagram hit by overnight outages

Thousands of users across the US and several other countries reported access problems with both platforms in the early hours of Monday

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September 21, 2026

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Meta's Facebook and Instagram went down overnight Sunday into Monday, with users across the US and several other countries reporting access problems. Downdetector logged more than 17,000 Facebook issue reports and over 5,000 for Instagram by 01:11 GMT.

Key points

Over 17,000 Facebook outage reports logged by 01:11 GMT
Instagram recorded more than 5,000 reports of issues
Problems reported in the US and several other countries

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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms experienced outages overnight Sunday into Monday, with users in multiple countries reporting difficulties accessing the platforms and some of their services.

Outage-tracking website Downdetector, which aggregates user-submitted reports, recorded more than 17,000 reports of issues with Facebook and more than 5,000 reports with Instagram as of 01:11 GMT, according to Reuters.

Problems were concentrated in the United States but extended to users in several other countries.