Instagram down today, what’s happening

Instagram hasn’t been working since 3:40 p.m. on Sept. 27. Users are unable to post images and videos on their personal walla

Instagram is not working. Since 15:40 on September 27, the social network application is having problems throughout Italy. In a few minutes there are many reports on #instagramdown, as evidenced by the numbers reached on downdetector.it, a site that collects comments from users when a service or an app does not work.

The causes of the problems are not known for the moment. Reading on Twitter, a lot of users are unable to post new images and videos on their personal profiles. The hashtag #instagramdown immediately became trending topic on social networks, with users trying to find an answer. This is not the first time that Instagram is not working, already in the past months it had more than a few problems. Usually the cause of the malfunction are the Facebook servers that crash. Technicians are definitely working to solve the problem as soon as possible. We will keep you updated.

Why Instagram is not working today

Dozens and dozens of messages on Twitter to report that Instagram is not working. Many Italian users are flocking to the microblogging site to figure out why Instagram is down. For the moment we do not know the causes: users try to update their news feed of images, but an error message appears. From the staff of the application there is no news about it.

Surely the technicians are working to solve the problem and to get everything back to normal. The problem could depend on the servers that host the application, but it’s just a hypothesis. We will know more in a few minutes: we will continue to monitor the situation and keep you updated.

Update 16:30. The problem seems to have subsided.