Why your Instagram Stories are down today and five possible fixes

Lots of users are claiming their Instagram Stories are down today and the app is not working in the first major outage of 2023.

The issues are affecting people across the world, including in the US and UK, and users are experiencing all kinds of different problems.

Some are reporting that Stories aren’t loading or refreshing, whilst others say the feature isn’t showing and has disappeared completely.

Many have also noticed their Stories aren’t getting as many views as usual, and some can’t see the new photos they just uploaded.

Read on to find out what’s going on and explore some potential fixes…

Users claim Instagram Stories are down

The glitches began on Wednesday (February 8) and are continuing into Thursday (February 9), with many unable to use Stories at all.

Lots of users have taken to Twitter to complain about the errors, with one person writing: “Are Instagram stories down??? Or is it just me? Only saw that six people viewed it. I can’t be that uninteresting.”

“My Instagram Stories are not working and keep disappearing,” said another while a third person added: “Is it just me or is Instagram stories not showing everything you add to it?”

Twitter also seems to be down at the same time, causing chaos as internet users can’t use two of the biggest social media platforms.

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Why your Instagram Stories are not working

Right now, Instagram hasn’t addressed the problems, but your Instagram Stories aren’t working due to a bug with the app.

Bugs are technical glitches in the system that cause certain aspects of the platform to not work properly, and they’re really common.

These malfunctions occur on all apps from time to time, including Twitter and Facebook, and it’s nothing to do with your device.

It’s simply an error with Instagram’s server and bugs can affect all kinds of things from sending to DMs to uploading photos.

In this case, the glitch has caused Stories to go down, but Instagram will already be working on a fix and the app will be back to normal in no time.

If you’re feeling impatient, find some things that could fix your app in the meantime below.

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Five possible fixes

There are no guarantees, but doing one of the following things could fix the glitch…

• Close Instagram.

Try shutting down your app. On an iPhone, do this by swiping up on your homepage.

• Log out of the app.

Logging out of the app and back in again could fix your Instagram.

• Delete Instagram.

Try deleting your app and re-downloading it again.

• Check for updates.

Head to the App Store and download any new Instagram updates.

• Turn your phone off.

Sometimes all you need to do is turn your phone off and on again. 

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