Since late afternoon today, July 17, 2025, several users report Problems with Instagramespecially of slow loading of content. The Down started shortly after 5 pm, with reporting reports that grew throughout the following hour. At 18:00, the typical volume of reports by time has widely exceeded the typical volumes, according to what reported by the site Downdetector.
LW Instagram Down Reports of the last 24 hours / Credit: Downdererctor
The most frequently encountered problems concern loading the appwhich in most cases is slow. Some users are evident difficulty in accessing the application, which does not start correctly or it is inaccessible: At the moment, the causes of slowdown are not known. Reports of “Slow instagram” And “Instagram inaccessible“They come both from Italy and from other countries, Like Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Poland, Croatia and the United Kingdom. Malfunctions also detected in the United States.
Instagram Down, the app is slow: what’s going on
Problems with Instagram today, July 17, 2025: from this afternoon the messaging app Load slowly or do not load at allas reported by several users on the site Downdetectorthe online service that detects the status of the various sites and services, including the social media of a destination based on the sharing of images.
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From 17:40 and for about an hour the reports of malfunction have grown exponentially, not only in Italy – where Milan, Rome and Naples are among the most affected cities – but also at the global level. The app is inaccessible for several users of the United States, while in Europe the reports of malfunction also come from Switzerland, Greece, Poland, Croatia, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Also the site DOWNFOREVERYONEORJUSTME.com which verifies the accessibility to websites by global users, reports problems with Instagram starting from 17:45 today, July 17, for about an hour. The problem most frequently found is the slowness of the appwith almost half of the reports.
The causes of the down are not yet known, but the problem with the loading of Instagram could be linked directly to the servers that host the messaging appperhaps for the high number of contemporary requests. The peak of the reports may have been reached around 18:16 and at the moment the operation of the app seems to proceed in fits and starts, with slowing down in the access and in the loading loading of the contents.
