Today, Sunday 19 July, thousands of users in Italy and the rest of the world have encountered problems with the Facebook and Instagram Meta Apps. The downturn began around 09:30. Around 11.30 the reports collapsed.
Today Sunday July 19, 2026 there were problems logging in with Facebook And Instagramthe Apps of Half. The down of Facebook started around hours 09:30with numerous users who in Italy – and in several other countries in the world – reported that they were unable to log in. Even during our tests accessing the application via desktop the following message appeared:
“Accounts not available at the moment. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We hope to resolve this soon. Please try again in a few minutes.” Until around 11:00 we continued to receive the same message, then from 11:22 we were able to log in without problems.
Around 09:50 the reports of downtime for Instagram also began to increase, for which we received the following error message for over an hour when we tried to log in from the PC: “A problem has occurred mistake. A problem occurred and it was not possible to load the page.” At 11:33 we were also able to access Instagram from desktop, a sign that the problems were being resolved in progress. From smartphones we did not encounter any critical access issues, but the loading of notifications it was very slow and several users had problems with it stories and publication of content.
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down today: problems being resolved with the Meta Apps
It seems like a similar situation to what happened last June 12, when all Meta apps highlighted similar problems. In today’s case, however, there appear to be no significant issues with the messaging app WhatsAppalthough some reports were made on downdetector.it (with a peak of 95 at 11:02 am) regarding access and message disruptions.
Instagram and Facebook down: what happened
The causes of the are not known at the moment malfunction of social networks, whether they may have been caused by a hacker attack or problems relating to updates or servers. It is likely that, as in the June 12 event, Meta will not release any statements on the matter. The spokesperson Andy Stoneoften very quick to report information on ongoing problems on the Menlo Park company’s platforms, has not yet published anything on his profile on Xthe late Twitter.
On the downdetector.it portal, specialized in analyzing problems at online platformsat 10:12 a peak of approximately 1,700 reports from Italy for Facebook. Problems were reported access (67 percent); website (21 percent); And server connection (9 percent). We did not encounter any navigation problems with the application installed on the smartphone, while on desktop we continued to receive the message about the account not being available until around 11.20am.
For Instagram, a similar problem existed, with the reporting curve reaching a peak of almost 2,700 reports around 10.50am. In this case, 39 percent of users indicated problems with their feed and history; 25 percent with the App; and 23 percent with posting.
In these cases, when problems related to downtime are encountered, it is not recommended to intervene on the password or application settings, but it is necessary to wait for the situation to stabilize, given that the problem lies with the platform and not with the user.
There map of reports for Facebook, dedicated to the last 24 hours, as often happens, highlighted the concentrations of problems in large cities, from north to south. In the north they were concentrated above all in Milan, Turin and Venice (while in Genoa the red dot was more blurred). In the Center followed Florence, Perugia and Rome, while in the South Naples, Bari, Catania and Palermo. A significant number of reports were also highlighted in Cagliari. Completely similar situation for Instagram, with also the involvement of Verona. Reports on downdetector.it are plummeting and the situation is returning to normal.
