Global Outage Affects Facebook and Instagram Users Worldwide

WHO:

CNN - Facebook and Instagram users, DownDetector, NetBlocks, Meta (parent company of Facebook and Instagram)

WHAT:

CNN - More than 22,000 users have reported problems with Facebook in the United States.

Newsweek - Facebook users have reported problems, and accounts appeared unavailable on the social media network.

WHERE:

CNN - United States, international users of Facebook and Instagram

WHEN:

CNN - Reports of outages began at 3:44 a.m. ET on a Sunday morning.

WHY:

CNN - The outages were noted to be unrelated to any country-level internet disruption.

HOW:

CNN - DownDetector monitors internet services and reported the user complaints. NetBlocks monitors worldwide internet access and confirmed the outages.

(UPDATED July 19, 2026 10:23 UTC)

More than 22,000 users in the United States have reported issues with Facebook, with many accounts appearing unavailable on the platform. The outages began early on a Sunday morning and have been confirmed by DownDetector and NetBlocks, which monitor internet services and access worldwide. Notably, these disruptions are not linked to any country-level internet issues, affecting both U.S. and international users of Facebook and Instagram.