Instagram down: Website stops working as users pictures refuse to load

Instagram’s logo displayed on a tablet screen on 18 October, 2021 (Getty Images)

Instagram has stopped working properly, with the website’s app refusing to load properly.

The desktop version of the app went offline on Friday morning, with an array of users unable to get online.

But the problems appeared to be focused on that website, rather than the more popular mobile app.

Shortly after, the website was working again as usual, with users able to load posts.

Instagram’s website is far less popular than its mobile app, which remains the primary way of both posting and viewing other people’s posts.

The website is however useful to those who are unable to download the app, which includes people attempting to use the social network on tablets and desktop.