Social media users left without Instagram as app crashes – here's what we know INSTAGRAM down: Social media users question what the 5XX Server Error means.

A person poses with an iPhone displaying the Instagram logo on August 3, 2016 in London. Some Instagram users were getting a 5xx server error on the app Wednesday ...

Social media companies Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp have reportedly crashed with users reporting issues across the platforms.

INSTAGRAM is down right now with users reporting a 5xx server error as well as problems with the Instagram newsfeed refreshing in a major global outage today.

Instagram was down for some time due to an unknown network issue. The Instagram 5xx server error led to the Social media website being inaccessible to the users for about 30 mins.

And trying to access the site online showed a ‘5xx server error’. Users were furious about the bug, with many taking to Twitter to see if they could find out what was happening.

Social media companies Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp have reportedly crashed with users reporting issues across the platforms.

Instagram has come back to life after an outage that left users unable to refresh the popular photo-sharing app for over an hour.

Instagram has come back to life after an outage that left users unable to refresh the popular photo-sharing app for over an hour.