Key facts
- Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms were down for thousands of users in the U.S. on Sunday.
- Downdetector.com reported over 17,000 issues with Facebook and more than 5,000 with Instagram as of 9:11 PM ET.
- Downdetector bases its outage numbers on user-submitted reports.
Meta Platforms' social networking services Facebook and Instagram experienced significant outages on Sunday, affecting thousands of users across the United States. According to Downdetector.com, which aggregates user-submitted outage reports, there were over 17,000 reports for Facebook and more than 5,000 for Instagram as of 9:11 PM ET. The website noted that the actual number of affected users may differ from the reported figures. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.