Facebook and Instagram experienced a significant outage on June 12, 2026, leaving users worldwide unable to log in to their accounts. The disruption, which began around 2 PM, saw a sharp spike in reports on monitoring site downforeveryoneorjustme.com, with 9,245 individual complaints at its peak.
Global Impact
The technical difficulties affected users across multiple countries, including the UK, Germany, the US, the Philippines, Australia, and Bulgaria. Many reported being forcibly logged out of both Facebook and Instagram, as well as Messenger. Downdetector, a popular outage tracking website, also appeared to experience issues during the incident.
User Reactions on Reddit
Frustrated users flocked to Reddit to share their experiences. A post titled “Is Facebook down for everyone? It just suddenly booted me out of it and Messenger” garnered over 900 replies. One user commented, “Also got logged out. Good to know it's not just me,” while another said, “Thought I got hacked and lost it all lol.” A third user noted, “Just got forced logged out from both messenger and the regular app. In Germany, if that matters. Apparently it's happening, like, everywhere at the moment.” Another added, “Suddenly booted out of the app while in a call on a browser, then the call froze. Followed by IG not loading. Meta is down for the count!”
The outage comes amid ongoing Meta disruptions, impacting access to both Facebook and Instagram. As of now, Meta has not released an official statement regarding the cause or expected resolution time.
