Facebook and Instagram experience global outage on July 19

Thousands of Facebook users were unable to access their accounts on Sunday, July 19, 2026, due to a widespread technical outage that primarily affected the platform's desktop website. The disruption began in the early morning hours in the United States, with outage reports spiking shortly after 3:25 a.m. Eastern Time, according to data from the monitoring service Downdetector.

Users attempting to log in via desktop browsers were met with a message stating, "Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes." Reports of the problem quickly spread beyond the U.S., with users in Canada, the United Kingdom, India, and Türkiye also experiencing difficulties.

The issue appeared to disproportionately impact Facebook's website. Downdetector data indicated that between 62 and 63 percent of reported problems were related to website access, while approximately 20 percent involved mobile devices and around 10 percent were linked to the app. Many users reported that Facebook remained accessible on mobile applications while the desktop version was down.