New Delhi, July 2 -- An outage that disrupted Instagram services for thousands of users across the United States on Wednesday has largely subsided, according to the outage-tracking platform Downdetector.

The issue, which began earlier in the day, saw a significant drop in the number of users affected by midday. As of 12:10 p.m. ET, the number of reported incidents had fallen to 849, a sharp decline from the peak of 16,747 reports logged on the platform.

Downdetector, which gathers user-submitted reports to track real-time service interruptions, indicated that the majority of complaints, around 67 per cent were related to the app not functioning properly. Another 26 per cent of users reported issues with the feed, while six per cent expe...