Sir David Attenborough breaks Instagram record

Sir David Attenborough breaks Instagram record

The 94-year-old naturalist made his debut with an IGTV video about climate change.

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In October 2019, Jennifer Aniston set the record for reaching one-million Instagram followers in only five hours and 16 minutes.

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But on 24 September 2020, Sir David Attenborough smashed this record by joining Instagram and in only four hours and 44 minutes he had reached a million followers!

As mentioned, his first post was an IGTV video where he speaks on the dangers of climate change, while his first story post introduces the two men who will be running his account.

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They explained that Attenborough isn't really the social media type, but he has recorded messages that will be used on the platform.

The account runners, Collin Butfield and Johnnie Hughes, also worked on Sir David's upcoming Netflix documentary, 'A Life On Our Planet'.

You can watch the IGTV video below:

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David Attenborough has spent a lifetime travelling, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. He’s also witnessed the damaged caused. Saving our planet is now a communications challenge. We know what to do, we just need the will. That’s why we want to share this message on Instagram. Because there is hope and together, we can inspire change. Social media isn’t David’s usual habitat so while he’s recorded messages solely for Instagram, like the one in this post, we're helping to run this account. In case you’re wondering, ‘we’ are Jonnie and Colin and we worked with David on A Life On Our Planet. So, as well as sharing the messages he’s recorded especially for this account we’ll also post some exclusive clips and behind the scenes content. Stay tuned.

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You can also watch the trailer for his new documentary below:

Welcome to the Insta-world, Sir David Attenborough. We hope to see some selfies soon!

Main image courtesy of YouTube

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