According to sources, Vijay gained 1 million or more followers on Instagram within 100 minutes of joining the platform. While Thalapathy Vijay basks in his newfound success, let's take a look at the top celebrities that reached 1 million followers on Instagram the quickest.
1 Taehyung V (BTS) - Instagram
On December 6, 2021, Taehyung started his own Instagram account & he gained a whopping 19.1M followers in just 24 hours, meaning he almost hit 20M in a day & he eventually hit that amount just shortly after 24 hours.
The fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram is 43 minutes, and was achieved by Kim Taehyung on 6 December 2021. Whereas, for 'Salt' star, Angelina Jolie, it took 59 minutes to achieve the feat. For the unversed, Kollywood actor Thalapathy Vijay is the only Indian to enter the coveted list.
The fastest Instagram account in India to get 1 million followers is Thalapathy Vijay.
Influencers with followings between 1,000 and 10,000 followers earn $1,420/month on average while influencers with over a million followers earn $15,356/month. The survey revealed the most profitable categories to be Animals, Business & Marketing, Fitness & Sports, Family, Beauty, and Fashion in that order.
BTS' V broke several Instagram records
Soon, the K-pop idol became the fastest user to gain 10 million followers on the platform and the quickest to garner 1 million likes.
BTS: V set a record by becoming the fastest person to reach 40 million followers on Instagram. The group member debuted on the social media platform in December last year. BTS: V became the fastest person to reach 40 million followers on Instagram.
BTS's V Breaks World Record For Fastest Person To Hit 50 Million Followers On Instagram | Soompi.
According to reports, Varrier is the third celebrity in the world after Kylie Jenner and Cristiano Ronaldo to hold this record on Instagram. Kylie Jenner clocked more than 8 lakh followers within a day, while Ronaldo had 6.5 lakh followers in a day.
BTS: Kim Taehyung becomes the fastest person to touch 30 million followers on Instagram.
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket star Virat Kohli has crossed the 200 million followers mark on the social media site Instagram.
Jungkook continued to flaunt his social media popularity and also became the fastest person globally, following the famous professional footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, to achieve 20 million views on the platform. Ronaldo previously achieved the feat within 2 hours while Jungkook took 11 hours and 35 minutes.
GOAL on Instagram: “The first to reach over 500 million followers on social media ? Cristiano Ronaldo is the social GOAT ?”
Salma Hayek is feeling pretty good about reaching a major milestone. To celebrate hitting the 24 million-follower mark on Instagram, the House of Gucci star posted a new video of herself dancing while in the midst of getting ready yesterday.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most-followed person, man, sportsperson, and European on Instagram, with over 590 million followers. Lionel Messi is the most-followed South American on Instagram, with over 472 million followers.
The most liked image post on Instagram has 75,471,947 likes, and was achieved by Lionel Messi (Argentina), as verified on 24 March 2023. It depicts Messi holding aloft the FIFA World Cup Trophy after his country beat France in the final, which was held in Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
Even though she hasn't posted in six weeks, Selena Gomez smashed through the ceiling of Instagram users when she became the first person to rack up 100 million followers.
Actor/ Musician Jennifer Lopez makes it to number 15 with 125 million followers. Jennifer has a pretty impressive account which makes us all fall in love with her even more.
Julia Berolzheimer (1.3 million followers)
Who is better Messi Or Ronaldo? Ronaldo has scored a record number of international goals and appearances, but Messi has won more Ballon d'Or awards (7). Messi has spent most of his playing career in Spain and France, while Ronaldo has played in Portugal, England, Spain, and Italy.
42.9 million likes; 32.9 million likes
The latest entrant to the top liked Instagram posts is a common upload featuring football greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi playing a game of chess, sponsored by fashion giant Louis Vuitton – the posts racked up these likes in under 24 hours!
YOU don't need millions of followers to make money from Instagram. Influencer Mary Margaret Boudreaux has revealed how she makes thousands of dollars each month with a following of around 20,000.
Gomez hopped on Instagram and created a photo montage of herself with fans on her official account to celebrate the achievement. "Wish I could hug all 400 million of you," she wrote.
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As of November 2022, the official TikTok account of BTS has nearly 55.5 million followers. In fact, they hold the record for the fastest time to get one million followers in TikTok. In September 2019, they managed to reach this major milestone in just three hours and 31 minutes.