Thalapathy Vijay becomes first Indian to clock fastest 1 Million followers on Instagram

It took 99 minutes for Vijay to garner one million followers on the popular social media platform

(Pic courtesy: Thalapathy Vijay/ Instagram)

Putting an end to an age-long wait of millions of his hardcore fans across the globe, South superstar Thalapathy Vijay finally made a smashing Instagram debut on Sunday and took the internet by storm as he posted his first-ever photo on his official Insta handle with a lovely caption which read, 'Hello Nanbas and Nanbis'. 

 

 

 

 

 

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The heartthrob who delighted his fans by dropping a photo of his salt and pepper look from his much-awaited next, 'Leo', Vijay has been clocking follower after follower since within a few minutes he made a grand entry on the Gram. 

The 'Thalapathy' of Tamil cinema, who has numerous box office records under his name, Vijay has made yet another record of becoming the first Indian celebrity to clock the fastest one million followers on Instagram. 

In the top 3 list of fastest one million followers, Thalapathy Vijay has ranked third. It took 99 minutes for Vijay to garner one million followers on the popular social media platform. 

While Thalapthy Vijay proudly stands at the third spot, K-pop's most popular boy band, BTS's member, Kim Taehyung aka V and Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie are in the first and second place respectively. 

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. 

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As of now, the 'Master' actor has 4.6 million followers on Instagram. 

Talking about Vijay's massive following on other top social media platforms, he has 7.8 million followers on Facebook and 4.4 million on Twitter.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Vijay is gearing up for Lokesh Kanagraj's next, 'Leo'. 'Leo' also stars Sanjay Dutt and Trisha. 

Last seen in 'Varisu', along with 'Pushpa' star Radhika Mandanna, Thalapathy is believed to make a smashing cameo in Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan'. 

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