Sir David Attenborough hits 1m Instagram followers in under 6 hours Instagram: David AttenboroughBritish Icon and national treasure Sir David Attenborough broke the internet today on September 24 after he joined Instagram and gained 1 million followers in less than 6 hours. The 94-year-old\u2019s first post was an IGTV video sharing a strong message about climate change, explaining that he has joined Instagram so that he can find a new way of communicating how the world can tackle these issues. Jennifer Aniston previously broke the record for gaining the most followers in the shortest time after joining Instagram in October last year, after amassing 1 million in just five hours and 16 minutes. Sir David hit the milestone in a maximum of 6 hours, so he could be up for the title. The caption read: \u201cDavid Attenborough has spent a lifetime traveling, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. He\u2019s also witnessed the damage caused. Saving our planet is now a communications challenge. We know what to do, we just need the will. \u201cBecause there is hope and together, we can inspire change. Social media isn\u2019t David\u2019s usual habitat so while he\u2019s recorded messages solely for Instagram, like the one in this post, we\u2019re helping to run this account. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFg3LHIHGug\/ \u201cIn case you\u2019re wondering, \u2018we\u2019 are Jonnie and Colin and we worked with David on A Life On Our Planet. So, as well as sharing the messages he\u2019s recorded especially for this account we\u2019ll also post some exclusive clips and behind-the-scenes content.\u201d Already, huge celebrities have been welcoming him to the platform, including Andy Murray who said \u201cWelcome to Instagram Sir David!\u201d and British heartthrob Joe Wicks. World-famous footballer David Beckham also welcomed Sir David to the platform in his Instagram story where he shared a picture of them together, calling him \u201cone of the most inspiring people I have ever met.\u201d The broadcaster has now made content for black and white television, color television, high definition television, digital television, 3D television, streaming television (i.e Netflix), cinema, and now IGTV. Sir David Attenborough\u2019s foray into the world of Instagram precedes his latest documentary \u201cA Life on Our Planet\u201d, due to be released on Netflix on October 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sir David Attenborough hits 1m Instagram followers in under 6 hours Instagram: David AttenboroughBritish Icon and national treasure Sir David Attenborough broke the internet today on September 24 after he joined Instagram and gained 1 million followers in less than 6 hours. The 94-year-old\u2019s first post was an IGTV video sharing a strong message about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}