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NCT’s Taeil Becomes The Fastest Instagram User To Gain 1 Million Followers

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NCT’s Taeil Becomes The Fastest Instagram User To Gain 1 Million Followers

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Moon Taeil, a member of a South Korean boy group NCT, sets a new Guinness World Record of being the fastest user to accumulate 1 million followers on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ-xtAblR4l/

Right after Taeil’s first post in his IG account mo.on_air, he gained a million followers in just 1 hour and 45 minutes beating the previous record of actor Rupert Grint who set the record of having seven-digit followers in about 4 hours in November 2020.

“Thank you to all the fans! I was so surprised when I heard the news! I never imagined myself becoming a Guinness World Records title holder, and am truly grateful for all the love and support. I would not be here without my members and our NCTzens. I’ll try my best to connect and communicate even more through socials. I love you all!” Taeil said on Guinness’ official website.

Other previous holders of the record were Jennifer Aniston, David Beckham, Pope Francis, and Sussex’s Duke and Duchess – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

As of writing, Taeil has 2.1 million followers and 9 Instagram posts, with his first post reaching 1.6 million likes and 146k comments.

He follows 7 users in his account, all of which are his co-members in NCT 127. He is now the 17th member of the group to have a personal IG account.

Taeil debuted as a member of NCT in 2016 with the sub-unit NCT U and later on made a debut in another sub-unit, NCT 127.

As of 2021, the group consists of 23 members with 3 units namely NCT U, NCT Dream, and NCT 127; and a China-based group named WayV with 7 full-length studio albums in total.

Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/7/nct-taeil-smashes-instagram-followers-record-667205

Photo Credit: www.instagram.com/mo.on_air/