Sir David Attenborough Joins Instagram, Gains Millions Of Followers

Bhubaneswar: Sir David Attenborough gained millions of followers in less than 24 hours of joining Instagram and his message on the platform went viral with over 10.3 million views.

According to Guinness World Records, “his account reached one million followers just over four hours later”. Currently, he has over 2.7 million followers on his profile.

The renowned naturalist and broadcaster has tirelessly worked to reveal the wonders of the natural world to people around the globe, joined the photo-video sharing app because ‘the world is in the trouble’.

“I am making this move and exploring this new way of communication – to me – because, as we all know, the world is in trouble,” he said in his first video message. “Continents are on fire. Glaciers are melting. Coral reefs are dying, fish are disappearing from our oceans…The list goes on and on. But we know what to do about it, and that’s why I’m tackling this new way for me of communication,” the 94-year-old added.

Watch his message here:

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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.

A post shared by A Life On Our Planet (@davidattenborough) on Sep 24, 2020 at 2:00am PDT

Although followers will see more of the veteran environmentalist on the profile, it will not be managed by him. Frequent collaborators Jonnie Hughes and Colin Butfield and other producers of his documentary titled ‘A Life On Our Planet’ will help manage the account and its various technical aspects, reported The Indian Express.

The previous record-holder for this title was ‘Friends’ star Jennifer Aniston, who joined the social media app on October 15, 2019, and gained 1 million followers in five hours and 16 minutes.

However, this is not the only Guinness World Record under his belt. He also holds the record for the longest career as a TV presenter and longest career as a television naturalist, with a career spanning more than 60 years back to the formative years of television.

He recently won the Emmy 2020 in the category of Outstanding Narrator for the BBC show Seven Worlds One Planet. ⁣