Updated On: 08 December, 2021 10:43 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Kim Taehyung became the fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Instagram in 40 minutes breaking Angelina Jolie`s record of 1 hour

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BTS members have just joined Instagram and are already smashing records previously held by other celebrities. Leading the pack is V aka Kim Taehyung. Kim Taehyung became the fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Instagram in 40 minutes breaking Angelina Jolie`s record of 1 hour. He also had 2 million followers in an hour, reportedly the fastest individual to do so on the platform. The singer also smashed Billie Eilish’s record of 1 million likes within six minutes by getting the same amount of likes within four minutes. The 25-year-old singer’s followers skyrocketed to 10 million within 24 hours. Earlier, Jennifer Aniston held the record for the same. V also broke the record of the most-liked Instagram post by an Asian and he`s now the only artist who has two posts with more than 13 million likes.
Meanwhile, it’s not been all hunky dory for the K-pop star as he also got massively trolled for following Jennie from Blackpink. He unfollowed her soon after and clarified over Weverse, “Recommended by Instagram Is there a way to get rid of this?….It’s a scary app."