Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram, broke it, and set a Guinness World Record – all in less than 6 hours – Business Insider, Business Insider

                    

• Instagramuserswere sent into a frenzyon Tuesday after the actressJennifer Anistonjoined the platform and posted her first photo:a selfie with her “Friends” costars
• Aniston accrued 1 million followersin just five hours and 16 minutes, setting a mark recognized by theGuinness World Recordsfor the fastest time for an Instagram account to reach that milestone.
• Aniston broke a record previously held by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, whose@ sussexroyalaccount reached 1 million in five hours and 45 minutesearlier this year.
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“Move fast and break things “may be Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s much-quoted motto, but he may want to pass it on to one of his platform’s newest, record-setting users: Jennifer Aniston.

The 50 – year-old “Friends” star joined Instagram on Tuesday morning. If that wasn’t enough to cause a stir, the first photoshe posted from her account was a selfiefeaturing her fellow costars from the beloved show:Lisa Kudrow(Phoebe Buffay),Courteney Cox(Monica Geller),Matt LeBlanc(Joey Tribbiani),David Schwimmer(Ross Geller), andMatthew Perry(Chandler Bing).

Almost immediately, news of Aniston’s Instagram debut led to an influx of followers, likes, and comments – which spurred technical problems andmade it difficult for some usersto follow Aniston’s account.

Read more:Jennifer Aniston literally broke Instagram after she made her debut with an epic ‘Friends’ selfie

But while the issues have since been resolved, there are some things that remain broken. Guinness World Recordsannounced on Wednesdaythat Aniston had broken the record for the fastest time for an Instagram account to reach 1 million followers, reaching the milestone in just five hours and 16 minutes.

Aniston’s record-setting Instagram account beatsa record previously held bythe account@sussexroyal, the official Instagram for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They reached 1 million followers in April in a time of five hours and 45 minutes.

Before that, the record belonged to the K-pop star Kang Daniel,who reached 1 million followersin (hours and 36 minutes.