David Attenborough quit Instagram just weeks after joining

The 94-year-old naturalist and TV host joined Instagram on September 24 and posted his last post on October 31. His biography now reads: “Account is no longer active”.

Attenborough’s latest post on the platform said he was “encouraged by the enormous amount of ideas and passion” being shared on Instagram.

“It might be an end for this account – we won’t post anything else, although the account will remain open for you to watch David’s posts – but we hope it will be a springboard for many more to develop and sharing the means we could create a sustainable future ”, we read.

Attenborough’s account was made with the help of his colleagues, Jonnie Hughes and Colin Butfield, who acknowledged in the very first post that ‘social media is not David’s usual home’.

The veteran broadcaster’s first post – a climate change warning video – got him a million subscribers in a record four hours and 44 minutes, according to Guinness World Records.

Attenborough’s rapid acquisition of Instagram followers broke previous record holder Jennifer Aniston, who gained 1 million followers in five hours and 16 minutes after joining the Facebook-owned platform in 2019, Guinness World said Records.

Since then, Attenborough’s record has been broken by actor Rupert Grint, who hit the million-follower mark in four hours and one minute when he joined earlier this month.

CNN’s Amy Woodyatt contributed to this report.