--- title: Reese's Instagram Only Follows Reese Witherspoon description: The popular candy brand exclusively follows one account on Instagram: that of Reese Witherspoon, the actress who happens to share its name. canonical: https://time.com/5268329/reeses-reese-witherspoon-instagram/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-07T20:13:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:41.281Z og:title: Of Course Reese's Only Follows One Celebrity Exclusively og:description: The famous candy knows its brand og:url: https://time.com/5268329/reeses-reese-witherspoon-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Of Course Reese's Only Follows One Celebrity Exclusively twitter:description: The famous candy knows its brand twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Of Course Reese's Candy Exclusively Follows This One Actress > Sponsored content. 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When this was pointed out in a shocked tweet alerting the public of this important information, the Reese’s Twitter was quick to respond with their reasoning. “She has a great name,” they replied. Witherspoon has not yet joined in on the conversation about their shared moniker, but presumably she feels the same way. While Reese’s (the brand) only has 100,000 Instagram followers at this time, Witherspoon has nearly 13 million. She also follows 452 people, predominantly other verified celebrities, news sources and at least one account devoted to dogs. She does not, at this time, follow Reese’s back. > [](https://twitter.com/julp/status/993310718186303488) > [](https://twitter.com/reeses/status/993485720206618624) Back in 2016, after Witherspoon shared a photo on Twitter joking about finding some Reese’s Pieces candy, the peanut butter cup account was equally eager to make good of their connection with the star. > [](https://twitter.com/RWitherspoon/status/791061636387745792) > [](https://twitter.com/reeses/status/791086852858056704) > [](https://twitter.com/reeses/status/791087204475006976) Keep trying, Reese’s! 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