--- title: Jennifer Aniston Joins Instagram, Fans + Celebrities Respond description: Jennifer Aniston has joined Instagram, much to the delight of fans and fellow celebrities — and she's already killing the social media game. canonical: https://time.com/5704799/jennifer-aniston-instagram/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-18T16:10:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:55.993Z og:title: Jennifer Aniston Just Joined Instagram, Is Already Killing It og:description: She's a natural og:url: https://time.com/5704799/jennifer-aniston-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdabc83e25f45490d/698a047fb3fce353540c5b45/jennifer-aniston-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Photocall Of Netflix's "Murder Mystery" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Aniston Just Joined Instagram, Is Already Killing It twitter:description: She's a natural twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdabc83e25f45490d/698a047fb3fce353540c5b45/jennifer-aniston-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Aniston Stays Killing the Instagram Game and She Just Got Here > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) David Livingston—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 18, 2019 4:10 PM UTC Jennifer Aniston set a Guinness World Record when she joined Instagram this week, setting the time for [the fastest Instagram account to reach 1 million followers](https://guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/10/friends-star-jennifer-aniston-claims-record-for-fastest-to-reach-one-million-inst-595437) at a smooth five hours and 16 minutes. In doing so, the Instagram newcomer took the title from royals Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who previously held the crown with [the launch of their @sussexroyal account.](https://time.com/5562731/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-now-have-their-own-official-instagram-account/) Although Aniston just joined Instagram, she’s already proved herself to be a master of the platform, making her debut with a selfie with the cast of _Friends_, then posting a hilarious video, and most recently posting an adorable throwback photo. This may be in part to the fact that she had a secret [fake Instagram account or a “Finsta,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/fashion/instagram-finstagram-fake-account.html) which she described during an appearance on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ as her “stalker account” and shared that she was now ready to officially be part of the Instagram generation. “When I was thinking about doing this, I figured it was time to understand the world and dip my toe into the social media pool,” she said. Aniston’s appearance on social media tickled her fans and many of her celebrity friends alike, including castmates past and present who took to their social media accounts to welcome her to the platform. See their warm salutations and Jennifer Aniston’s best posts so far below. A throwback from Jen both past and present. On breaking the Internet with her new Instagram account… She got some major love from her _Friends_ friends. 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