Formerly Bruce Jenner, Caitlyn Jenner became the individual to hold the fastest-growing Twitter account Monday, beating President Obama’s record set just last month.
Caitlyn welcomed herself to the public sphere Monday with her first tweet at 9:17am PST just as Vanity Fair unveiled its July cover featuring the former Olympic athlete sporting her new look.
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
I’m so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can’t wait for you to get to know her/me.
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
According to The Hollywood Reporter, it took Jenner a mere four hours to amass 1 million followers on Twitter by 1:20pm PST.
In one hour, she received 280,000 follows and the number grew exponentially from there as her name began trending on social media platforms.
Just last month, President Obama finally received his own Twitter account @POTUS and promptly broke the record for the fastest collection of followers.
Caitlyn recognized her achievement in a tweet Monday evening.
Another Jenner world record, and at 65? Who’da thought! Humbled & honored to have reached 1M followers in 4 hrs. Thank you for your support.
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
Barack Obama’s other Twitter account — which is run by Organizing for Action — voiced his support of Caitlyn with a tweet Monday afternoon.
Your story matters in the fight for LGBT rights—share it here: http://t.co/FjAdgfkW0D
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 1, 2015
A docuseries is set to air on E! in July that will follow Caitlyn’s transformation into a woman.
