NCT Taeil launched a personal account on Instagram on July 6. Since then, the NCT member has garnered 1.8 million followers. Other members including Doyoung, Jaehyun, Taeyong, Mark, Yuta, and Johnny also followed Taeil on the same day the idol's account was launched.Also read: Get the Hell Out Covid: BTS RM's Vlive goes viral after star tries to chase corona away with his wordsOn 13 July, Guinness World Records released a statement saying that NCT Taeil managed to smash a record previously set by Harry Potter star Rupert Grint. NCT Taeil now holds the record for the fastest 1 million followers.NCT Teil reacts upon breaking Guinness World RecordNCT Taeil broke the record by getting one million followers in one hour and 45 minutes. Upon hearing the news, NCT Taeil said,"Thank you to all the fans! I was so surprised when I heard the news! I never imagined myself becoming a Guinness World Records title holder, and am truly grateful for all the love and support. I would not be here without my members and our NCTzens. I’ll try my best to connect and communicate even more through socials. I love you all!"The account has not yet been verified. NCT Taeil follows seven people, all of whom are fellow NCT members. NCT's agency SM Town also followed his account. Since he launched the account with the handle @mo.on_air, he uploaded five pictures.Also read: Fans send supportive messages to K-POP singer Doyoung of TREASURE after he tests positive for COVID-19Of them, the most recent picture was with another NCT member Haechan. He captioned this picture "Sun and Moon". This was posted a day before Guinness World Records announced that NCT Taeil had broken a record. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @mo.on_airThe record for the fastest million followers on Instagram was held by Rupert Grint who joined Instagram in November 2020. The first post he shared was about the birth of his daughter. He garnered one million followers in four hours and one minute.NCT Taeil deserves credit, but fans are unhappy that other NCT idols were not credited for the same feat.After news of the Guinness World Record being broken surfaced, all NCTzens congratulated NCT Taeil. However, many were unhappy with the fact that NCT members who had previously broken this record were not credited by Guinness.World Records are MADE to be broken*#CongratsTaeil#Nct127*NCT127 leader #LeeTaeyong previously broke the instagram record by achieving 1 to 1 mill followers in 1 hour 50 minutes but he was denied the title on a GWR technicality. Taeil reclaims it for NCT127 by a 4 min margin. https://t.co/mSNiANoaNI— janitt dott (@janittdott) July 13, 2021World Records are MADE to be broken*#CongratsTaeil#Nct127*NCT127 leader #LeeTaeyong previously broke the instagram record by achieving 1 to 1 mill followers in 1 hour 50 minutes but he was denied the title on a GWR technicality. Taeil reclaims it for NCT127 by a 4 min margin. https://t.co/mSNiANoaNI— janitt dott (@janittdott) July 13, 2021justice finally https://t.co/GD7dqLFsj9— niasaurus (@czeniity) July 13, 2021FUCKING FINALLY 🥳🥳🥳🥳 https://t.co/sUt3shmMnj— sar (@donghyuque) July 13, 2021Finally, you're awake hehe#NCT #TAEIL @NCTsmtown @NCTsmtown_127 https://t.co/y9bQpS4gYr— Mangooongo (@mangooongo) July 13, 2021at least one of them got their justice good for him https://t.co/ljyNUPhEMi— #FreeMyNaegaTae (@SeouljaBoyYuuu) July 13, 2021the fact that he opened his instagram without pfp, name, and bio that says he’s from sm ent. and a member of nct. yaasaasssss it’s moon taeil y’all🤧 https://t.co/ESYJPjA20h— xine | jaeyong au📌 (@chibibibimbap) July 13, 2021FINALLY????? i literally had to comment as well about it. https://t.co/Eng2uzHgUO— ai (@jiseongs) July 13, 2021AH FINALLY OMG https://t.co/k8Ap8Zect4— erika // HEY DJ PLAY THAT SONG (@hanaismeism) July 13, 2021A few mentioned how the first one to break this record was Lee Taeyong. Fans claimed that the NCT U idol had broken the record by garnering one million followers in one hour and 50 minutes. However, Guinness World Records denied him credit due to a technicality.These fans felt that justice was finally served since the record now belongs to another NCT member.