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US President Barack Obama's Twitter account has received a million followers in just five hours, the highest by an individual so far? Through this micro-blogging site he can be connected to billions of people across the world.

From his verified Twitter @POTUS account, he messaged to Twitter, saying"Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account."

However, we do not have any information about the record from a Twitter spokesman or from a Guinness World Records’ official. In April 2014 Robert Downey Jr has received a million followers in 23 hours and 22 minutes.

The 44th president of the US has used a White House iPhone to send the tweet, since he can’t use high-security custom Blackberry for other purposes.

In fact, this is not for the first time he is using twitter handle, during his campaign for Presidential election he created wonders with the digital platforms, his @BarackObama (59 million followers) currently run by Organizing for Action, Obama's former campaign team. He occasionally  signed tweets from the @WhiteHouse account (6.2 million followers) with his initials, "-bo".

First lady Michelle Obama’s account @FLOTUS, is being followed by husband President Obama @POTUS.

-Kannamsai