The Rock celebrates a big internet milestone

Dwayne – The Rock – Johnson has just cracked the 200 million follower mark on Instagram, making him the most-followed man in America.

He is currently 38-million under current world record holder Cristiano Ronaldo.

If you were to count his other platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, however, Johnson has more than 300 million followers (which is just shy of the population of the United States).

Johnson took to Instagram to thank his followers.

“THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for giving me the space to speak my truth. You have my word, I’ll always do my best to speak my truth with dignity, respect, empathy and GRATITUDE. That’s my lesson I’ve learned. And the result of speaking my truth is I was just informed, I’ve surged past and blown by 200 MILLION FOLLOWERS on Instagram and over 300 MILLION FOLLOWERS across all platforms – officially becoming/ The #1 followed man in America.”

In other news, Dwayne Johnson has revealed who will play him in ‘Young Rock’, the autobiographical sitcom coming to NBC next year.

Three different actors will play him over the years, ranging from ten to twenty years-old. Adam Groulx will play him at the age of ten, Bradley Constant will be 15-year-old Johnson while Uli Latukefu will be The Rock from 18-20 years.

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