Johnny Depp racks up over 3 million followers on Instagram

Hollywood star recently joined Facebook-owned photo and video sharing app Instagram.

The actor took the plunge on April 16 and amassed over 1.4 million followers on the popular social media platform. 

The "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" actor first posted a photo of himself surrounded by lit candles, captioned, "Hello everyone... filming something for you now... gimme a minute."

He later, posted an eight-minute video, starting off by saying, "I don't think I've really ever felt any particular reason to (join social media) until now."

But, Depp added, "now is the time to open up a dialogue, as the threat of this invisible enemy has already caused immeasurable tragedies and damage to people's lives."