Tom Hiddleston
Actor Tom Hiddleston presents the award for Entertainer of the Year during the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 3, 2016. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni

Due to his highly publicised romance with pop star Taylor Swift, British actor Tom Hiddleston made ripples, if not waves, on social media after joining the photo-and-video-sharing app Instagram.

The “Thor: Ragnarok” actor attracted close to 500,000 followers after only 12 hours since joining Instagram Tuesday.

Hiddleston shared a photo of Thor’s nemesis, Loki, whose character he plays for the long-running Marvel movie franchise. His maiden Instagram post amassed some 122,000 likes and over 15,000 comments as of posting.

 

He's back!

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Noticeably, the 35-year-old actor is not yet following anyone on Instagram, even his popular 26-year-old girlfriend, Swift, who has 88.1 million followers on the same social media site.

Despite being social media savvy, Swift has never posted any of her photos with Hiddleston. A video featuring the trending celebrity couple during the May 2016 Met Gala in New York and a July 4 photo with friends are among those that document their romance.

 

TAYLOR SWIFT & TOM HIDDLESTON GETTING DOWN #MET #DANCE #FUNFUN #PRINCE  #NYC #tomhiddleston

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The “Hiddleswift” couple are rumoured to have split up as they are spending time apart after a jet-setting romance that brought them to UK, Italy and Australia, among others. While Hiddleston is busy with the “Thor: Ragnarok” shooting, Swift is currently in New York.

Swift and Hiddleston were photographed kissing while hanging out in a rocky beach on Rhode Island early in July. Their whirlwind romance was born after Swift broke up with DJ Calvin Harris.

Critics said the celebrity couple's romance is nothing but a publicity stunt but Hiddleston claimed, "The truth is that Taylor Swift and I are together and we're very happy... It's not a publicity stunt."

 

Taylor and Tom Hiddleston today in Rhode Island

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