Kim Kardashian helped her nephew Mason Disick, 14, surpass over half a million followers on Instagram by encouraging her fans to also give him a ‘follow.’
On Tuesday, the 43-year-old reality star shared a screenshot of the teenager’s profile to her Instagram Story, with a sweet message instructing ‘everyone’ to follow her sister Kourtney’s eldest child.
‘I still can’t believe Mason is on IG,’ she said, still in awe that Disick had joined the app, which requires users to be at least 13 years old.
Before his aunt’s post, the oldest child of Kourtney Kardashian and her ex Scott Disick had already gained a whopping 509,000 followers on the social media platform.
Eight hours after her post, Disick had amassed a total of 644K followers.
After Mason joined Instagram on Sunday, Kim quickly commented on his first post.
‘You’re really on Instagram,’ she marveled as her sister Khloe, 39, wrote: ‘I can’t believe this is happening. I am sort of not ok. He’s a real teenager. The one who names us KiKi and KoKo.’
As of Tuesday, Mason has just three posts, which feature himself friends, as well as his siblings Penelope, 11, and 9-year-old Reign.
This isn’t the teenager’s first Instagram profile after Kourtney, 45, and Scott, 40, made him delete his account in 2020 when he joined without their permission.
His TikTok account was previously disabled for violating their terms of service as users are required to be 13 or older, and Mason was 10 at the time.
Kourtney opened up about the decision as she discussed parenting and social media with Miranda Kerr for Vogue Paris in May 2021.
‘Mason started some secret accounts during quarantine,’ she said. ‘Those were quickly shut down.’
The POOSH mogul explained that ‘what kids share today, it’s there forever,’ adding: ‘I felt like quarantine was a big lesson, too, because I felt like it was hard for kids.’
‘I loved it because I loved being home and being with them and not feeling guilty or feel like I was missing out,’ Kourtney explained. ‘It was a good time for bonding, but then I felt like for their social interaction, it was really hard for them.’
Kourtney also previously stated that she was hesitant to allow her kids on social media to protect their mental health.
‘I think on Instagram, the thing that really worries me with kids is just comments,’ she said during an Instagram Live. ‘People can be so mean. It’s really easy to get consumed with it. I just feel it’s not the time.’
When his cousin North West, 10, got in trouble for going on TikTok Live without permission in December 2021, Kim shared the ‘mature’ advice Mason texted her ‘just in case for safety.’
‘Hi I don’t wanna disrespect North but I don’t think she should do the Lives unless someone is with her because people are always screen recording and she might tell information that isn’t correct and stuff like that,’ he wrote.
Mason said North might ‘regret’ sharing their family’s personal information after he ‘did the exact same thing’ and now regretted ‘saying one of the things’ he mentioned on Live.
In the message, Mason seemed to be alluding to the time he revealed his Kylie Jenner, his aunt, and her ex Travis Scott were ‘not back together’ during an Instagram Live.
Kourtney welcomed Mason, Kris Jenner’s first grandchild, in 2009 on the season four finale of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
After Kim posted a photo of Mason and his cousins in December, followers remarked at how much he’s grown, comparing him to uncle Rob Kardashian.