Some time ago, One Piece's Twitter account started a countdown to Chapter 1000.
First, they started by posting a picture of Jinbei (the last Mugiwara currently recruited).
Here is the Twitter version then the Instagram version :
By ScotchInformer in the thread of 991 summary & images :
Author Eiichiro Oda mentions that
"The goal now is for manga to reach Chapter 1000 at the end of this year !!"
Comment in Jump Magazine for this week.
More:
Eiichiro Oda Aiming for Chapter 1000 at the end of this year !! The new system will be *2 Chapters then Break* or *3 Chapters then break* -According to his comment on Jump.
This new system because Corona Pandamic (as we know).
A few minutes ago, following chapter 991, the Twitter account published an image of Brook (still with the Twitter/Instagram version of the image) :
By Redon in Arlong Park Forums :
Since chapter 992 release, Eiichiro Oda's staff release Twitter & Instagram version of Franky for the coundtown until chapter 1000. Thanks to ScotchInformer to share the first picture & Redon to share the second picture in Arlong Park :