Are you looking to add that illustrious “verified” checkmark to your Instagram account, but your name doesn’t end in Kardashian and you don’t own a cult makeup brand? Don’t stress ...

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is taking a page from Elon Musk: The social giant is rolling out “Meta Verified,” a subscription service for Instagram and Facebook users that includes a verified blue ...

Meta is rolling out "Meta Verified," a subscription service for Facebook and Instagram that includes a verified blue badge, along with other perks.

Instagram users can now apply for verified status in the app. Verified accounts should make it easier to identify real versus fake accounts.

Here’s how you can request a verification, according to Instagram: Open Instagram on your phone and log in to the account you're requesting a verified badge for.

Instagram has verified accounts before, but it has never offered a clear, Twitter-style way for users to apply for the coveted badge (although Twitter is reevaluating its verification process).

Instagram Threads gives you the option of verifying your account for a fee. For $14.99 a month you can get a blue badge on your Instagram Threads profile.

According to its hub on verified badges, Instagram will evaluate your account for “authenticity, uniqueness, completeness and notability ” — the criteria it must meet in addition to abiding ...

That same account had a picture posted to its story titled "Instagram Verification Service," touting a $450 services to get verified on Instagram.