Linkedin now has over 55 million verified users – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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LinkedIn now has over 55 million verified users.

The company tells CNBC that it has the “most verified individual human identities of any major social network.” LinkedIn plans to authenticate the identities of 100 million users by 2025 through its free verification process. It will also start showing verification badges on posts within the main feed, CNBC reports.

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