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   LinkedIn wants every user to be verified   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:10:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   LinkedIn hits 100 million verified accounts on its platform, but the goal is   
   to verify everyone.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   LinkedIn has achieved a goal it set itself around two years ago  the platform   
   now has over 100 million verified members, and counting, just days before its   
   deadline of the end of 2025.  The Microsoft-owned business networking platform   
   uses verifications to strengthen trust and authenticity - ultimately helping   
   users know who theyre talking to is who they say they are.   
      
   But the plans dont stop there  LinkedIn wants every member, job and company   
   page to have at least one verification as part of its long-term strategy.   
      
   LinkedIn is seriously focused on account verification    
      
   According to the company, verified members see up to 60% more profile views   
   and get up to 50% more engagement on posts compared to their non-verified   
   counterparts. Organizations also see benefits, with verified orgs seeing    
   10.9x more views and getting 7.7x more followers.    
      
   When Product VP Oscar Rodriguez first confirmed plans to hit 100 million   
   verified users in October 2023, the company only had around 18 million   
   verified accounts.    
      
   LinkedIn has also revealed plans to launch a self-serve API to help    
   developers integrate trust signals (like identity and workplace) into apps,   
   sites, and other platforms, which will allow users to display their LinkedIn   
   verification status across other sites.    
      
   To commemorate 100 million verified users, LinkedIn has also recently    
   enlisted Zoom as a partner. Zoom profiles will now be able to display a users   
   LinkedIn verification status within the app. Adobe, G2, UserTesting, and   
   TrustRadius already offer this.    
      
   Using Verified on LinkedIn, users will be able to use the verifications    
   theyve completed on LinkedIn to show who they are across the different online   
   platforms they use, boosting trust, confidence and credibility, Rodriguez   
   noted .    
      
   Were proud to team up with LinkedIn to make it easier for people to show up    
   as their authentic selves in meetings  securely, confidently, and ready to   
   collaborate, Zoom Head of AI Partnerships Ross Mayfield wrote.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/linkedin-wants-every-user-to-be-verified   
      
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