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All You Need To Know To Get Verified On TikTok
Over 1 billion people use TikTok monthly. Having that blue verification tick next to your handle can boost your growth and credibility astronomically. But whether you’re an established business or the next Charli D’Amelio, there’s no clear-cut way to be verified on TikTok.
Unlike other social media platforms, there is no way to request a TikTok verification. TikTok has its own secret formula for verification. It hands out those blue checkmarks based on criteria known only by its verification team.
Read on to find out what you need to know about how to get verified on TikTok.
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Why Should You Get Verified On TikTok?
If you want to establish your brand online, the verification tick is one of the most important things you can have on your profile. Here’s why you should be aiming for that blue checkmark:
Credibility
The blue verification checkmark is a standard across all the big social media platforms. Having this little blue checkmark on your profile means that TikTok has confirmed your authenticity as a brand or personality. Users will automatically know that you are a recognized brand and official account, giving you an edge over regular TikTokers.
Authority
TikTok doesn’t verify just anyone, so users associate the blue checkmark with trustworthiness and authority. Users are more likely to follow your account, engage with your content, and listen to you when you have that verified badge.
Growth and Exposure
Though nothing is confirmed, it seems that verified TikToks have an easier time getting onto the “For You” page than regular accounts. Verified TikTok accounts also tend to show up more often in users’ feeds while scrolling. Connecting with other verified accounts and businesses becomes much easier as well. This can lead to collaborations for even more massive growth.
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Unlike Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, there’s no way to request a verification review on TikTok. TikTok has its own verification team that reviews accounts, and it’s not clear exactly what metrics you need to hit to get verified.
Some accounts with millions of followers and likes are still not verified, so it seems that size isn’t the biggest consideration. Fortunately, there are a few metrics that will increase your chances of getting TikTok’s attention and eventually achieving that coveted blue checkmark.
Create Consistent Content
The TikTok algorithm favors one thing above all else: consistency. Posting a good-quality video every day has proven to be the number one growth formula on TikTok. It’s theorized that TikTok looks at how steadily your follower count increases as one of its key metrics for verification, and uploading consistently can get you more followers every day.
Posting a video every day may seem tough at first, but the more you do it, the easier it gets. If you’re struggling to think of new content every single day, create a TikTok content strategy that will streamline your content creation and make it easier to stay on track.Become A Viral Sensation
Not all verified TikTok accounts go viral, but most of them do. It’s difficult to do organically, but if you do happen to pop up on the “For You” page, the resulting views and followers can get you on the TikTok verification radar pretty quickly.
You don’t even have to create a viral video to get noticed. Some TikTok users get verified because they create a unique sound that goes viral in other people’s videos.
Get Featured In Other Media
Traditional print and online media are powerful tools for verifying your legitimacy. It’s no small feat to get featured in a publication, but the results speak for themselves.
Online publications like LADbible or People Magazine are often looking for new content and usually cover viral TikTok videos on their own websites. If you get featured in an online publication, consider it a good shortcut to getting verified on TikTok.
Get Verified On Another Social Media Platform
When you have a verification checkmark on another social media platform, it becomes a lot easier to get one on TikTok. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all have easier verification processes than TikTok, so you might want to start the verification process for your other social media accounts before attempting TikTok verification.
Shutterstock Frequently Asked Questions On TikTok Verification
How many followers on TikTok to get verified?
You can get verified with as little as a couple of thousand followers, but there isn’t an exact number or follower threshold for getting verified that’s known to the public.
Can you buy verification as a brand?
No, there is currently no way to buy or request a verification review.
How to get verified on TikTok for free?
Every verification on TikTok is technically free, as there is no way to buy a verification badge.
Can you get paid with a verified TikTok account?
Yes, you can get paid to make TikToks if you join the TikTok Creator Fund.
How to get verified on TikTok without followers?
Being a celebrity or rising music artist is a quick way to get verified without followers.
Shutterstock The Bottom Line
Getting verified on TikTok isn’t easy, but with these simple tips, you’ll be well on your way to getting that badge. Doing this can increase your reach, build your social media audience, and take you one step closer to achieving your personal or business goals.
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JoJo Siwa Talks Gay Awakening In Viral TikTok Trend Video
One thing about JoJo Siwa is…
Superstar JoJo Siwa is jumping on a viral TikTok trend and sharing her gay awakening story. For anyone unfamiliar, the trend calls for people to share personal stories from their life, but to do it to music. An instrumental version of Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl,” to be specific. Every story starts with the person saying, “One thing about me…”
In Siwa’s case, her story is about the celebrities that helped her discover her sexuality and her first date with a boy.
View this post on Instagram“One thing about me is that when I was twelve, Demi Lovato came out with the song ‘Cool for the Summer,” she raps to the beat. “I really really liked it and listened to it all the time.”
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Siwa also admitted to not understanding all of the sapphic themes of the song (Got my mind on your body and your body on my mind. Got a taste for the cherry, I just need to take a bite”). However, she clarified that she does understand the song now. The video even caught the attention of Lovato, and she replied with three laughing emojis shortly after the post was shared.
Siwa then shares the next pivotal moment in her journey, Jenna Dewan’s Magic Mike performance on Lip Sync Battle. “I pretty much watched it every day. Little me, she didn’t know she was gay!” she joked.
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Nope, it wasn’t until Siwa went out on her first date that she realized she wasn’t attracted to men. According to her story, she was a couple of years older when she went out with a guy. He wanted something more from the date, but she did not.
“And he wanted to have sex with me, and I did not want to, never wanted to, grossed out by the thought of it, immediately knew men are not my thing. Women are my gig. Gotta go.”
View this post on InstagramJoJo Siwa Has a New Boo
The “Boomerang” singer is currently dating TikToker Avery Cyrus. The couple went under the radar for a while and even made jokes about people speculating about their relationship before they went public last month.
View this post on Instagram“Happiest Girl,” Siwa wrote on TikTok and shared a video of her and Cyrus kissing in a Chuck E. Cheese photo booth.
Siwa came out as LGBTQ in January 2021 through a series of posts made on social media. She later clarified to People that she identifies as pansexual. “… because that’s how I have always been my whole life is just like, my human is my human.”
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Bob The Drag Queen Drops This Year’s Hottest TikTok Bop
You ain’t never met a b**ch like Bob The Drag Queen. The alter ego of non-binary actor, comedian, and musician, Caldwell Tidicue, “Bob The Drag Queen” is drag royalty. She is best known for winning the 8th season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Hot off of her rise to TikTok stardom, Bob’s new single Bitch Like Me dropped today. The video itself draws inspiration from her popular “interrupting” series, with seamless TikTok transitions. The video was shot on iPhone and pays homage to this new art form.
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Where You See A Void, You Fill It.
“I really genuinely just love TikTok,” says Bob. “Even if I had no followers, I’d still probably spend a lot of time on there scrolling and double tapping.” The season 8 Drag Race winner forged a path of her own by filming entirely in a vertical aspect ratio. “I remember googling if there was a ‘vertical music video’ or a ‘TikTok music video’ and I hadn’t seen one yet.” Rather than becoming discouraged, Bob thought, “Where you see a void, you fill it.”
View this post on InstagramThe song draws from a long history of Drag anthems but turns up the energy, flexing Bob’s rapping skills. Bitch Like Me is at once drag, rap, unapologetically queer, and the perfect fit for a TikTok-inspired music video. Bob worked with producer/songwriter Ocean Kelly, songwriter Christopher Caldwell, and director Assaad Yacoub to realize his vision. “I wrote all of my own lyrics,” said Bob. “But being in a studio you really confer and converse with everyone there.”
The Queen of TikTok
Bob stole the hearts of 2.7 million TikTok fans with a series where she interrupts the transitions of her fellow Drag Race alum, Plastique Tiara. The series continued to grow until no one was safe. Not even the Drag mother herself, RuPaul.
Earlier this month, Bob created a TikTok encouraging the girls, gays, and theys to show off their rap skills. “Somebody tried to tell me the girls, gays, and theys don’t got bars,” Bob explains over a familiar backtrack. “I was like, explain this,” says Bob as he offers the mic to the camera, encouraging folks to duet. Hundreds of girls, gays, and theys joined the trend, including Drag Race fan favorite Alaska Thunderfuck. The video finishes off with a bar from Bitch Like Me, cleverly teasing the upcoming release.
Now that you’ve been primed, it’s time to meet that b**ch, Bob The Drag Queen. Check out the music video below, and follow Bob for more effortlessly viral moments.
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