--- title: "Twitter Blue will cost $8 per month and have fewer ads and a verified badge." description: "Musk indicated that blue-tick subscribers would be given preference in search, answers, and mentions." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-11-02 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2271/twitter-blue-will-cost-8-per-month-and-have-fewer-ads-and-a-verified-badge category: "twitter" tags: ["twitter api", "twitter", "technology", "technology news"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Twitter Blue will cost $8 per month and have fewer ads and a verified badge. Elon Musk, [**Twitter's new CEO**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2253/twitter-shall-be-charging-a-fee-of-20-per-account-for-verification), announced on Tuesday that the [social media](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13056/how-to-leverage-social-media-to-attract-lots-of-blog-traffic) network will charge $8 for its Blue service, which includes the coveted '**verified' badge, in an effort to monetize the service and reduce its reliance on advertisements.** Musk claimed that blue-tick users would see half as many adverts and would be given preference in search, answers, and mentions. **Additionally, they would be allowed to publish longer audio and [video files](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94829/my-android-doesn-t-open-video-files-what-should-i-do). Subscribers could also access a paywall bypass from 'publishers keen to engage with us.'** Following media allegations that the Tesla CEO was investigating the profile [verification](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34736/what-is-difference-between-validation-and-verification) procedure and how the [blue ticks](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32488/how-do-i-disable-blue-ticks-in-whatsapp) were [distributed](https://answers.mindstick.com/blog/43/how-do-you-handle-failures-in-distributed-systems), **Musk made the following remarks. Based on its own standards, Twitter used to award blue ticks to noteworthy profiles.** However, in a recent survey, more than 80% of [**Twitter**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2263/elon-musk-removes-the-twitter-board-and-becomes-the-only-director) users who participated stated they would not pay for the blue tick, with 10% saying they would be prepared to pay $5 per month. Following a protracted battle that involved the billionaire pulling out of the [transaction](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/175/transactions-in-database) and a legal confrontation, **he finally completed his $44 billion purchase of the business last week.** **Twitter Blue, a membership programme** that offers users access to [features including](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86029/telegram-adds-new-features-including-reaction-stickers-music-in-stores) the ability to edit tweets, was introduced in June of last year. In response to rumours that Twitter may soon start charging verified users a $20 monthly fee for blue ticks, best-selling author Stephen King penned, 'If that gets adopted, I'm gone like Enron.' **Separately, S&P Global Ratings downgraded Twitter's credit rating to B- as a result of the [acquisition](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2246/following-elon-musk-s-acquisition-gm-suspends-its-twitter-advertising)-related 'significant' debt increase.** --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2271/twitter-blue-will-cost-8-per-month-and-have-fewer-ads-and-a-verified-badge Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.