Twitter Verified Followers Checker
Sorsa Verified Followers Checker counts the verified followers of any public X account and shows how far it is from the 500 X asks for creator payouts. Free, no X login.
How many of the account’s followers are verified, and how far it is from 500, appears here.
The field takes a handle with or without the @, or a profile link.
How to see verified followers on X
Type the handle above: Sorsa API’s checker counts the verified followers of any public account. On X itself, a profile’s followers page has a Verified Followers tab that lists them without a count, and X Analytics shows the number only for your own account, with Premium.
What X shows
On the profile
- Verified Followers tabA list
- A countYour own, in Analytics
- Their audiencesOne by one
What the checker adds
For any public account
- Verified followers742
- Share of all followers1.5%
- To reach 500Reached
See the list on X
- Open the profileIn the X app or on x.com, logged in.
- Tap FollowersUnder the bio.
- Open Verified FollowersThe tab beside Followers and Following.
Why verified followers matter on X in 2026
X treats Premium subscribers as its most valuable audience, so the count decides two things: whether a creator can be paid, and whether X gives the account Premium for free.
- 500
Creator payouts
Original Content Rewards, X’s payout program since 8 September 2026, asks for 500 verified followers, as reported, with an active Premium subscription and 500,000 verified impressions in 90 days.
- 2,500
Free Premium
Since April 2024 X has given Premium for free to accounts with 2,500 verified followers, by its first announcement.
- 5,000
Free Premium+
And Premium+, the tier with the most reach, at 5,000.
X changes these numbers often: read the program’s page in X’s Help Center before you count on them. Whether gold and grey checks count toward them, X doesn’t say.
How to read a verified audience
A count says how many; their own audiences say who. The checker sorts the verified followers it reads into three groups by their follower counts.
Under 1,000 followers1,000 to 10,00010,000 and more
Check suspicious followers with the Twitter Bot Checker, and the biggest of all followers, verified or not, with Twitter Top Followers.
Mostly small accounts
Most verified followers have under 1,000 followers of their own: everyday Premium users. Normal for a growing creator.
UsualA strong middle
A large share between 1,000 and 10,000: working creators and small businesses, the audience that spreads posts.
HealthyHeavy at the top
Many verified followers with big audiences: a well-connected account, often in news, tech or finance.
InfluentialA burst of new tiny accounts
Hundreds of verified followers with almost no followers, many joined lately: bought or bot accounts. Buying them breaks X’s rules and can cost payouts.
Look closer
How to get more verified followers
Verified followers come from where Premium users spend time. Accounts that cross 500 quickly tend to:
Don’t buy them: bought followers break X’s platform manipulation rules and don’t bring the impressions X pays on.
Reply where Premium users are
Thoughtful replies under big accounts in your field get seen by their verified audience.
Post original work
Threads, data, tools and first-hand experience; X’s payout rules reward originality too.
Keep a niche
An account people can describe in a sentence earns follows from the people it serves.
Post at a steady pace
A few strong posts a week beat bursts and silence.
Verified followers, followers and Premium followers
| Term | What it means | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|
| Followers | Every account that follows, verified or not. | The profile’s follower count |
| Verified followers | Followers with a checkmark: blue, and the gold and grey X lists with them. | The Verified Followers tab, this checker |
| Premium followers | Followers who pay for Premium: the blue checks; the term X’s payout rules use. | X Analytics, for your own account |
To see whether one account has the checkmark and since when, use the Twitter Blue Check Checker.
Every verified follower through the API
The checker counts up to 1,000 and lists the biggest 20. GET /verified-followers on Sorsa API returns every verified follower with its profile, up to 200 per request with a cursor: from $0.007 per 1,000 verified followers. Your first 100 requests are free.
What teams use it for
- Check creators against the payout threshold before a campaign.
- Find the verified accounts inside a competitor’s audience.
- Track an account’s verified followers week by week.
- Export the list with profiles for a CRM or a sheet.
GET /verified-followersAn account’s verified followers with their profiles, up to 200 per request.GET /followersAll of its followers, up to 200 per request.GET /info-batch100 accounts by handle or user ID: counts, join dates and the checkmark.
One call is one request, whatever it returns, and failed requests are never charged: Sorsa API pricing. For the whole list as a file without code, use Export Twitter Followers.
No credit card, and they never expire.
GET https://api.sorsa.io/v3/verified-followers?username=maraellison_reports
ApiKey: YOUR_API_KEYThe list this page counts, as JSON.
{
"users": [
{
"username": "coastal_data_desk_news",
"display_name": "Coastal Data Desk",
"followers_count": 1840000,
"followings_count": 412,
"tweets_count": 52300,
"verified": true
}
],
"next_cursor": "1847261...|1847263..."
}Questions about verified followers
The checker
Is the verified followers checker free?
Yes. Check any public account with no sign-up and no X account. For a whole list, a free Sorsa API key adds 100 requests, no card needed.
Can I check someone else’s verified followers?
Yes. It works for any public X account, not only your own: it reads the same Verified Followers list anyone can open on the profile.
Why does it say 1,000+?
The free check stops after the first 1,000 verified followers so it stays fast. The API counts every one, up to 200 per request.
Can I export the verified followers?
Yes: Download CSV under the result holds the biggest 200 with their profiles. For every one, use GET /verified-followers on Sorsa API or Export Twitter Followers.
Will the account know I checked?
No. The checker only reads public data: you never sign in with X, and it never touches the account.
On X
How do I see how many verified followers I have?
Type your handle above. On X, the number is in X Analytics on desktop, for Premium subscribers; the Verified Followers tab lists them without a count.
How many verified followers do you need to get paid on X?
500, as reported for Original Content Rewards, X’s payout program since September 2026, with an active Premium subscription and 500,000 verified impressions in 90 days. X changes these terms often.
Do gold and grey checks count as verified followers?
They appear in the Verified Followers list, so the checker counts them. X doesn’t document whether they count toward its payout thresholds: read the number as X’s list, not X’s payout calculation.
Does the list show when each one followed?
No. X doesn’t publish follow dates. For the newest followers, use Twitter Recent Followers.
Can I buy verified followers to get paid?
You shouldn’t. Bought followers break X’s platform manipulation rules, can cost payout eligibility and don’t bring the impressions from Premium users that X pays on.
The API
Is there an API for verified followers?
Yes. GET /verified-followers on Sorsa API returns an account’s verified followers with full profiles, up to 200 per request with a cursor, at 20 requests a second, with 100 free requests to start.
Count every verified follower
GET /verified-followers returns any account’s verified followers with their profiles, up to 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000.
No credit card, and they never expire. 6B+ requests served since 2022.
Account checks
Followers & audience
Posts & conversations
Analytics & creators
For developers
How to see verified followers on X
The checker counts any public account’s verified followers. On X, the Verified Followers tab lists them without a count.
What X shows
On the profile
- Verified Followers tabA list
- A countYour own, in Analytics
- Their audiencesOne by one
What the checker adds
For any public account
- Verified followers742
- Share of all followers1.5%
- To reach 500Reached
Why verified followers matter on X in 2026
The count decides whether a creator can be paid, and whether X gives Premium for free.
- 500
Creator payouts
Original Content Rewards, X’s payout program, asks for 500, as reported, plus Premium and 500K verified impressions in 90 days.
- 2,500
Free Premium
X has given Premium for free at 2,500 since April 2024.
- 5,000
Free Premium+
And Premium+, the tier with the most reach.
X changes these numbers often: read the program’s page in X’s Help Center before you count on them. Whether gold and grey checks count toward them, X doesn’t say.
How to read a verified audience
A count says how many; their own audiences say who.
Under 1,000 followers1,000 to 10,00010,000 and more
How to get more verified followers
- Reply where Premium users areThoughtful replies under big accounts in your field get seen by their verified audience.
- Post original workThreads, data, tools and first-hand experience; X’s payout rules reward originality too.
- Keep a nicheAn account people can describe in a sentence earns follows from the people it serves.
- Post at a steady paceA few strong posts a week beat bursts and silence.
Don’t buy them: bought followers break X’s platform manipulation rules and don’t bring the impressions X pays on.
Verified followers, followers and Premium followers
- FollowersEvery account that follows, verified or not.The profile’s follower count
- Verified followersFollowers with a checkmark: blue, and the gold and grey X lists with them.The Verified Followers tab, this checker
- Premium followersFollowers who pay for Premium: the blue checks; the term X’s payout rules use.X Analytics, for your own account
To see whether one account has the checkmark and since when, use the Twitter Blue Check Checker.
Every verified follower through the API
GET /verified-followers returns every verified follower with its profile, up to 200 per request: from $0.007 per 1,000.
One call is one request, whatever it returns, and failed requests are never charged: Sorsa API pricing. For the whole list as a file without code, use Export Twitter Followers.
No credit card, and they never expire.
Questions about verified followers
The checker
Is the verified followers checker free?
Yes. Check any public account with no sign-up and no X account. For a whole list, a free Sorsa API key adds 100 requests, no card needed.
Can I check someone else’s verified followers?
Yes. It works for any public X account, not only your own: it reads the same Verified Followers list anyone can open on the profile.
Why does it say 1,000+?
The free check stops after the first 1,000 verified followers so it stays fast. The API counts every one, up to 200 per request.
Can I export the verified followers?
Yes: Download CSV under the result holds the biggest 200 with their profiles. For every one, use GET /verified-followers on Sorsa API or Export Twitter Followers.
Will the account know I checked?
No. The checker only reads public data: you never sign in with X, and it never touches the account.
On X
How do I see how many verified followers I have?
Type your handle above. On X, the number is in X Analytics on desktop, for Premium subscribers; the Verified Followers tab lists them without a count.
How many verified followers do you need to get paid on X?
500, as reported for Original Content Rewards, X’s payout program since September 2026, with an active Premium subscription and 500,000 verified impressions in 90 days. X changes these terms often.
Do gold and grey checks count as verified followers?
They appear in the Verified Followers list, so the checker counts them. X doesn’t document whether they count toward its payout thresholds: read the number as X’s list, not X’s payout calculation.
Does the list show when each one followed?
No. X doesn’t publish follow dates. For the newest followers, use Twitter Recent Followers.
Can I buy verified followers to get paid?
You shouldn’t. Bought followers break X’s platform manipulation rules, can cost payout eligibility and don’t bring the impressions from Premium users that X pays on.
The API
Is there an API for verified followers?
Yes. GET /verified-followers on Sorsa API returns an account’s verified followers with full profiles, up to 200 per request with a cursor, at 20 requests a second, with 100 free requests to start.
Count every verified follower
GET /verified-followers returns any account’s verified followers with their profiles, up to 200 per request, from $0.007 per 1,000.
Get 100 free requestsNo credit card, and they never expire. 6B+ requests served since 2022.
See the list on X
- Open the profileIn the X app or on x.com, logged in.
- Tap FollowersUnder the bio.
- Open Verified FollowersThe tab beside Followers and Following.
Mostly small accounts
72%23%5%
Most verified followers have under 1,000 followers of their own: everyday Premium users. Normal for a growing creator.
UsualA strong middle
48%40%12%
A large share between 1,000 and 10,000: working creators and small businesses, the audience that spreads posts.
HealthyHeavy at the top
30%38%32%
Many verified followers with big audiences: a well-connected account, often in news, tech or finance.
InfluentialA burst of new tiny accounts
93%6%1%
Hundreds of verified followers with almost no followers, many joined lately: bought or bot accounts. Buying them breaks X’s rules and can cost payouts.
Look closerWhat teams use it for
- Check creators against the payout threshold before a campaign.
- Find the verified accounts inside a competitor’s audience.
- Track an account’s verified followers week by week.
- Export the list with profiles for a CRM or a sheet.
GET /verified-followersAn account’s verified followers with their profiles, up to 200 per request.GET /followersAll of its followers, up to 200 per request.GET /info-batch100 accounts by handle or user ID: counts, join dates and the checkmark.
The request and its answer
GET https://api.sorsa.io/v3/verified-followers?username=maraellison_reports
ApiKey: YOUR_API_KEYThe list this page counts, as JSON.
{
"users": [
{
"username": "coastal_data_desk_news",
"display_name": "Coastal Data Desk",
"followers_count": 1840000,
"followings_count": 412,
"tweets_count": 52300,
"verified": true
}
],
"next_cursor": "1847261...|1847263..."
}