Do people pay to be verified?

More than 2 million accounts responded, and 81.5% of them said they wouldn't pay anything. An additional 10.5% said they'd pay $5, and 5.5% said they'd pay $15.

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At Elon Musk's Twitter, users will soon need to pay $7.99 per month for its Twitter Blue subscription service to gain a blue checkmark — long recognized as a sign of "verification" on the platform.

But will any currently verified users actually pay?

To find out, CNBC Make It reached out to two dozen verified and active Twitter users, mostly influencers and journalists across the political spectrum. We asked if they would ever consider paying any amount of money to keep their blue checkmarks on Twitter. None of the users who responded plan to pay to remain verified, with most rejecting the idea completely. Part of the current backlash stems from concern of an uptick in such impersonators. Other users are simply balking at the idea of paying to be "verified" on Twitter, after years of it being free. On Monday, Musk promised permanent bans for users who impersonate others without labeling their accounts as parody — after several high-profile Twitter users edited their accounts to mimic Musk's own. A day later, Twitter head of safety and integrity Yoel Roth wrote that the company should adopt further "identity verification" processes. "Paid Verification is a strong (not perfect) signal of humanness, which helps fight bots and spam. But that's not the same thing as identity verification," Roth wrote.

Twitter did not immediately respond to CNBC Make It's request for comment.

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In the 'Showbiz' category, American chat show host Ellen DeGeneres was found to have the highest number of fake followers overall at 48 per cent. In second place was Korean pop band BTS with 47 per cent of fake followers, followed by Kourtney Kardashian in third place with 46 per cent.

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A new survey has uncovered the A-list celebrities who have the highest number of fake followers on social media - and you might be surprised at the results. In the 'Showbiz' category, American chat show host Ellen DeGeneres was found to have the highest number of fake followers overall at 48 per cent. In second place was Korean pop band BTS with 47 per cent of fake followers, followed by Kourtney Kardashian in third place with 46 per cent. Other big names with the most automated followers across their two social platforms include Ariana Grande (46 per cent), Taylor Swift (46 per cent), Miley Cyrus (45 per cent) and Priyanka Chopra (43 per cent). It's worth noting that having fake or 'bot' followers, doesn't necessarily mean that that respective celebrity paid for the follower boost. Here are the top 10 'Showbiz' celebrities with the most overall fake followers:

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