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Brace yourself for paid subscriptions to Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/01/Brace-yourself-for-paid-subscriptions-to-Instagram-WhatsApp-and-Facebook.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/meta/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Meta[/url] has revealed that it plans to test paid subscriptions to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/instagram/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram[/url], <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/whatsapp/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WhatsApp[/url], and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/facebook/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook[/url] – with multiple options apparently on the cards.</p>



<p>The company has so far only provided specifics on the paywalled features for Instagram, with no details yet available about its other services …</p>



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