Instagram is not just a social media platform in today's time, but has also become a big source of income. But when a person dies and his account is memorialized, does that account continue to earn money?

This question comes to the minds of many people nowadays, especially when a celebrity, content creator, or public figure dies and their account still appears active.

What is a Memorialization Account?

First of all, let's understand what a memorialization account is. When a person dies, their family or friends can get that account memorialized by sending their death certificate to Instagram. This means that now that account is kept safe in someone's memory.

Memorialized Account

Remembering is written on that account.

Does such an account earn money?

There is no direct monetization from a memorialized account because no new content can be uploaded to that account. Brands do not promote such accounts. Instagram itself does not pay a user from their account, unless it is a Creator or Business account.

There can be many different cases.

Monetized content has already had good views or engagement. If a user has already earned well from Reels, Videos, or Posts on Instagram and those posts are still going viral, then in some cases there can be earnings from Ad Revenue or Affiliate Link, but for this, the account must be a Creator or Business and its bank details should be linked.

If the account run by the family is not memorialized. Some people, if they want, do not get the deceased person's account memorialized and keep managing it themselves and keep posting on it. In this situation, that account can continue to earn, but it may be against Instagram's policy if the right documents are not provided.

Note: Instagram does not make any kind of payment to a memorialized account. The motive of this feature is only to keep the memories of the deceased person and his digital data safe.

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