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= Verified Level 40 Club =

The Verified Level 40 Club (VL40) is a global social club for dedicated Pokémon GO players. The club was created on 22 March, 2017, had more than 3,000 members worldwide in November 2020 , and primarily operates on social media platforms Facebook , Facebook Messenger, Twitter , and Discord. Originally, admission to VL40 was granted if an administrator could verify that the prospective member had reached trainer level 40, the maximum level at the time, without spoofing their GPS location or botting their gameplay (hence the name). As the club grew, however, admission criteria were made increasingly strict in order to preserve the club's exclusivity and reputation.

The VL40 Club oversees TL40data, a crowdsourced data collection enterprise resulting in monthly high score leaderboards in various categories. In 2018, the VL40 Club also administered a raid speedrun leaderboard.

Over time, the club has spawned several subgroups focused on specific aspects of the game, such as the 100M Club for players with more than 100 million experience in Pokémon GO.