{"id":297507,"date":"2026-02-18T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/297507\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:55:07","slug":"social-security-reaches-100-million-online-accounts-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/297507\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security reaches 100 million online accounts in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FZQH4ZXFXBDN5OTDTFI3W77SE4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/\">The Social Security Administration<\/a> revealed that more than 100 million Americans have created personal online Social Security accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7GMFDNKMNZFJNHZEJYDGZCWLWE\">This marks a major milestone for the agency as it undergoes a digital-first transformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4K7A2TK3EBAPPAH7OAQYVJNOEM\">The secure online portal enables Americans to get 24 hours a day, seven days per week access to personalized tools and services, regardless of whether they currently receive benefits, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/en\/press\/releases\/2026-02-09.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/en\/press\/releases\/2026-02-09.html\">according to the agency.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZUPCMAOXFVGSFMDBM6GVHR67UQ\">Here\u2019s what you need to know about some of the benefits that account holders can get and how to create one.<\/p>\n<p>What are the benefits of an online Social Security account and how do I create one?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CMEDL6ACI5GZVNZAQFUEUHXSTY\">With these online \u201cmy Social Security accounts,\u201d users can receive customized updates, request a replacement Social Security card or documents, manage benefits or get an estimate for benefits, check the status of benefit applications and access their most recent statements from Social Security, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/en\/press\/releases\/2026-02-09.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/en\/press\/releases\/2026-02-09.html\">according to the agency.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IPR4524UAZD6XCIFVJPONWXGOE\">\u201cMore than 100 million Americans have chosen to set up my Social Security accounts because they want immediate access to service, 24 hours a day, and tools to manage their benefits with ease,\u201d said Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/en\/press\/releases\/2026-02-09.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/en\/press\/releases\/2026-02-09.html\">in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JANGJMVH75EZLPMNFQIMB57OYQ\">Bisignano said that access to services has improved under his leadership. Previously, the website was down 29 hours a week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KR7RNLFHOFGIBGVPD3XB4O6DOA\">Those who wish to create a personal my Social Security account can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/myaccount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/myaccount\/\">visit this link<\/a> and click \u201ccreate an account.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Social Security Administration revealed that more than 100 million Americans have created personal online Social Security accounts.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[114,268,85,46,266,267,688,1759,2959,67506],"class_list":{"0":"post-297507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-personalfinance","14":"tag-retirement","15":"tag-social-security","16":"tag-social-security-administration","17":"tag-social-security-card"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}