Help! I'm stuck with instagram verification!!!

Guys, please help me out.
I opened the account last week with a vpn (hotspot shield), followed just two account so as to not get flagged easily, then left it till since then until today. when i logged in, all was fine but after a few minute after login, i was required to verified the account with a phone. so i use TextNow but i didn't received the message. i was even thinking if the number has been over used, they should at least send the message then decline later or is it normal for IG not to send it at all??? Please i'm stuck.

Text now has very very little success with IG. You need a real number. You can use google voice for 3-5 accounts.

Instagram's SMS provider barely works, even with real numbers. Just take care, I used to have the same things when bulk creating accounts. They got asked to enter in a phone number, I used Russian real phone numbers and once I verified the account they got banned.

Use only real sim cards. Forget about online PV services. They use same number for multiple users and numbers get flagged so as your accounts.

Instagram cracks down hard on accounts created on VPN services. Just think for a moment how many people have thought about registering accounts on a VPN (for whatever reasons they may have). It's just their way on cutting down on spam accounts.

Don't use VPN, you need instagram dedicated proxies. Also as another user suggested you, do not use SMS verify services, it will lead to ban.