2022 Character Limits on LinkedIn + Free Download
Eric Z. Johnson
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Here’s a 2022 overview of LinkedIn character limits (AKA: character counts). This article was last updated in November 2022. It was published in 2017 and has been updated since then.
Each section below is organized by its context so you can quickly find what you’re looking for. This was the first extensive online character limit article to be organized like this. #KeepItSimple
???Key?Tip: Characters include spaces and all characters (letters, numbers, symbols and yes, even our precious emojis)???
Note: Some fields have a minimum character limit required. Although the minimums usually are not an issue, simply follow the prompts.?
PROFILE - BASIC INFO:
First Name: 20
Last Name: 40
Professional Headline (Desktop): 220
Professional Headline (Mobile): 240
Vanity URL: 29?
IM (Instant Message): 25
Address: 1000
Website Anchor Text: 30
Website URL: 256
Phone number: 25
PROFILE SECTIONS:
About (Previously called Summary): 2,600
Experience Section Position Title: 100
Experience Section Position Description: 2000
Skills (Per Skill): 80?
Publication Title: 250
Publication Description: 2,000
*LinkedIn says “You can add up to 50 co-authors to a publication.”
Honors And Awards: This section includes the following options: Publication, Course, Project, Honor and Award, Test Score, Language, Organization, Causes. For the detailed breakdown, scroll down to the bottom of the article.
Service Page: 500 Note: Service Pages began rolling out in early/mid 2021. "LinkedIn Service Pages are dedicated landing pages that showcase your services and businesses at no cost. Additionally, potential clients can contact you for free regardless of connection degree." LinkedIn Help Learn more here.
CONTENT MARKETING: ??
Profile Status Update ("Post"): 3000. This character limit is being rolled out. If you have a limit of 1300 characters, you have to wait. (Only about 200 characters are readable before the reader needs to click to see more.)
Comment: 1250
Company Page Status Update: 700
?????Note: For a profile status update, there is no way to exceed the 3000 character limit. The only workaround is to do this: Continue your extended/full status update in the comments of that specific post. Example: Post: 3000 characters, 1st comment: 1250 maximum characters.
Mentions In a Status Update: 40 (Sometimes this is called "tagging" someone. You can tag individual and company pages. When you do a mention, their profile name will be clickable.)
Publisher (Article) Post Headline: 100?
Publisher (Article) Post Body Text: 110,000
Image or Photo Credit (Under Article Image): 250
GROUP POSTS:?????? ?????? ?????????????
Post: 3,000 (“Start a post in this group.”)
Comment: 1,250
For non-character group limits and answers to questions like "How many groups can I be in?" and "How many group managers can I have?", click here to read LinkedIn's responses.
OTHER:
Recommendation: 3,000?
Sending an Invite to Connect (AKA: “Add a Note” / Include a personal message): 300 (Update: Some people are saying their limit is 140 as of 9-12-19. This is not a difference between Premium and free. We haven't seen any updates about this from LinkedIn yet.)
COMPANY PAGE:?? ??
Name: 100
About Us: 2000?
Status Update: 700
SHOWCASE PAGE (This is an extension of your Company Page).
Name: 100?
Description: 200
CAREER PAGE:
Page Name: 50
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Company Leaders Headline: 150
Company Leaders Description: 150
Employee Testimonial: 400
Custom Module Title: 150
Custom Module Body: 500
Custom Module URL Label: 70
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WEBSITE RESOURCE: To check your character limits as you go, here are a few options: 1. Character Count Online 2. Word Counter 3. Character Count Tool. Anything similar is fine. You can also download a character counter app to your phone.
IMAGE SIZES & DIMENSIONS: Check out my outstanding LinkedIn connection Louise Myers' thorough article on social media image sizes for all major SM networks. Read her article here.
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Honors And Awards: Detailed Breakdown
??????? Title: 255
??????? Publication/Publisher: 255
??????? Publication URL: 262
??????? Description: 2,000
2. Course
???????Course name: 255
???????Number: 25
3. Project
???????Project name: 255
???????Project URL: 262
???????Description: 2000
4. Honor and Award
???????Title: 255
???????Issuer: 255
???????Description: 2000
5. Test Score
???????Title: 255
???????Score: 20
???????Description: 2000
6. Language: 80
7. Organization
???????Organization name: 255
???????Position held: 1000
???????Description: 2000
8. Causes
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What about "Articles" how many characters are we allowed?
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1 年Hi Eric Z. Johnson I would really appreciate your advice on character limitation for the LinkedIn post. It says 3000 characters but it does not really work out. Is there any way to make a long post on LinkedIn?
Computer Scientist
1 年It seems to me the maximum number of co-authors in a publication is 10 and not 50. After the 10th co-author the "Add author" button gets grayed out for me.
This is helpful; thank you for keeping it up-to-date. Do you know the character limit for a LI Newsletter headline? The headline doesn't seem to wrap, but maybe it will, and just doesn't wrap in the draft mode? I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has figured out LI newsletter formatting.
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2 年Very informative. Thank you.