LinkedIn Post Character Limit: 3,000 + Every Field

Last verified: 27 September 2026

The LinkedIn post character limit is 3,000 characters. That is LinkedIn’s own number: its Help article on posting says “The character limit for a post is 3,000 characters.” What LinkedIn does not publish is where the “see more” fold falls, how emoji and styled letters count, or most other field limits, so every figure below carries a label.

The table covers every text field on a LinkedIn profile, Page and inbox. Rows without a badge are stated by LinkedIn. “Widely reported” rows are figures that circulate consistently but that LinkedIn never states, and “Not verified” means the sources disagree.

Free tool: paste a draft into the free character counter to count characters against this limit, with LinkedIn picked as the platform. It needs no account.

The “Counted in” column is the one most guides leave out. LinkedIn does not say how it counts characters in any field, so for posts the column shows how Outfeed’s own publisher counts, and elsewhere it says so plainly. This page covers text only; image sizes are in the social media image size cheat sheet.

Table of Contents

• What is the LinkedIn post character limit in 2026?
• Where does LinkedIn cut a post with “see more”?
• What are LinkedIn’s character limits for every field?
• What is the LinkedIn headline character limit?
• Do emojis, links and styled Unicode text count differently?
• How do you count characters before you post?
• Frequently Asked Questions

What is the LinkedIn post character limit in 2026?

A LinkedIn post can run to 3,000 characters, a figure LinkedIn states in its Help article on posting and sharing updates. LinkedIn gives the number but not the counting method, so the safe assumption is that everything you type counts toward it: spaces, line breaks, hashtags, emoji and the full text of any link. For anything longer, a LinkedIn article is the long-form format.

How many words is 3,000 characters?

Roughly 500 words of ordinary English. That is arithmetic, not a LinkedIn figure: at about six characters per word, counting the space after it, 3,000 characters holds about 500 words. Long technical terms, emoji and styled letters pull it lower.

Should you write up to the limit?

No. The limit is a ceiling, not a target. What LinkedIn has actually documented about ranking is collected in our guide to how the LinkedIn algorithm works. Write the post the idea needs, and spend the effort on the opening line, the part everyone sees.

Where does LinkedIn cut a post with “see more”?

LinkedIn does not publish its “see more” cut-off. Community measurements by AuthoredUp, updated 11 August 2026, put it near 210 characters on desktop and 140 on mobile. Both are observations rather than a spec, so treat them as approximate. The fold moves with screen size, which is why desktop and mobile differ and why no single number holds for every reader.

The one related figure LinkedIn does publish is for ads: its single image ad specifications say intro text of up to 150 characters avoids truncation. That is ad guidance, not a rule for organic posts.

What this means for writing:

• Put the hook inside the mobile figure. If the first sentence lands within about 140 characters, it survives on the smaller screen as well as the larger one.
• Do not bury the point below the fold. Readers decide whether to tap “see more” on what they can already see.
• Check it before you post. Paste the opening sentence into the counter linked under the table to see its length.

What are LinkedIn’s character limits for every field?

Only the post limit is official. The rest are widely reported figures that LinkedIn does not state on its Help pages: headline 220, About 2,600, comment 1,250, direct message 8,000, InMail subject 200, Company Page tagline 120, Company Page description 2,000 and article title 150. The InMail body is disputed.

Grouped by where you meet them, with the detail the table has no room for:

Profile fields

• Headline: 220 characters (widely reported). It gets its own section below.
• About: 2,600 characters (widely reported). About 300 characters show before “See more” on your profile, which is also community-reported. The opening of your About section is the only part every visitor sees.

Comments, messages and InMail

• Comment: 1,250 characters (widely reported). A reply that needs more than that is usually a post of its own.
• Direct message: 8,000 characters (widely reported), far more room than any message needs.
• InMail subject: 200 characters (widely reported).
• InMail body: not verified. The long-standing figure is 1,900 characters; AuthoredUp’s list, updated 11 August 2026, says 2,000. LinkedIn states neither, so this page does not pick one. Keep the body under the lower figure if you want to be inside both.

Company Page fields

• Tagline: 120 characters (widely reported). LinkedIn’s help article on editing a Page states no limit for it.
• Description (About): 2,000 characters (widely reported).

Articles

• Article title: 150 characters (widely reported).
• Article body: LinkedIn’s Help pages cited here give no figure, so none is listed. Articles are where writing longer than a post belongs.

What is the LinkedIn headline character limit?

220 characters is the widely reported LinkedIn headline character limit, raised from 120 in 2020. LinkedIn’s own help article on how to edit your headline states no number at all, so treat the figure as community-tested rather than official.

Most of those characters are rarely seen. Roughly the first 60 to 70 characters show in search results, which is also community-reported, so the words that describe what you do belong at the front. The free LinkedIn headline generator turns your role, industry and skills into headline options and counts characters as you go.

The headline sits in the profile header beside your photo and banner, which follow pixel rules rather than character rules. Those are covered in the LinkedIn banner size guide.

Do emojis, links and styled Unicode text count differently?

LinkedIn does not say. What is certain is how text is encoded: in UTF-16, the unit Outfeed’s publisher uses to count LinkedIn posts, a plain letter is 1 unit, most emoji are 2, and almost every styled “bold” or “italic” letter is 2 as well, because those letters sit outside Unicode’s Basic Multilingual Plane. So a post set in styled letters spends the limit about twice as fast in that count.

Whether LinkedIn’s own counter charges styled letters the same way is not published, which is the reason to leave a margin rather than write to the last character. The same caution applies to emoji. Combined emoji such as flags, skin tones and families are built from several code points and cost more than a simple one.

Styled Unicode has two other costs besides length. Screen readers can announce those letters as mathematical symbols rather than words, and search that expects ordinary letters may not match them. If you still want bold for one line, the free LinkedIn text formatter produces it; keep it to a heading or a single phrase rather than whole paragraphs. The free Unicode converter shows why bold Unicode text costs more characters, style by style.

Links and hashtags:

• Links: LinkedIn publishes no special counting rule for links, and Outfeed counts a pasted URL at its full length. X is the platform that works differently: it counts X-weighted characters (emoji 2, links 23), and the X character limits counter applies those rules.
• Hashtags: they count like any other text. How many to use is a separate question, answered in the LinkedIn hashtags guide.

How do you count characters before you post?

Paste the finished draft into a counter that knows LinkedIn’s limit before you open LinkedIn. The free counter linked under the table does that without an account, which beats trimming inside the post box.

A short routine that covers the limits on this page:

1. Write the post in plain text first. Add emoji and any styled line at the end, so you can see what they cost.
2. Check the opening line. It should make sense within about 140 characters.
3. Check the total. Stay comfortably under 3,000 characters if the post uses emoji or styled letters, since LinkedIn does not say how it counts them.
4. Schedule it for when your audience reads. Our data on the best time to post on LinkedIn covers the weekly pattern.

How Outfeed enforces the limit

Outfeed AI is a chat-first scheduler for nine platforms, and its publisher checks text limits in code before anything posts. For LinkedIn, it refuses a post over 3,000 characters, counted in UTF-16 code units, which is the conservative choice for emoji. For X, it counts with X’s own twitter-text library and refuses anything over 280 weighted characters. So a draft that fits LinkedIn but runs long for X is caught before it publishes, not rejected by the platform afterwards.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the character limit for a LinkedIn post?

3,000 characters. LinkedIn Help states: “The character limit for a post is 3,000 characters.” LinkedIn does not publish how it counts emoji or styled Unicode letters, so leave a margin when a post uses either. For anything longer than 3,000 characters, a LinkedIn article is the long-form format.

How many characters show before “see more” on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn does not publish the cut-off. Community measurements by AuthoredUp, updated 11 August 2026, put it near 210 characters on desktop and 140 on mobile. LinkedIn’s ads help says intro text of up to 150 characters avoids truncation, but that figure is for ads, not organic posts. Put the hook of your post in its opening line.

What is the LinkedIn headline character limit?

220 characters is the widely reported limit, raised from 120 in 2020. LinkedIn’s own help article on editing your headline states no number, so treat it as community-tested rather than official. Only roughly the first 60 to 70 characters show in search results, which is also community-reported, so lead with the words that matter most.

What is the LinkedIn About section character limit?

2,600 characters, widely reported; no LinkedIn help page states it. About 300 characters show before “See more” on your profile, which is also a community-reported figure rather than an official one. That makes the opening of your About section the only part every visitor sees.

What is the LinkedIn comment character limit?

1,250 characters is the widely reported comment limit. No LinkedIn help page states it, so treat it as community-tested rather than official. If a reply needs more room than that, it probably belongs in a post of its own, which LinkedIn allows up to 3,000 characters.

What is the LinkedIn message character limit?

Direct messages are widely reported to allow 8,000 characters, and InMail subject lines 200. The InMail body is disputed: 1,900 characters is the long-standing figure and AuthoredUp lists 2,000. LinkedIn publishes none of these numbers. If you want to stay inside both InMail figures, keep the body under the lower one.

Do emojis count as more than one character on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn does not publish how it counts. In UTF-16, the unit Outfeed’s publisher uses to count LinkedIn posts, most emoji take 2 units, and so do almost all styled “bold” or “italic” Unicode letters. Both eat into the 3,000-character limit faster than plain text, so leave a margin when your post uses them.