A LinkedIn post can be up to 3,000 characters, including spaces, line breaks, hashtags, and links (LinkedIn Help). That is roughly 400–600 words, depending on how long your words are.
The number that shapes how a post performs is much smaller. The feed shows only the opening lines before …see more, so the first two or three lines decide whether anyone reads the rest.
LinkedIn character limits at a glance
Some limits are stated in LinkedIn’s Help Center. Others are enforced by the editor’s counter but not documented, so they are listed separately. If a number matters for a specific post, check the counter in the field you are typing into.
Documented by LinkedIn
| Field | Limit |
|---|---|
| Post (profile or Page) | 3,000 characters |
| Comment in a group conversation | 1,000 characters |
| InMail subject | 200 characters |
| InMail body | 1,900 characters |
Sources: posts, group comments, InMail.
Enforced by the editor, commonly measured
| Field | Limit |
|---|---|
| Comment on a feed post | 1,250 characters |
| Profile headline | 220 characters |
| About section | 2,600 characters |
| Connection request note | 200 characters on a free account, 300 on Premium |
These numbers are not published by LinkedIn and have changed before. Treat them as a working guide rather than a guarantee.
What counts toward the 3,000 characters
Everything you type counts:
- letters, numbers, and spaces
- line breaks, including the empty lines between paragraphs
- hashtags and @mentions, as written
- links pasted into the text
- emoji, some of which count as more than one character
Images, videos, and documents attached to the post do not use up characters. Neither does the link preview card LinkedIn generates from a URL, although the URL itself does.
If a draft runs long, the empty lines are usually the first thing to look at. A post with a blank line after every sentence can spend a few hundred characters on spacing alone.
How much shows before “see more”
LinkedIn does not publish a cutoff. In practice, the feed shows about two to three lines, often quoted as around 210 characters on desktop and fewer on mobile. Line breaks shorten it further: a post that opens with three one-line sentences reaches the cutoff much sooner than one that opens with a full paragraph.
That gives you a practical rule: the point of the post has to fit in the first two lines. Write the opening as if nothing after it will be read, because for most of the feed, nothing will be.
A quick way to check is to paste the first lines into a phone-width note before posting. If the sentence that matters breaks after “see more,” move it up or cut the setup that comes before it.
When to go over the limit
If an idea genuinely needs more than 3,000 characters, LinkedIn suggests publishing an article instead of a post (LinkedIn Help). Articles have their own editor and a much higher length allowance.
Two other options keep the post format:
- Split it into a short series. Three posts on consecutive days, each with one point, tend to read better than one post at the limit.
- Move supporting detail into the first comment. A source, a longer example, or a link fits well there. Keep comments under about 1,250 characters.
Fitting one idea to LinkedIn and other networks
Character limits get harder to manage when the same idea goes to several places. A LinkedIn post can use 3,000 characters, while X allows 280 and Threads 500. Pasting the LinkedIn version everywhere either gets cut off or gets rejected.
The workable approach is to write the LinkedIn version first, with context and a clear point of view, then cut it down:
| Network | Limit | What to keep |
|---|---|---|
| 3,000 | The full argument, with context | |
| Threads | 500 | The observation and one supporting detail |
| Bluesky | 300 | The core claim |
| X | 280 | The sharpest line |
If you schedule posts in advance, check the character count for each network before you queue them, not on the morning they go out. Tools such as the Solnk LinkedIn scheduler keep each network’s version of a post in the same draft and flag text that is over a network’s limit before it is scheduled.
Once a post is queued in LinkedIn itself, you can find and edit it from the composer; this guide covers where scheduled posts live.
Quick answers
Is the LinkedIn limit in characters or words? Characters. There is no separate word limit; 3,000 characters is usually 400–600 words.
Do hashtags count toward the limit? Yes. Hashtags are part of the text and count character by character.
Is the limit the same for company Pages? Yes. Posts on a LinkedIn Page use the same 3,000-character limit as posts on a personal profile.
Why was my post cut off with “see more”? That is not the limit. The feed always collapses longer posts after the first few lines; readers can expand the rest.
