LinkedIn character counter
Count your text against LinkedIn's limits: the 3,000 character post limit, the headline and the About section, plus where see more cuts a post.
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- Post2,844 left of 3,000
- Headline64 left of 220
- About section2,444 left of 2,600
Desktop: after about 94 characters. Phone: after about 94 characters.
An estimate of three lines. LinkedIn does not publish the exact cut.
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Rewrite it in my voiceHow the counter works
- Paste your post, headline or About text.
- The counter shows characters used and left for each limit, plus words and lines.
- It also marks roughly where see more folds a post on desktop and on a phone.
LinkedIn's limits, and where they come from
Posts: 3,000 characters. This is stated on LinkedIn Help. Past it, LinkedIn suggests writing an article instead.
Headline: 220 characters, and About: 2,600 characters. These are the limits LinkedIn's profile editor enforces at the time of writing. LinkedIn Help does not publish them, so check the counter in the editor if you are close.
The counter counts each letter, space, emoji and line break as one character. Some tools count an emoji or a styled letter as two, so leave a little room near a limit.
Sources
Checked on 30 September 2026. Platforms change their limits; check the source if you are close to one.
Questions
What is the LinkedIn post character limit?
3,000 characters, according to LinkedIn Help. That includes spaces, line breaks and emoji.
Do spaces and line breaks count?
Yes. Every space and every line break counts as a character.
How long should a LinkedIn post be?
Long enough to make one point well. The limit is 3,000 characters, but what decides whether people read it is the first line above see more.
Does this count comments too?
The counter works on any text, but LinkedIn sets comment limits separately and does not publish all of them, so this page only states the ones we can source.
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