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Count a text against LinkedIn's limit for the field it goes into. Every limit comes from LinkedIn's own help pages, checked on 5 October 2026.

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LinkedIn accepts up to 3,000 characters.

Limit from LinkedIn Help, Post and share updates, checked on 5 October 2026.

LinkedIn's limits, with their sources

Read on LinkedIn's own help pages and checked on 5 October 2026. Limits are in characters.

Posts and articles

Invitations and messages

Profile

Single image ads

Not in the list: profile headline, About section, comments, direct messages, experience descriptions, Page tagline and description. LinkedIn's help pages state no limit for them, so we do not either. Choose “Your own limit” to count against a number you know.

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Sources, not hearsay

Where the numbers come from

Only what LinkedIn states itself

Every limit in the list was read on one of LinkedIn's own help pages, which is linked next to it, and checked on 5 October 2026. LinkedIn changes limits from time to time and says that it rolls such changes out gradually, so if LinkedIn's own editor shows you a different number, that one applies to your account.

What is missing, and why

Not in the list: profile headline, About section, comments, direct messages, experience descriptions, Page tagline and description. LinkedIn's help pages give no figure for them, and for comments in groups they give two different ones, 1,250 on one page and 1,000 on another. We do not print a number we could not confirm at the source. If you know the limit of a field, choose “Your own limit” and count against that.

How characters are counted

Letters, digits, spaces, punctuation and line breaks count one each. Emojis and Unicode-styled letters are where counters disagree: they are stored as two units, some emojis as more, and a counter that counts units sees a longer text. LinkedIn's help pages do not say how its own counter treats them. So this page shows both numbers when they differ and warns when the text fits by one count and is over by the other.

Accepted is not the same as shown

Some fields have two numbers. LinkedIn accepts 3,000 characters of introductory text on a single image ad and says to stay within 150 to avoid the text being cut short; the counter gives you both. For an ordinary post the cut is the feed's “…more” after about three lines, and the post preview shows where it falls in yours.

Privacy

The page runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to MediaPilot or anyone else, nothing is stored, and there is no account. Reload the page and the text is gone.

Further reading: How long should a LinkedIn post be? The limit is rarely the problem; the post checker looks at the rest.

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