LinkedIn post character limit
3,000 characters in total, and about 140 of them visible before the cut.
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LinkedIn limits
- Character limit
- 3,000 characters
- Visible on mobile
- about 140 characters approximate
- Visible on desktop
- about 210 characters approximate
- Counted as
- characters, emoji included
The LinkedIn post character limit is 3,000 characters, and almost nobody reaches it. The number that decides whether a post gets read is much smaller: LinkedIn shows roughly the first 140 characters on a phone and about 210 on a desktop feed, then hides the rest behind “…see more”.
That gap is worth designing around. A hook written to land at 200 characters reads complete on a laptop and arrives cut off on mobile, where most of the feed is read. The preview above shows the tighter of the two boundaries, so text that survives it survives both.
LinkedIn counts characters, so spaces, line breaks and emoji each count. Line breaks are worth spending: the platform collapses a wall of text into a grey block, and a break every sentence or two costs two characters and buys the reader an entry point. Hashtags count as part of the post, which is one reason long tag lists at the bottom cost more than they return.
Comments have their own limit of 1,250 characters, and article bodies are a separate surface with far more room.
Questions
What is the character limit for a LinkedIn post?
3,000 characters, including spaces, line breaks, emoji and hashtags.
How much of a LinkedIn post shows before “see more”?
About 140 characters on mobile and about 210 on desktop. LinkedIn does not publish these numbers and they have moved before, so treat them as close rather than exact.
How long should a LinkedIn post be?
Long enough to say one thing. Posts that work tend to put the whole point in the first line, because that line is the only part guaranteed to be read.
Do hashtags count toward the 3,000 characters?
Yes. Hashtags are ordinary characters in the post body.
What is the character limit for a LinkedIn comment?
1,250 characters, which is a separate limit from the 3,000 for a post.