LinkedIn post character counter
LinkedIn posts are widely documented at 3,000 characters. Only the first 2–3 lines show before ‘see more’, so lead with the point.
This page counts · 3,000 chars
0
0Characters
0No spaces
0Words
0Lines
0Paragraphs
0UTF-8 bytes
Technical details — what was counted
| Graphemes — visible characters | 0 |
| Unicode code points — Python len() | 0 |
| UTF-16 code units — JavaScript .length | 0 |
| UTF-8 bytes — web, DB, payloads | 0 |
| Korean SMS (EUC-KR-style) bytes, approx. | 0 |
| Whitespace (spaces, line breaks, tabs) | 0 |
| Hangul syllables | 0 |
| Reading time (230 wpm) | 0 |
| Reading time, Korean (500 syllables/min) | 0 |
Other fields
| Field | Widely cited limit |
|---|---|
| Post | 3,000 |
| Headline | 220 |
| About | 2,600 |
| Comment | 1,250 |
LinkedIn can change these; verify in the app near the limit.
FAQ
LinkedIn post limit?
3,000 characters for a regular post.
Articles?
Articles/newsletters allow far longer text.
Does LinkedIn weight CJK like X?
No — it's a plain character count.
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