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LinkedIn About section character limit: 2,600.Count yours as you type, no signup.

A LinkedIn About section holds up to 2,600 characters. Count yours against it.

Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us.

Words
75
Lines
7
Without spaces
340

417 / 2,600

2,183 characters left.

LinkedIn's published limit

Where else it fits

  • Post · 3,000Fits
  • Headline · 220197 over
  • About section · 2,600Fits
  • Comment · 1,250Fits
  • Connection request note · 200217 over
  • InMail subject · 200217 over
  • InMail message · 1,900Fits
  • Group post · 3,000Fits
  • Company Page tagline · 120297 over
  • Company Page overview · 2,000Fits

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The limits

How long can a LinkedIn About section be?Every LinkedIn character limit, with its source.

A LinkedIn About section, the summary near the top of your profile, can be up to 2,600 characters. LinkedIn's own Talent Blog gives that number, calling the section an open-ended space for an overview of your professional life.

LinkedIn character limits by field, and where each number comes from
FieldCharactersWhere it's from
Post3,000LinkedIn Help Center
Headline220Not published by LinkedIn. 220 is the reported figure.
About section2,600LinkedIn Talent Blog
Comment1,250LinkedIn Help Center, for comments in groups. None published for the feed.
Connection request note200LinkedIn Help Center
InMail subject200LinkedIn Help Center
InMail message1,900LinkedIn Help Center. One older FAQ says 2,000.
Group post3,000LinkedIn Help Center
Company Page tagline120LinkedIn Learning
Company Page overview2,000LinkedIn Learning

We count spaces, line breaks and punctuation, the way a browser text box does. Emoji and some symbols count as 2. LinkedIn doesn't say how it counts, so leave a few characters spare.

From LinkedIn Help: Post and share updates ↗ · LinkedIn Help: General limits for LinkedIn groups ↗ · LinkedIn Help: Personalize invitations to connect ↗ · LinkedIn Help: InMail character limits ↗ · LinkedIn Talent Blog: 14 LinkedIn Profile Summaries That We Love (Jen Dewar, 30 Apr 2024) ↗ · LinkedIn Learning: Creating your tagline (Growing Your Business with LinkedIn Pages) ↗ · LinkedIn Learning: About overview and company description (Growing Your Business with LinkedIn Pages) ↗ · Commenti: LinkedIn Headline Character Limit: 220, With Caveats (3 Oct 2026) ↗, read 29 Oct 2026

How it works

How this tool works.And what it can't see.

Paste your About section and the counter shows the characters used against that field's limit, what's left, and where your text would stop if it's over. It also shows every other LinkedIn field it would fit. Everything runs in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to us.

It counts the way a browser text box does: in UTF-16 code units, so spaces, line breaks and punctuation count, and an emoji can count as 2. It tells you when that happens. LinkedIn doesn't publish how it counts, so leave a few characters spare.

The 2,600 is from a post on LinkedIn's Talent Blog by Jen Dewar, published 30 April 2024.

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Sources

The About section

2,600 characters to say who you help.Here's how we'd use them.

The number is LinkedIn's. The advice below is ours.

  1. 01

    Where the number comes from

    LinkedIn's Talent Blog puts the About section, which it calls your profile summary, at 2,600 characters at most.

    From LinkedIn Talent Blog: 14 LinkedIn Profile Summaries That We Love (Jen Dewar, 30 Apr 2024) ↗, read 29 Oct 2026

  2. 02

    Write it for the person you just wrote to

    When you send a connection request or a message, the About section is often the next thing they read. Say who you help and how, in the first lines, before the career story.

    That's our view, not a rule LinkedIn publishes.

  3. 03

    How the counter counts

    A browser text box measures length in UTF-16 code units, which is usually but not always one per character. Most letters, spaces and line breaks are one each. Many emoji are two.

    We count the same way, and show the difference when your text has characters that count as two. LinkedIn doesn't publish how it counts, so if you're within a couple of characters of a limit, check in LinkedIn itself.

    From MDN: the HTML maxlength attribute ↗, read 29 Oct 2026

Questions

Questions people ask.

What is the character limit for the LinkedIn About section?
2,600 characters, according to LinkedIn's Talent Blog.
Is the LinkedIn summary the same as the About section?
Yes. LinkedIn's Talent Blog calls the About section your profile summary.
Do line breaks count in the LinkedIn About section?
They count in this counter, one each, the way a browser text box counts them. LinkedIn doesn't publish how it counts.
Is this LinkedIn About section counter free?
Yes. It's free, needs no signup and runs in your browser, so nothing you type is sent to us or stored.

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