Does LinkedIn publish the headline character limit?

Not in its Help Center, as far as we and others have found. That's why this counter marks 220 as reported, not published.

What was the old LinkedIn headline limit?

120 characters. People report that LinkedIn raised it to 220 in August 2020.

Is the LinkedIn headline limit different on mobile?

Some people report the mobile editor accepts a few more characters, but nobody has tied that to a LinkedIn document. Plan around 220.

Do spaces count in a LinkedIn headline?

They count in this counter, the way a browser text box counts them. LinkedIn doesn't publish how it counts, so leave a few characters spare.

Is this LinkedIn headline character 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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LinkedIn headline character limit.Check yours in seconds, no signup.

LinkedIn doesn't publish the headline limit. Count yours against the 220 people report.

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

Where it's going

Your text (the example is ours: paste yours over it)

Words: 19
Lines: 1
Without spaces: 87

105 / 220

115 characters left.

Reported limit: LinkedIn doesn't publish one

Where else it fits

Post · 3,000Fits
Headline · 220Fits
About section · 2,600Fits
Comment · 1,250Fits
Connection request note · 200Fits
InMail subject · 200Fits
InMail message · 1,900Fits
Group post · 3,000Fits
Company Page tagline · 120Fits
Company Page overview · 2,000Fits

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The limits

How many characters can a LinkedIn headline have?Every LinkedIn character limit, with its source.

LinkedIn doesn't publish a headline limit in its Help Center. The number people report, from counting what the field accepts, is 220 characters, up from 120 in August 2020. The headline field on your profile is the final word: paste yours there to check.

LinkedIn character limits by field, and where each number comes from
Field	Characters	Where it's from
Post	3,000	LinkedIn Help Center
Headline	220	Not published by LinkedIn. 220 is the reported figure.
About section	2,600	LinkedIn Talent Blog
Comment	1,250	LinkedIn Help Center, for comments in groups. None published for the feed.
Connection request note	200	LinkedIn Help Center
InMail subject	200	LinkedIn Help Center
InMail message	1,900	LinkedIn Help Center. One older FAQ says 2,000.
Group post	3,000	LinkedIn Help Center
Company Page tagline	120	LinkedIn Learning
Company Page overview	2,000	LinkedIn 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 headline 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.

Because LinkedIn publishes no headline limit, the counter marks 220 as reported, not published. We read the figure, and the note that LinkedIn's Help Center doesn't state it, in Commenti's write-up of 3 Oct 2026.

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Sources

Commenti: LinkedIn Headline Character Limit: 220, With Caveats (3 Oct 2026) ↗read 29 Oct 2026
MDN: the HTML maxlength attribute ↗read 29 Oct 2026

The headline

Why we say reported, not published.And what that means for yours.

Most pages state 220 as if LinkedIn had published it. It hasn't, as far as anyone has found.

01
Where 220 comes from
LinkedIn doesn't state a headline limit anywhere in its Help Center. The 220 circulates because people counted what the field accepts, after LinkedIn raised it from 120 in August 2020.
So treat 220 as a working number, and let the headline field on your profile have the last word.
From Commenti: LinkedIn Headline Character Limit: 220, With Caveats (3 Oct 2026) ↗, read 29 Oct 2026
02
Mobile and desktop
Some people report that the mobile editor accepts a few more characters than the desktop one. Nobody has tied that to a LinkedIn document, so we wouldn't plan around it.
From Commenti: LinkedIn Headline Character Limit: 220, With Caveats (3 Oct 2026) ↗, read 29 Oct 2026
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 LinkedIn headline character limit?: LinkedIn doesn't publish one. The number people report, from counting what the field accepts, is 220 characters.
Does LinkedIn publish the headline character limit?: Not in its Help Center, as far as we and others have found. That's why this counter marks 220 as reported, not published.
What was the old LinkedIn headline limit?: 120 characters. People report that LinkedIn raised it to 220 in August 2020.
Is the LinkedIn headline limit different on mobile?: Some people report the mobile editor accepts a few more characters, but nobody has tied that to a LinkedIn document. Plan around 220.
Do spaces count in a LinkedIn headline?: They count in this counter, the way a browser text box counts them. LinkedIn doesn't publish how it counts, so leave a few characters spare.
Is this LinkedIn headline character 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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