--- title: "LinkedIn Character Limits: Posts, Comments, Articles and Headlines (and the \"See More\" Fold)" description: "The character limits for LinkedIn posts, comments, articles and headlines, what counts toward them, and why the \"see more\" fold matters far more than the ceiling you are allowed to write to." canonical_url: "https://bolta.ai/guides/linkedin/post-length-limits" markdown_url: "https://bolta.ai/guides/linkedin/post-length-limits.md" last_updated: "2026-07-28" content_type: "platform" publisher: "Bolta" --- # LinkedIn Character Limits: Posts, Comments, Articles and Headlines (and the "See More" Fold) Source: https://bolta.ai/guides/linkedin/post-length-limits Last updated: 2026-07-28 The character limits for LinkedIn posts, comments, articles and headlines, what counts toward them, and why the "see more" fold matters far more than the ceiling you are allowed to write to. ## Summary On LinkedIn, a feed post is capped at 3,000 characters. But the feed truncates a post after the first few lines behind a "see more" link, so the opening lines decide whether the rest is ever read. Comments, articles and headlines each have separate, much smaller or much larger limits. ## The limits, in one place Four different ceilings apply depending on where you are typing, and people routinely hit the wrong one — pasting an essay into a comment box, or trying to compress an article into a post. | Where you are writing | Limit | |-|-| | Feed post | a feed post is capped at 3,000 characters | | Comment | a comment is capped at 1,250 characters (unverified) | | Article | articles allow up to 125,000 characters, far more than a feed post | | Profile headline | the profile headline allows 220 characters (unverified) | ## What counts toward the limit the character count includes spaces, line breaks, emoji and the full text of any link you paste. Two consequences follow. Line breaks used for readability are not free, and a long URL eats a visible chunk of your allowance — which is one reason many people put the link in the first comment instead. Emoji are worth watching too: some emoji are counted as more than one character, so a post that looks comfortably inside the limit can still be rejected (unverified). A row of decorative emoji is rarely worth the allowance it quietly spends. ## The fold is the real limit the feed truncates a post after the first few lines behind a "see more" link. Everything past that point is invisible until someone taps, which makes the practical limit not the ceiling but the two or three lines that survive truncation. Those lines do one job: make the click feel worth it. A claim, a number, a question, or a specific first sentence — not a warm-up. "I have been thinking a lot about leadership lately" spends the entire visible portion on nothing. - Put the most surprising or specific sentence first, not the context. - Do not open with a greeting, a date, or a preamble about why you are posting. - Never let the hook end mid-sentence in a way that reads as a cliffhanger gimmick — it converts once and annoys afterwards. - Break the body into short paragraphs; a wall of text loses readers even after they expand it. ## How long should a post actually be? The limit is not a target. Most posts that work run far under it, because the reader is scrolling on a phone between meetings. Long posts earn their length when they carry a story or a genuinely detailed argument, not when they restate a short idea slowly. If a draft is running past the ceiling, it is usually two posts or an article. articles allow up to 125,000 characters, far more than a feed post, which is the right home for anything with sections and a conclusion. ## Editing after publishing a post's text can be edited after publishing and is then marked Edited. Fixing a typo is fine; rewriting the opening line an hour after publishing rarely recovers a post, because the audience that was going to see it has largely already scrolled past. ## Verification Last verified: 2026-07-28. Platform behaviour changes frequently; claims that had not been re-checked on that date are marked unverified on the HTML page. ## What is the LinkedIn post character limit? a feed post is capped at 3,000 characters, and the composer blocks you at the ceiling rather than silently truncating what you wrote. ## How many characters can a LinkedIn comment be? a comment is capped at 1,250 characters (unverified) — considerably shorter than a post, which is why long replies are often better published as their own post. ## How long can a LinkedIn article be? articles allow up to 125,000 characters, far more than a feed post. Articles are the right format for anything with headings, sections and a conclusion. ## What is the headline character limit? the profile headline allows 220 characters (unverified). Use it to say what you do and who for, rather than listing a job title alone. ## Do links and emoji count toward the limit? Yes. the character count includes spaces, line breaks, emoji and the full text of any link you paste, so a long URL can quietly consume a meaningful share of the post. ## How much of my post is visible before "see more"? the feed truncates a post after the first few lines behind a "see more" link. The exact point shifts with device and whether the post carries an image, so write the opening to work at its shortest. ## Can I edit a LinkedIn post after publishing it? a post's text can be edited after publishing and is then marked Edited. Correcting errors is worth it; a rewrite an hour later usually arrives after most of the reach has happened. ## Relevant links - [LinkedIn guides](https://bolta.ai/guides/linkedin) - [All platform guides](https://bolta.ai/guides) - [creator tools](https://bolta.ai/guides/linkedin/creator-tools) - [character limits](https://bolta.ai/guides/x/character-limits) - [post limits](https://bolta.ai/guides/threads/post-limits)