LinkedIN is the world’s leading professional social media platform used by 1.15 billion people who are looking for jobs, business opportunities or online visibility. Maintaining a profile and growing connections might seem easy, but it’s not. Being a beginner in LinkedIN you need to understand its rules and regulations because if you won’t follow them, you might end up getting banned by the platform itself. Here in this blog we have mentioned the limitations and guidelines that you must follow while using LinkedIN.
Connection Request Limit
- For most users the 100 connection requests can be send in a week.
- You might face temporary restrictions if the limit exceeds.1
Message Limit
- Users with free account can only send message to their connection.
- You can instead send unlimited group messages. LinkedIN does not have any limit for messages but to stay on the safer side, you can send upto 100 messages, going beyond it might lead to temporary restrictions.
Profile Views Limit
- You can only see limited number of profile views but in premium accounts users get access to unlimited profile view.
Posting Frequency Limit
- For posting there is no such limit that you are supposed to follow but according to the LinkedIN algorithm you should not post more than 3-5 times, as after this it decreases the engagement rate.
Search Limit
- As a free user you only get limited number of searches every month but if you’re are its premium member, you’ll get access to unlimited search.
Group Membership Limit
- You can join upto 100 groups.
Account Restrictions & Safety Measures
- Avoid bot behaviour like commenting too frequently or sending connection request frequently.
- Using 3rd party automation tool can also lead to account ban.
How to stay within LinkedIN limits:
- Engage organically like comment, like and share instead of spamming in DMs.
- Avoid third party automation tool, instead use LinkedIN features.
- Keep tract of sent requests and pending invitations.
By understanding the LinkedIN limits you can easily optimize, grow and network with people without getting banned by the platform.
