Free tool
LinkedIn character counter
Prepare a LinkedIn post with a live count against the 3,000-character post limit. Paste your draft, keep track of the space left and copy the finished version. The counter uses a conservative UTF-16 measurement and makes no promise about where LinkedIn will fold the preview.
Uses a conservative UTF-16 count: many emoji and styled letters use two units. URLs count as typed; LinkedIn may transform links or mentions in the composer.
21 whitespace-separated words · 3 lines · 123 visible characters
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How to use it
- Paste the text of the LinkedIn post, including your closing question, links and hashtags.
- Check the main character total and the number remaining under the post target.
- Edit repeated material while preserving the examples and details that make the post useful.
- Copy the draft into LinkedIn and review any transformed links, mentions and preview wrapping before publishing.
Use the post limit for the post field
LinkedIn’s published UGC post specification sets a 3,000-character maximum for post text. This page focuses on that field. It does not reuse the same target for a headline, About section, invitation, message or article. Those are different writing surfaces, so pasting all your profile information together would not produce a meaningful fit check for any one of them.
A practical approach to Unicode
The main counter measures UTF-16 units, including whitespace. Many emoji and decorative mathematical letters use two units each. This is a conservative draft measurement; LinkedIn can transform links and mentions in its composer. The secondary visible-character total can be smaller because it groups combined characters together. Use the final LinkedIn composer to confirm a draft that is close to the limit.
Spend the opening on the subject
The opening should help someone decide whether the post is relevant. Name the problem, observation or result directly, then give enough context to understand it. There is no need to spend several lines announcing that a lesson is important. A precise first sentence leaves more of your available space for an example, the reasoning behind it and an honest practical takeaway.
Keep evidence when shortening
If your draft is too long, identify repeated claims before cutting the evidence that supports them. A small concrete example often deserves more space than a broad conclusion. Keep qualifications beside the claim they qualify, especially when discussing performance or results. After trimming, read the whole post once to ensure the remaining sentences still explain how the conclusion follows.
Preview length and reading length differ
A post can fit the character allowance and still feel exhausting to read. Short paragraphs and meaningful line breaks help readers follow a change of thought. LinkedIn’s collapsed preview depends on its interface and the reader’s screen, so this counter does not mark a universal fold point. Keep the main subject early and check the actual preview after pasting.
Check the final handoff
Paste the draft only after the wording is settled, then review any names, links and formatting in LinkedIn. If you replace plain letters with styled Unicode, bring the result back here for another count. Save a copy in your own document when preparing a post for review by a colleague; the counter is an editing surface and does not keep an account-based draft history.
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