A handy resource to help WSA members successfully craft sections of your personal profile, company pages, status updates, blogs.
LinkedIn Character Limits
Personal Profile
First Name: 20 characters, Last Name: 40 characters
Professional Headline: 120 characters
Summary: 2,000 characters
Website Anchor Text: 30 maximum characters
Website URL: 256 maximum characters
Vanity URL: 29 characters after www.linkedin.com/in/
Position Title: 100 characters
Position Description: 200 minimum and 2000 maximum characters
Interests: 1,000 characters.
Phone number: 25 characters
Address: 1000 characters
Skills: You may add up to 50 skills using 80 characters per skill
IM (Instant message): 25 characters
Additional Info / Advice for Contacting: 2,000 characters
LinkedIn Status Update:
600 characters (unless you want to update your Twitter status at the same time. Twitter® updates are limited to 140 characters)
LinkedIn Publisher:
LinkedIn Publisher Post Headline: 100 maximum characters
LinkedIn Publisher Post Body Text: 40,000 characters.
Company Page:
Company Name: 100 maximum characters
Company Page: 2000 maximum characters
Company Update: 600 characters or 250 if including a link.
Description: 200 minimum and 1500 maximum characters
Specialties: 10 specialties, 256 maximum characters
Website URL: 256 maximum characters