In this “By the Numbers” statistic post, we take a look at some statistics and facts about LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network.

LinkedIn is one of the older social networks, surviving changes in technology, a tough demographic and a number of challengers along the way. It began in 2003, by Reid Hoffman and a team of developers and took a few years to really catch on and even longer to achieve profitability. Throughout all of this, they stuck to their original concept, which has proven to be a winner. LinkedIn stands today as a public company; going stronger than ever with a firm grip on the business professional social network market.

Here are a bunch of interesting LinkedIn statistics and facts that I’ve collected over the years. As with all of these stats post, I intend to update this semi-regularly, so be sure to bookmark it and come back periodically for updates.

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User Demographics
Company Pages
Groups
Advertising
Jobs
Mobile
Revenue
and much more

I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.

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LinkedIn Facts

Website: linkedin.com
Launch Year: 2003
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, Ca
Number of LinkedIn Employees: 12,676 Last updated 1/2/18

What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network. LinkedIn launched in 2003 and currently counts executives from all Fortune 500 companies as members. (source)

LinkedIn Statistics (Users and Demographics)

How many people use LinkedIn?

562 million users

Last updated 8/26/18

Number of LinkedIn users in the U.S.:

146 million

Last updated 3/7/18

Number of monthly unique visiting LinkedIn members:

106 million

Last updated 4/28/16

Geographical reach of LinkedIn:

200 countries

Last updated 8/26/18

LinkedIn profiles with professional headshots get 14 times more profile views.

(Tweet this stat)

Last updated 1/4/17

Adding a photo to your profile makes you 36 times more likely to receive a message on LinkedIn.

Last updated 8/3/16

Linked In profiles with photos get 21 times more profile views.

Last updated 1/4/17

LinkedIn profiles with photos get 36 times more messages.

Last updated 1/4/17

Number of LinkedIn users that share content on it weekly:

3 million

Last updated 2/8/17

Total number of LinkedIn endorsements:

10 billion

Last updated 10/19/16

Listing 5 or more skills in your LinkedIn profile will get you up to 17 times more profile views

Last updated 1/9/18

Percentage of LinkedIn members that consider professional networking important to their career success:

80%

Last updated 4/13/17

Number of LinkedIn users in India:

25 million

Last updated 8/12/18

Number of LinkedIn users in the UK:

9 million

Last updated 8/12/18

Average number of articles published on LinkedIn weekly:

100,000

Last updated 4/24/17

Average number of connections per LinkedIn user:

400

Last updated 4/24/17

Number of LinkedIn users in China:

42 million

Last updated 8/12/18

Number of standard skills listed on LinkedIn:

50,000

Last updated 3/7/18

Please note that some of these stats and facts are easier to find than others. A few of these stats come from LinkedIn’s own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.