A few months ago a student asked me the limits on how many characters can appear in each LinkedIn section.
I honestly never collated this information and he kindly did this for me. Thank you, Howard Silver!
Knowing him, I know each statistic is correct, but in the off-chance you find an error, please let me know.
I thought it might be useful to you:
| Profile fields | Character limit |
| First name field | 20 characters |
| Last name field | 40 characters |
| Maiden name field | 40 characters |
| Professional Headline | 120 characters |
| Status update/sharing module | 600 characters |
| Professional experience & goals (Summary) | 2000 characters |
| Specialties | 500 characters |
| Title field (in Experience section) | 100 characters |
| Skill | 80 characters |
| Description (in experience section) | 2000 characters |
| Activities and Societies (in Education field) | 500 characters |
| Additional Notes (in Education field) | 1000 characters |
| Personal Info-Instant Messenger | 25 characters |
| InMail | 2000 characters |
| 1:1 messages | 7000 characters |
| Introductions | 2000 characters |
| Invitations with Email address | 2000 characters |
| Invitations without an email address | 300 characters |
| Recommendations | 3000 characters |
| Name of recommender | 100 characters |
| Recommendation | 1500 characters (maximum); 200 (minimum) |
| Specialties | 256 characters |
| URL | 256 characters |
