Image Sizes

LinkedIn post image size

1200 × 627 400:209

JPG or PNG

1200 × 627

Drop an image to check it Optional — the spec is above either way. Nothing is uploaded.

Cropped in your browser · your image is never uploaded

Local · a PDF upload becomes a swipeable carousel

A shared link shows at 1200 × 627; a photo you upload directly is better square or portrait, since LinkedIn’s feed is mostly read on mobile where vertical space is what you are competing for.

How to use the linkedin post image size

1 Read the dimensions above. That is the whole answer if the spec is all you came for.

2 Drop your own image in to check it against the spec — size, aspect ratio and file weight are each checked separately.

3 Turn on the safe zone to see what gets cropped or covered, then download the cropped version at the exact size.

The document post is the LinkedIn-specific one worth knowing about. Uploading a PDF creates a swipeable carousel in the feed, shown square, and it consistently gets more dwell time than a single image because people swipe through it. Design those pages at 1080 × 1080 and keep text large — they are read at phone size. For ordinary link posts, LinkedIn reads the page’s Open Graph image, so the 1200 × 627 is set by the destination page rather than by anything you upload.

Questions

What size should a LinkedIn post image be? −

1200 × 627 for a link preview, 1200 × 1200 or 1080 × 1350 for a photo you upload.

How do I make a LinkedIn carousel? +

Where does the link preview image come from? +

Does portrait work better than square? +

What is the file size limit? +

Sources

LinkedIn Help — image specifications

Was this tool any good?

INTERNAL SIGNAL ONLY · WE USE IT TO FIND TOOLS WORTH REBUILDING