Important Information About LinkedIn’s Monthly People Search Limit

This information is specific to LinkedIn and comes directly from its site. If you are using LinkedIn as part of your outreach on Scout, it’s essential to understand how LinkedIn’s monthly search limits work.

LinkedIn’s Monthly People Search Usage:

If you’ve exhausted your free searches for the month on LinkedIn, LinkedIn may flag your activity as potentially related to recruiting or lead generation. As part of their usage monitoring, LinkedIn assesses your search habits to determine whether you’re using LinkedIn for professional networking or for business purposes like recruiting.

Examples of behavior that may trigger this flag include:

  • Viewing many profiles that are not your 1st-degree connections

  • Searching for employees at specific companies

  • Searching outside your immediate network, including 3rd-degree connections

These actions are generally considered habits of recruiters or lead generators on LinkedIn.

Free Search Limit:

  • A warning will appear as you approach your free monthly people search limit.

  • Your search limit resets at midnight PST on the 1st of each calendar month.

  • LinkedIn doesn’t specify the exact number of searches remaining, and they are unable to lift the limit upon request.

Upgrading Your LinkedIn Plan:

If you find yourself regularly exceeding the search limit, you can always upgrade to one of LinkedIn’s Premium account plans, which will increase the number of profile searches and views you have available:

  • Premium Business

  • Recruiter

  • Sales Navigator

Note: Even with a Job Seeker plan, the search limit still applies.

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