Plan within the LinkedIn invitation limit

Every plan has a LinkedIn invitation limit and none has a published number: get a weekly and daily pace, and what counts against you.

LinkedIn limits invitations on every plan and publishes no number, weekly or daily.About 100 a week is widely reported.
Sources for this answer
Invitation limit, every planofficialLinkedIn limits how many invitations every member can send, Basic and Premium alike, and publishes no number. You cannot buy more invitations.Source: LinkedIn Help a551012 (opens in a new tab), LinkedIn Help a551295 (opens in a new tab). About Dec 2025 (page says updated 11 months ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.Invitations per dayofficialLinkedIn publishes no daily number. It says sending many invitations within a short amount of time can restrict you from sending more.Source: LinkedIn Help a551012 (opens in a new tab). About Dec 2025 (page says updated 11 months ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.Invitations per weekwidely reportedAbout 100 a week, reported since spring 2021. LinkedIn has not confirmed a weekly number, and reports say it can vary by account.Source: intotheminds.com (opens in a new tab), theyardstickagency.co.uk (opens in a new tab). May 14, 2021 (report); a second report May 13, 2021. Checked Nov 9, 2026.When an invitation restriction endsofficialMost restrictions lift on their own within one week. After a first restriction, wait a few hours. After several in one day, wait a few days. If restricted for too many outstanding invitations, wait up to one month. LinkedIn will not lift a restriction on request or say which one applies.Source: LinkedIn Help a551012 (opens in a new tab). About Dec 2025 (page says updated 11 months ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.
Your account
Try:
60 invitations a weekUp to 12 a day over 5 weekdays, spread through the day. Stop at the first limit notice from LinkedIn. Our conservative plan, not a LinkedIn number.
  • NotesNotes on up to 3 invitations a month. Keep each under 200 characters.
    Why
    Personalized notes, free accountofficialA note on up to 3 connection requests a month, by LinkedIn's current page. An older LinkedIn page still says 5.Source: LinkedIn Help a563153 (opens in a new tab), LinkedIn Help a6239760 (opens in a new tab). About May 2026 (page says updated 6 months ago); the older page about 2023. Checked Nov 9, 2026.
  • InMailNo InMail on a free account: you can message only your connections.
    Why
    InMail, free accountofficialNone. A free account can message only its connections. InMail needs a paid plan.Source: LinkedIn Help a543895 (opens in a new tab). About Oct 2026 (page says updated 1 month ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.
How we got 60
  1. 100 a week to start. Starts from the weekly figure most often reported. LinkedIn publishes no weekly number, so every result below is a share of a reported figure, never a promise.
  2. Account age: 6 to 24 months, x 0.6. Our rule. LinkedIn publishes no figure by account age.
  3. Network size: 500 to 4,999 connections, x 1. Our rule. No change.
  4. Plan: Free, x 1. No change. LinkedIn applies invitation limits to every plan.
  5. How you send: By hand, x 1. No change. Spread them out rather than sending a week's worth at once.
  6. 60 invitations a week, over 5 weekdays.

Our planning rule, fixed: invitations a week = 100 x account age factor x network factor x sending factor (x 0.5 after several limit notices or too many pending invitations), rounded down. Plan does not change it, because LinkedIn applies invitation limits to every plan.

What it rests on
Invitations per weekwidely reportedAbout 100 a week, reported since spring 2021. LinkedIn has not confirmed a weekly number, and reports say it can vary by account.Source: intotheminds.com (opens in a new tab), theyardstickagency.co.uk (opens in a new tab). May 14, 2021 (report); a second report May 13, 2021. Checked Nov 9, 2026.Invitations per dayofficialLinkedIn publishes no daily number. It says sending many invitations within a short amount of time can restrict you from sending more.Source: LinkedIn Help a551012 (opens in a new tab). About Dec 2025 (page says updated 11 months ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.When an invitation restriction endsofficialMost restrictions lift on their own within one week. After a first restriction, wait a few hours. After several in one day, wait a few days. If restricted for too many outstanding invitations, wait up to one month. LinkedIn will not lift a restriction on request or say which one applies.Source: LinkedIn Help a551012 (opens in a new tab). About Dec 2025 (page says updated 11 months ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.
All 27 limits, with sources

LinkedIn publishes few of its limits. Each number here shows its source, the date that source carries and how sure it is.

  • Invitation limit, every planofficial

    LinkedIn limits how many invitations every member can send, Basic and Premium alike, and publishes no number. You cannot buy more invitations.

    Applies to: Free, Premium, Sales Navigator, Recruiter

    Source: LinkedIn Help a551012 (opens in a new tab), LinkedIn Help a551295 (opens in a new tab). About Dec 2025 (page says updated 11 months ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.
  • Invitations per dayofficial

    LinkedIn publishes no daily number. It says sending many invitations within a short amount of time can restrict you from sending more.

    Applies to: Every plan

    Source: LinkedIn Help a551012 (opens in a new tab). About Dec 2025 (page says updated 11 months ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.
  • Invitations per weekwidely reported

    About 100 a week, reported since spring 2021. LinkedIn has not confirmed a weekly number, and reports say it can vary by account.

    Applies to: Every plan

    Source: intotheminds.com (opens in a new tab), theyardstickagency.co.uk (opens in a new tab). May 14, 2021 (report); a second report May 13, 2021. Checked Nov 9, 2026.
  • When an invitation restriction endsofficial

    Most restrictions lift on their own within one week. After a first restriction, wait a few hours. After several in one day, wait a few days. If restricted for too many outstanding invitations, wait up to one month. LinkedIn will not lift a restriction on request or say which one applies.

    Applies to: Every plan

    Source: LinkedIn Help a551012 (opens in a new tab). About Dec 2025 (page says updated 11 months ago). Checked Nov 9, 2026.
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The LinkedIn invitation limit applies to every member, free or Premium, and LinkedIn publishes no number for it, per week or per day. LinkedIn's help page on invitation restrictions says more invitations cannot be bought, then lists the reasons an account is stopped from sending them. The planner above quotes those reasons and the one figure people repeat, marked as reported rather than confirmed.

What LinkedIn counts against the limit

Volume is one reason, not the only one. LinkedIn names three ways to run into it:

  • many invitations sent in a short time

  • invitations that are often ignored, left pending, or marked as spam

  • too many invitations outstanding at once, the case with the longest wait

So the same count can be fine for one account and too many for another. Who you invite matters as much as how many, and a pile of unanswered invitations keeps counting after the week that sent them.

How to read your plan

The weekly figure is a share of the reported number. Your account's age and network can cut it, and nothing raises it above that number. The daily figure splits the week over the working days: read it as the most for one day, spread through the day, not a quota to reach.

Each step links to the limit it rests on, so you can see whether it stands on LinkedIn's own word or on a report. The planner covers invitations to connect, not invitations to follow a Page or attend an event.

What to do when the limit stops you

Stop sending invitations. Most restrictions lift on their own, and LinkedIn will not lift one on request. When you start again:

  • send fewer than before, spread across the week

  • withdraw invitations pending for weeks, one at a time, since LinkedIn has no bulk withdraw

  • invite people who share connections or context with you, and add a note only when it says why you are writing

The LinkedIn weekly connection limit, with sources covers where the weekly figure came from. In Oneprofile, connection requests always keep a daily and a weekly limit you set, and the Chrome extension does each request in your own browser, the way you would click it yourself.

LinkedIn invitation limit: common questions

Why does LinkedIn say I sent too many invitations when I sent only a few?

Volume is only one reason. LinkedIn also restricts invitations that are often ignored, left pending, or marked as spam, and its support will not say which reason applies to your account.

Do invitations with a personalized note still count toward the limit?

Yes. LinkedIn says invitation limits still apply when you add a note, even on Premium, where every invitation may carry one. A free account can add a note to only a few requests each month.

How long does an invitation restriction last?

Most lift on their own. LinkedIn gives a short wait after a first restriction, a longer one after several in one day, and the longest when too many invitations are outstanding. It will not lift one on request.

About this article

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Utku Zihnioglu

CEO & co-founder

Serial entrepreneur who built infrastructure companies handling billions of requests. Now leads engineering at Oneprofile, which finds the people worth talking to, researches each one, and follows up until they reply.

Drafted with AI from our product docs and code. Utku Zihnioglu answers for what it says.

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Invitations at a pace you choose

Set a daily and a weekly limit for connection requests, and Oneprofile's extension keeps to both in your own browser.

Free plan: 200 credits a month, 3 integrations, no card