LinkedIn formats and specifications (banner sizes)

  • High quality images and the optimal image sizes draw attention to shared posts 
  • The biggest influence on the click-through-rate is the display image 

Sponsored Content Ads:

 

Single Image Ad 

Video Ad 

Carousel Ad 

Placement 

In LinkedIn Newsfeed 

In LinkedIn Newsfeed 

In LinkedIn Newsfeed 

Introduction text 

Max. 150 characters 

Max. 600 characters 

Max. 150 characters 

Image size 

1200 x 627 pixels, JPG, PNG or GIF file with a maximum of 5 MB 

  • Width: between 649 and 1920 pixels 
  • Height: between 360 and 1920 pixels 
  • Aspect ratio between 1.778 and 0.5652 

 

75 KB to 200 MB, MP4  

  

  

Recommendation: max. 30 seconds length 

2-10 images minimum 1080 x 1080 pixels, JPG, PNG or GIF (not animated) file with a maximum of 10 MB 

Headline 

Max. 70 characters 

Max. 70 characters 

Description 

About 100 characters 

Target-URL 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

CTA Button 

Yes 

Yes 

Only with LeadGen Forms 

 

Text Ads: 

 

Text Ad 

Placement 

On the right side or above 

Introduction text 

Image size 

100 x 100 pixel, JPG or PNG file with max. 2 MB 

Headline 

Max. 25  characters 

Description 

Max. 75 characters 

Target-URL 

yes 

CTA Button 

 

Message Ads: 

 

Sponsored InMail 

Placement 

Above the LinkedIn Message Feature 

Subject line 

Max. 60 characters 

Image size 

300 x 250 pixels, JPG, PNG or GIF (not animated) file with a maximum size of 40 KB 

Main text 

Max. 1500 characters 

Target-URL 

Yes 

CTA Button 

Yes, up to 20 characters