LinkedIn profile picture size
400 × 400px
Aspect ratio
1:1
Upload a LinkedIn profile photo of at least 400 × 400 px — a sharp, well-framed headshot displayed in a circular crop.
Last verified June 2026
LinkedIn recommends a profile photo of at least 400 × 400 px and accepts uploads all the way to 7680 × 4320 px at up to 8 MB — generous limits that exist because this image works harder than any other on the platform. It renders beside every post, comment, connection request, message, and search result you appear in, almost always as a small circle. Unlike other networks, LinkedIn has a strong convention: a recognizable human face, framed like a professional headshot. Profiles with a clear photo get dramatically more views and acceptance on outreach, as LinkedIn itself has long reported.
| Variant | Dimensions | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Recommended minimum | 400 × 400 px | 1:1 |
| Maximum upload | 7680 × 4320 pxUp to 8 MB; LinkedIn lets you crop to the square in the editor. | — |
| Typical display | ~200 px circle on profileFar smaller beside comments, messages, and search results. | 1:1 |
The circular mask removes the corners, and most renderings are small, so framing is everything: your face should fill roughly 60% of the square, eyes in the upper third, with even headroom and no body cut-offs at the circle’s edge. Busy backgrounds shrink into noise at 40 px — a plain or softly blurred backdrop keeps the face dominant. Check the result at message-thread size: if your expression is unreadable there, tighten the crop.
Frame from mid-chest up with your face filling about 60% of the frame, centered horizontally. Natural window light from the front beats overhead office lighting. Wear what you would wear to meet a client. The standard test: shrink it to 40 px — you should still register a face and an expression, ideally a friendly one.
LinkedIn is the one network where a personal account with a logo avatar reads as evasive rather than branded — people connect with people. Cropping yourself out of a group photo leaves telltale shoulders and bad resolution. And an outdated photo creates a jarring mismatch at real-world meetings; update it every couple of years or after any significant change.
Your photo overlaps the bottom-left of your profile banner, so the two should be designed as one composition — a clean banner region behind the circle keeps the face readable. Once it works, leave it alone: your avatar is how your network recognizes you in a fast feed, and frequent changes silently reset that recognition.
At least 400 × 400 px, square. LinkedIn accepts up to 7680 × 4320 px and 8 MB, so a high-resolution headshot master is fine — the editor crops it to the circle.
The source was likely below 400 × 400 px, over-compressed, or zoomed too far in the crop editor. Re-export a sharp square at 800 × 800 px or larger and re-crop with less zoom.
Not on a personal profile — faces earn substantially more profile views and connection acceptances, and LinkedIn’s culture expects them. Logos belong on your Company Page, which has its own 400 × 400 px logo slot.
€0.00 due today · cancel anytime · 7-day money-back guarantee
Upload your visuals at the right dimensions, preview exactly how each post will look, and let SocialKit publish to all 11 platforms on schedule.
€0.00 due today · cancel anytime · 7-day money-back guarantee