What is the LinkedIn weekly invitation limit?

LinkedIn documents that invitation limits exist for every account and that a restriction typically lasts one week, but its help pages publish no weekly number. Figures such as 100 or 200 per week come from tool vendors, not from LinkedIn. Sellinger's pacing settings are our own defaults and recommendations, not LinkedIn rules.

This is not legal advice. It summarises LinkedIn's public help pages as we read them on 19 October 2026. Pages change, so check the linked pages before you rely on a detail. Evidence levels used below: documented* (LinkedIn says it), vendor claim (a tool vendor says it), our setting (how Sellinger is configured), no source found.*

What does LinkedIn actually document?

Evidence level: documented. LinkedIn's help pages say the following, as read on 19 October 2026.

Notice what is missing: no page we read gives a number of invitations per week or per day. The one number on the invitation limit page is about personalised notes, and that number is where LinkedIn's own pages disagree.

Where do LinkedIn's own pages disagree?

On personalised notes for free accounts. When we read them on 19 October 2026, the page "Invitation limit reached" said that Basic and free members can include a personalised message with five connection requests per month. The page "Personalize invitations to connect" said you can add a personalised message to up to three connection requests per month, with a limit of 200 characters, and that Premium members can personalise all of theirs. We cannot tell which is current. Open both pages before you plan around either number.

What do vendors claim, and where do the numbers disagree?

Evidence level: vendor claim.

Three vendors, three positions, and none of them cites a LinkedIn source. We treat every one of these as a planning rule that a tool follows, not a fact about LinkedIn.

What is folklore?

Evidence level: no source found. These statements circulate widely, and we found no LinkedIn source for them:

• "The limit is 100 per week for everyone." Not documented. The vendor that uses it as planning guidance says LinkedIn publishes no figure.
• "Sales Navigator or Premium raises the cap." LinkedIn's page says Basic and Premium accounts are all subject to the limits. A vendor page says LinkedIn does not promise a higher allowance for paid plans.
• "It is a fixed number that is the same every week." HeyReach says the limit is dynamic for each account. LinkedIn lists ignored, pending and spam marked invitations as reasons for a restriction, which suggests acceptance matters as well as volume. That reading is ours, not LinkedIn's.
• "If you hit it, withdraw your old invitations." LinkedIn says withdrawing does not remove the restriction, and a withdrawn invitation cannot be resent to the same person for up to three weeks.

How does Sellinger pace sends?

Evidence level: our setting. In Sellinger each LinkedIn account has its own limits, and the agents stay inside them:

• A daily invitation limit, 20 by default, varied by a few each day.
• A weekly invitation cap, 150 by default.
• A quiet window with no sending, 01:00 to 08:00 in the account's time, unless you set your own schedule.
• In app guidance of 40 to 80 sends a day in total, across new outreach, follow ups and responses.

Once a cap is hit, the remaining sends wait. When LinkedIn returns a rate limit for an account, Sellinger sets a cooldown on that account before it tries again. You can change the values per account.

These are our settings and recommendations, not LinkedIn rules. The 40 to 80 range is a total of sends, not invitations alone. Nobody can promise that a given pace will stay under LinkedIn's line, and no tool can guarantee that LinkedIn will not restrict an account. We suggest treating any vendor number, ours included, as a starting point and watching what your own account does.

How should you use these numbers?

Treat every figure on this page as a starting point, not a safe line. LinkedIn publishes no weekly number, so any number you plan around, ours or a vendor's, is a setting you chose. Keep a record of what you changed and when, watch how many invitations are accepted and how many stay pending, and compare that with the reasons LinkedIn lists. If you see a restriction notice, read the notice itself and the linked help page, because the type of restriction decides how long it lasts. Re read the LinkedIn pages before you change your pacing, because they change and, as shown above, two of them disagree with each other.

For what happens to invitations once they are sent, see what acceptance rate to expect.

What should you do when you hit the limit?

1. Stop sending invitations and wait. LinkedIn says the wait is typically one week.
2. Do not withdraw in bulk. It does not lift the restriction.
3. Look at who you invited. Ignored and pending invitations are among the reasons LinkedIn lists. A list of people who already follow the topic may accept more often, which is our observation, not a LinkedIn statement.
4. Use the alternatives LinkedIn lists. Follow the person, join a group, or send an InMail (Alternatives to inviting someone to connect).
5. Do not look for a way around it. We know of no safe bypass. Buying accounts or renting profiles is a separate risk. Read Is LinkedIn automation safe?.