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Does LinkedIn show who viewed your profile?

By Miles Burke · Updated 9 October 2026 · 6 minute read

What you can see, free and paid

As of October 2026, what LinkedIn shows depends on your plan and on how each viewer has chosen to appear:

To find it, choose "View all analytics" under your name on the LinkedIn home page and select Profile viewers.

Why some viewers are hidden

Every member chooses how they appear when they look at someone else's profile. There are three options:

• Your name and headline. The default. The person sees exactly who you are.
• Private profile characteristics. You appear as a description, such as a job title and industry, without your name.
• Private mode. You appear as an anonymous LinkedIn member, and nothing identifies you.

A viewer in private mode cannot be unmasked by anyone. Paying for Premium does not reveal them.

Can people see when you view their profile?

Yes, unless you have changed the setting. By default your name and headline are added to the list of viewers on every profile you open.

To browse without being named:

1. Select your photo at the top of LinkedIn and open Settings and Privacy.
2. Choose Visibility, then Profile viewing options.
3. Select Private mode.

There is a trade on a free account: while you browse in private mode, LinkedIn hides the names of the people who view your profile too. Change the setting before you visit a profile, because it does not apply to visits you have already made.

The count matters more than the names

It is natural to want the names. For most people the more useful figure is the number, because it shows whether your visibility is growing.

People visit your profile after seeing a post, reading a comment you left, or finding you in search. So a rising count of profile viewers means your activity is making people curious enough to click through, which is the step before a message, an enquiry or an offer.

The difficulty is that LinkedIn shows profile viewers as one total for the past 90 days, with no history. You can see where you are today, but not where you were three months ago.

How to track your profile views over time

• Note the figure weekly. Once a week, write down your profile viewers and search appearances from the analytics overview. After a couple of months you have the trend LinkedIn does not keep. See how to keep your LinkedIn analytics history.
• Set it beside what you did. Note how many posts and comments you made that week as well. The link between activity and profile views usually becomes obvious.

How to get more profile views

• Post regularly. Each post puts your name and headline in front of people who may click through.
• Comment on other people's posts. A thoughtful comment is seen by that person's audience, most of whom do not know you yet.
• Make your headline say what you do. It appears beside every post and comment, and it is what people read before deciding to visit.
• Use the words people search for. Your headline, About section and job titles decide which searches you appear in.

If your profile views have fallen, see why your impressions or profile views dropped.

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