Every LinkedIn image size in one table
| Placement | Ideal size | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Profile photo | 400 × 400 (up to 7680 × 4320) | Shown as a circle — center your face |
| Profile banner | 1584 × 396 | Text near edges gets cropped on mobile |
| Post / feed image | 1200 × 627 | Landscape renders largest in feed |
| Company logo | 300 × 300 | PNG with transparency works well |
| Company cover | 1128 × 191 | Very wide — design accordingly |
| Article cover | 1920 × 1080 | Displays wide at top of articles |
LinkedIn accepts images up to 8 MB, but heavy uploads gain nothing — they upload slower and get re-processed anyway. A pre-compressed file at the exact display size is the professional move: predictable crops, fast loads, no surprise artifacts on your headshot.
Headshots deserve the extra minute
Your profile photo is rendered small (a circle as tiny as 48 px in comments), so contrast and framing matter more than resolution. Crop tight to head and shoulders, then compress here at quality 85 — the result is a ~50–100 KB file that stays crisp at every size LinkedIn renders.
Recruiters also download résumé photos: if a job portal caps photo uploads, hit exact limits with 100 KB or 200 KB presets.