LinkedIn Rate Limits

Best practices to prevent LinkedIn restrictions with Captain Data.

1. Key Points for Avoiding LinkedIn Restrictions with Captain Data

When implementing Captain Data for LinkedIn automation, it’s crucial to inform your users about a few key actions to prevent account restrictions.

Key steps to follow:

Step	Action
1. Avoid Multiple Automation Tools	Advise against using multiple automation tools simultaneously to prevent LinkedIn from flagging the account for suspicious activity.
2. Match Country Settings	Ensure the country selected in Captain Data matches the user’s actual location or VPN country.

Avoid Using Multiple Automation Tools Simultaneously

Using multiple automation tools at once with Captain Data can cause issues.

• Why? Many automation tools don’t manage IP addresses properly, which could trigger flags on LinkedIn. When using multiple tools, LinkedIn may detect activity from different sources, increasing the likelihood of restrictions.
• The result: LinkedIn might flag the account for suspicious activity, potentially resulting in restrictions.

Ensure Country Settings Match

The country selected in Captain Data must match the country where you’re logging into LinkedIn.

• Why it matters: If the country in your Captain Data profile doesn’t align with your LinkedIn login location, LinkedIn may restrict your account.
• What to do: Always check that the country in your Captain Data profile matches the country where you’re logging into LinkedIn to avoid being flagged.

VPN Use: Match Locations Carefully

Using a VPN can be helpful but needs careful management.

• Best practice: The country in your VPN should match the country set in Captain Data. If there’s a mismatch, LinkedIn might flag your activity as suspicious.
• Tip: Double-check that the country in Captain Data matches your VPN’s location, or disconnect the VPN when accessing LinkedIn to avoid issues.

What to Do if Your Client Gets a LinkedIn Restriction?

• Don’t worry! Restrictions are usually temporary. ⏳
• Steps to follow:
  1. Are other automation tools running alongside Captain Data?
  2. Does the country setting in Captain Data match the user’s actual location?
  3. If using a VPN, does the VPN location match Captain Data’s country setting?

2. Captain Data Smart Limits

Captain Data applies a set of limits to prevent accounts from getting banned.

Captain Data protects your clients’ LinkedIn accounts with our unique Smart Limits system. By using Captain Data exclusively, clients can run a high volume of actions without issues. These limits help stay within LinkedIn’s daily action caps, preventing account restrictions.

Smart Limits operate on a 24-hour sliding window.

What happens when the limit is reached? Tasks will be postponed for 24 hours and automatically resume once the limit is freed up.

Example Over 24 hours:

If it’s Wednesday at 2 PM, Captain Data checks the past 24 hours for any activity:

• If the limit is hit (e.g., 1000/1000 actions), no new tasks are launched.
• Every 30 minutes, we check to see if the limit is cleared, e.g., at 3 PM, there might be 100 actions freed up.
• The available actions may vary depending on when the limit was last checked.

Captain Data only tracks actions performed within the platform, not manual actions on LinkedIn or using other automation tools.

3. Best Practices

• Scale your efforts: Use multiple accounts and the Account Rotation feature to manage higher action volumes while staying within LinkedIn’s limits.
• Avoid overloading: Space out actions over time to improve efficiency and avoid triggering restrictions.
• Monitor activity: Regularly track account usage to prevent exceeding limits unexpectedly.

By following these guidelines, you can ensure smooth LinkedIn automation without restrictions!

4. LinkedIn Commercial Limits

All limits are based on a 24-hour sliding window, meaning they reset every 24 hours.

Limit Name (Per Day)	Value LinkedIn/Sales Navigator	Platform	Info	Action Link
Maximum connection requests	25/30	LinkedIn, Sales Navigator	Classic accounts can send up to 100 connection requests per week. Exceeding this may lead to a block. If jobs take too long, it could mean connections were sent manually. Also, 5 invites with a message per month. For Sales Navigator, the recommended limit is 30 requests/day.	Connect LinkedIn Profile, Sales Navigator Auto Connect
Maximum messages sent	50/250	LinkedIn, Sales Navigator		Message LinkedIn Profile
Maximum profile visits	80/500	LinkedIn, Sales Navigator	Remember that manual visits also count. For Sales Navigator, use the Visit Sales Navigator Profile Action to avoid LinkedIn’s limit.	Visit LinkedIn Profile, Visit Sales Navigator Profile
Maximum contact info	250/250	LinkedIn, Sales Navigator		LinkedIn Profile Contact Info
Maximum search metrics	1000	Sales Navigator		Sales Navigator Employees Metrics, Sales Nav Company Search Metrics
Maximum event invitations sent	100	LinkedIn		Invite People to a LinkedIn Event
Maximum profile enrichments	3000	LinkedIn	Profile enrichments are processed in batches of 500 every 30 minutes.	Extract LinkedIn People Profile
Maximum company enrichments	5000	LinkedIn	Company enrichments are processed in batches of 250 every 15 minutes.	Extract LinkedIn Company Profile

5. LinkedIn Usage Limits

Limit Name (Per Day)	Value LinkedIn/Sales Navigator	Platform	Info	Action Link
Maximum Search LinkedIn People	300 searches/month	Classic Accounts	Users may encounter a restriction after 300 searches in a month.	Search LinkedIn People
Maximum Search LinkedIn People	Unlimited	Sales Navigator Accounts	No search limit.	Search LinkedIn People
Maximum Search Sales Navigator Leads	Varies based on account activity	Sales Navigator Accounts	1 search page = 1 API call (each page contains 25 profiles, max 100 pages x 25). Example: 100 results = 4 pages = 4 API calls.	Search Sales Navigator Leads
Maximum Search Sales Navigator Employee	500 companies every 2 hours (w/ max 25 employees per company)	Sales Navigator Accounts	If max employee results are set to 250 → 2 companies every 2 hours.	Search Sales Navigator Employee
Maximum Extract LinkedIn Connections	30,000 connections per day	Classic Accounts, Sales Navigator Accounts	Extract all connections at once and set to repeat, ensuring only new, recent connections are captured.	Extract LinkedIn Connections

If the maximum employee results are set between 0 and 25, approximately 500 companies are processed every 2 hours, whereas if set to 250, only 2 companies are processed in the same timeframe.

Space out searches to avoid hitting your limits too quickly.

Search Sales Navigator Leads: Split 15 jobs throughout the day (every 30 minutes to 2 hours). You can achieve up to 600 pages and 15,000 profiles extraction per day with a single account. Spread jobs and use account rotation. If rate limit hit, take a 24-hour break and/or add more accounts.