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LinkedIn Engagement Benchmarks - May 2026

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Monthly benchmark report showing engagement metrics (likes, comments, engagement rate) by follower range. Based on 26,332+ posts from LinkedIn creators.

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📊 LinkedIn Engagement Benchmarks

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May 2026 • Based on 26,332+ posts from LinkedIn creators


📋 About This Data

Data SourceDescription
Engagement BenchmarksFrom scraped LinkedIn creators + Viral Brain users with verified follower counts
Platform StatsFrom Viral Brain platform users

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Likes

Your Followers👍 Normal🔥 Good🚀 Excellent
0 - 1,000≤55-1414+
1,001 - 5,000≤1111-2727+
5,001 - 10,000≤1818-4646+
10,001 - 25,000≤3131-7272+
25,001 - 50,000≤6060-188188+
50,001 - 75,000≤107107-213213+
75,001 - 100,000≤9090-226226+
100,001+≤382382-11301130+

Comments

Your Followers👍 Normal🔥 Good🚀 Excellent
0 - 1,000≤00-22+
1,001 - 5,000≤11-66+
5,001 - 10,000≤33-1010+
10,001 - 25,000≤66-1616+
25,001 - 50,000≤1414-3838+
50,001 - 75,000≤2121-5656+
75,001 - 100,000≤2121-5252+
100,001+≤6868-171171+

Engagement Rate

Your Followers👍 Normal🔥 Good🚀 Excellent
0 - 1,000≤1.33%1.33-3.94%3.94%+
1,001 - 5,000≤0.53%0.53-1.33%1.33%+
5,001 - 10,000≤0.33%0.33-0.83%0.83%+
10,001 - 25,000≤0.25%0.25-0.56%0.56%+
25,001 - 50,000≤0.22%0.22-0.63%0.63%+
50,001 - 75,000≤0.27%0.27-0.55%0.55%+
75,001 - 100,000≤0.18%0.18-0.39%0.39%+
100,001+≤0.14%0.14-0.31%0.31%+

📈 What The Tiers Mean

TierWhat It MeansYou're beating...
👍 NormalHalf of all posts get this or less-
🔥 GoodYou're outperforming most posts75% of posts
🚀 ExcellentExceptional performance90% of posts

📊 Full Data Table

All numbers at a glance

FollowersPostsTypical (P50)Strong (P75)Top (P90)
0 - 1,0001,00661643
1,001 - 5,0006,915133381
5,001 - 10,0003,6981951128
10,001 - 25,0004,5123484195
25,001 - 50,0002,84352182520
50,001 - 75,0001,282128299567
75,001 - 100,00067274262494
100,001+5,4041928182.1K


📊 Viral Brain Platform Stats

MetricValue
Total Users682
Users with Drafts316 (46%)
Users at Draft Limit (5+)69 (10%)
LinkedIn Connected474 (70%)

Data from verified LinkedIn profiles only

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