How to See Who Viewed Your LinkedIn Profile: Free vs Premium

LinkedIn is the one big network that tells you who looked at your profile. Go to your profile and open Who’s viewed your profile. What you see depends on your plan and on how you browse other people’s profiles yourself.

Every rule below comes from LinkedIn’s own Help Center, linked in each section, because this feature has more conditions than most people expect.

What free and Premium accounts see

Source: LinkedIn Help, “Missing Who’s viewed your profile history” and “Browse profiles in private and semi-private mode”.

The free-account rule surprises people. LinkedIn treats viewing as a two-way deal: if you hide your name when you look at others, you don’t get to see who looked at you. Premium removes that trade-off, except for viewers who are themselves in private mode.

How to see your profile viewers, step by step

1. Sign in on the LinkedIn app or website.
2. Go to your profile.
3. Open Who’s viewed your profile (the profile viewer count).
4. On a free account, you’ll see up to three recent viewers. On Premium, you get the full list with viewer trends and insights such as where viewers work, their job titles and industries.

If the page says you have no viewers, LinkedIn’s note explains why: you won’t see the information if nobody viewed your profile in the past 90 days, and it tries to show a minimum of three views over any timeframe.

How to check or change your own browsing mode

Your browsing mode decides both what others see when you visit them and, on a free account, whether you can see your own viewers. To change it:

1. Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
2. Select Settings & Privacy.
3. Click Visibility on the left.
4. Under Visibility of your profile & network, click Visibility when viewing other profiles.
5. Choose one of three options: your name and headline, private profile characteristics (job title and industry), or private mode.

On the mobile app it’s the same path: tap your profile photo, then Settings & Privacy, Visibility and Visibility when viewing other profiles (LinkedIn Help, visibility settings). The change saves automatically.

One detail worth knowing: LinkedIn says that selecting someone’s name in the search suggestions opens their mini profile, and that counts as a profile view that may notify them. In private mode, you show up in other people’s lists as “LinkedIn Member - This person is viewing profiles in private mode”. In semi-private mode, they see something like “Someone at Accenture”.

What the viewer list is actually good for

If you sell anything business-to-business, your profile viewers are a short list of people who already know your name. That’s a warm list, and most people never use it.

1. 01
   Sort the list for buyers. A viewer whose title matches your customer profile is worth a note. Skip recruiters and people selling to you.
2. 02
   Connect with context, not a pitch. Mention what they'd have seen: the post you published that week or the topic in your headline. My notes on reaching decision-makers as a founder cover the message itself.
3. 03
   Give people a reason to look. Views follow activity. If the list is empty, the fix is posting and commenting, which I cover in my LinkedIn lead generation strategy.

Third-party “who viewed my LinkedIn” tools

LinkedIn’s own feature is the only source of this data. A browser extension or app that claims to reveal private-mode viewers can’t get information LinkedIn doesn’t show to Premium subscribers, and asking you to log in through it is a risk to your account.

Other networks are stricter. X doesn’t show who viewed your profile at all (can you see who viewed your X profile?), and neither does Instagram (who visits your Instagram account).

LinkedIn profile viewers FAQ

Can you see who viewed your LinkedIn profile for free?

Yes, partly. A Basic (free) account shows the three most recent viewers from the last 90 days, as long as you browse other profiles with your name and headline visible. If you browse in private or semi-private mode, the free list is hidden.

Does LinkedIn tell someone I viewed their profile?

Yes, if you browse with your name and headline visible, you appear in their viewer list. In semi-private mode they see only characteristics such as your job title, company or industry. In private mode you appear as “LinkedIn Member”.

Can LinkedIn Premium see private-mode viewers?

No. LinkedIn says even Premium subscribers can’t see the names of members who browse in private mode, or the details of people who browse with private profile characteristics.

Why can’t I see who viewed my LinkedIn profile?

The usual reasons are that you’re on a free account and browsing in private or semi-private mode, or that nobody has viewed your profile in the past 90 days. Switch your browsing mode to show your name and headline, then check again.

How far back does LinkedIn profile view history go?

90 days on a free account, limited to the three most recent viewers. Premium Career and Premium Business subscribers can see viewers, trends and insights for the past 365 days.