Maintaining a healthy LinkedIn account is crucial for effective networking, outreach, and sales automation. LinkedIn monitors multiple factors to determine whether an account is engaging naturally or engaging in suspicious activity, which could lead to restrictions.
Our system evaluates six key metrics to assess your LinkedIn account health and optimize performance while ensuring compliance with LinkedIn's guidelines. Let’s break them down:
1. Active Sessions
What it means:
This metric tracks how long your LinkedIn account stays online within a day. A high number of active hours (especially continuous activity) may indicate automation or unnatural behavior, increasing the risk of restrictions.
Best practices:
Keep daily activity below 8 hours to mimic real user behavior.
Avoid excessive actions (messaging, connecting, or viewing profiles) in a short period.
Log in and out at natural intervals instead of maintaining long, uninterrupted sessions.
2. Profile Age & Network Size
What it means:
The older and more established your profile is, the more trustworthy it appears to LinkedIn. A new profile with aggressive outreach activity may trigger security flags.
Best practices:
Older profiles (6+ months) with at least 500+ connections are safer for outreach.
If using a new profile, warm it up gradually—start with minimal interactions and scale over weeks.
Engage with posts and build connections organically before launching outreach campaigns.
3. Verification & Account Completeness
What it means:
LinkedIn Account Verification (via government-issued ID or workplace email) confirms the authenticity of an account, reducing restriction risks.
Account Completeness measures how fully a profile is filled out, including a profile picture, work experience, skills, and an about section. A well-completed profile appears more legitimate and trustworthy.
Best practices:
Verify your LinkedIn account through ID or work email to boost trust.
Ensure 100% profile completeness with a profile picture, detailed experience, and a strong headline.
Keep your profile consistent and up to date to maintain credibility.
4. Last Month Activity
What it means:
This metric evaluates how actively you used LinkedIn in the past month, including profile views, messages, connection requests, and engagement with content. Irregular or sudden spikes in activity can look unnatural.
Best practices:
Maintain consistent activity rather than abrupt increases.
Balance between manual actions and automated sequences.
Regularly engage with posts and respond to messages to appear natural.
5. Connect Rate + Withdraw Queue
What it means:
Connect rate = Percentage of sent connection requests that are accepted.
Withdraw queue = Number of pending unanswered connection requests.
A low connect rate and high withdraw queue indicate poor-quality outreach, which can negatively impact account trust.
Best practices:
Target relevant prospects with personalized requests to increase acceptance rates.
Keep withdrawn requests low—LinkedIn limits how many outstanding invites you can have.
Avoid sending too many requests at once; 30-50 per day is a safe range for warmed-up accounts.
6. Reply Rate + Block Rate
What it means:
Reply rate = The percentage of people who respond to your messages.
Block rate = How often users mark your message as spam or block you.
A low reply rate combined with a high block rate signals LinkedIn that your outreach is intrusive or spammy, increasing the risk of restrictions.
Best practices:
Personalize messages instead of sending generic pitches.
Avoid aggressive follow-ups—give prospects time to respond.
Monitor negative feedback (e.g., spam reports) and adjust your messaging strategy accordingly.
Final Thoughts
A healthy LinkedIn account ensures better outreach results and minimizes risks. Focus on:
✅ Natural engagement patterns (limited daily sessions, steady activity).
✅ High-quality outreach (good connect rates, low withdraw queue, personalized messaging).
✅ Account credibility (profile age, verification, and Premium features).
By following these best practices, you can maximize LinkedIn’s potential without risking account restrictions. 🚀