LinkedIn Live is LinkedIn's live video broadcasting feature. According to LinkedIn's help center, it "allows eligible members and Pages to broadcast live video content to a LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn Page, or Event." All members can join LinkedIn Lives as viewers, while creating and broadcasting one is limited to members and Pages that meet LinkedIn's access criteria. There is no application: eligibility is reviewed when a member or Page admin creates an event on LinkedIn (see 📝LinkedIn Live Events) or one through a third-party broadcast tool. LinkedIn's FAQ says Premium membership is not required.
LinkedIn lists the criteria as more than 150 followers and/or connections, a good standing record under its Professional Community Policies, an account or Page created at least 30 days ago, and a base outside mainland China. Broadcasts cannot be streamed directly from LinkedIn. New broadcasters use a third-party tool such as Restream, Socialive, StreamYard, or Switcher Studio, while advanced producers connect any streaming software or encoder through a custom RTMP stream, for example 📝OBS or Zoom. As of June 22, 2026, LinkedIn says going live spontaneously is no longer available and all events must be scheduled ahead of time. LinkedIn recommends streams of at least 10 minutes and caps them at four hours. Every LinkedIn Live is public and recorded, and afterward it stays on the profile or Page feed as a video "Previously recorded live."
Key Features
- Third-party broadcast tools — New broadcasters stream through preferred partners such as Restream, Socialive, StreamYard, or Switcher Studio.
- Custom stream (RTMP Ingest) — Advanced broadcasters connect any streaming software or encoder from LinkedIn's custom stream page in a desktop browser.
- Comment moderation — Broadcasters can delete, report, or block comments or viewers during a live stream.
- Recording download — After an event ends, organizers can download the event recording from the Event Details page.
- Live video analytics — Members see analytics from the view count under the video post; Pages find them under the Analytics tab's Updates view.
References
- Getting started with LinkedIn Live by 📝LinkedIn
- LinkedIn Live Overview, linkedin.com/help
- Create and host LinkedIn Live: Access criteria, linkedin.com/help
- LinkedIn Live video broadcasting FAQ, linkedin.com/help